JP2006263283A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine having a new structure which permits a uniform brightly illumination of an entire decorative member provided in a game area. <P>SOLUTION: A part of a translucent spherical body 66 is made to enter the semispherical recessed portion 130 of a reflective member 120 formed of a translucent material and the outside surface of the spherical body 66 is arranged as if covered by the reflective member 120 with a prescribed distance in between, a through hole 122 is provided in the reflective member 120, separated from the spherical body 66 and the reflective member 120 on the opposite side with the through hole 122 interposed, and the light source 126 is arranged in the position where light emitted from a light source 126 directly irradiates the spherical body 66 through the through hole 122 and on the rear side of the reflective member 120. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a decorative member in a game area, and more particularly to a gaming machine in which the decorative member is illuminated by a light emitting source.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, various decorations are provided in the game area in order to attract the player and increase the enjoyment of the game. One of them is one that uses the lighting effect. For example, in addition to providing a decorative member such as a doll in the game area, there is a device in which a light emitting source such as an LED for illuminating the decorative member is provided to enhance the decorative effect of the decorative member. By adding a lighting effect to the decorative member in this way, the monotonous decorative member can be visually changed. For example, the lighting effect of the decorative member can be changed by lighting or flashing the light source according to the gaming situation. By doing so, you can excite the game and entertain the player.

  By the way, it is often difficult to illuminate the entire decoration member uniformly and brightly by simply irradiating the decoration member with light from a specific direction. In particular, when a light source having a small light source or a condensing lens is used, the decoration member may be unevenly illuminated. Such illumination unevenness halves the illumination effect on the decorative member, lacks gorgeous appearance, and impairs the sense of quality.

  In order to deal with such a problem, for example, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-353275), a windmill itself as a decorative member disposed in a game area is formed of a translucent material. Proposed. The windmill is configured as a light guide member, and light from a light source disposed behind the rotation axis of the windmill is incident on the axially rear end face of the windmill, thereby causing the windmill itself to emit light.

  However, the illumination technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 may be effective for causing the tip end surface in the axial direction to emit light like a windmill, but is not necessarily effective for illuminating the decorative member in a wide range. That is, in a windmill equipped with a rotating shaft, it may be easy to emit light from the rear end surface of the rotating shaft so that the front end surface of the rotating shaft facing the player in the windmill emits light. It is not easy to make the whole light emission substantially uniformly. Therefore, it is difficult to make a relatively large decoration member appear to emit light substantially uniformly by illuminating it substantially uniformly over a wide area.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-235415) discloses that the decorative member is made of a translucent member. In this way, it is possible to suppress uneven brightness due to local illumination by the light source by giving a decorative effect to the decorative member.

  However, in the structure described in Patent Document 2, since the decorative member is made of a translucent member, the transmittance of the irradiated light is lowered, and unnecessary reflected light toward the light source is increased. This makes it difficult to illuminate the decorative member with sufficient brightness. Further, in the point that the solid decorative member itself is configured as the light guide member, it is the same as the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, and for that reason, particularly in a relatively large decorative member, the brightness is obtained by making it translucent. It is inevitable that the value will drop significantly.

JP 2001-353275 A JP-A-11-235415

  Here, the present invention has been made in the background as described above, and the solution is to illuminate the entire decorative member provided in the game area uniformly and brightly and efficiently. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine with a novel structure that can be used.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention made to solve the above-described problems will be described. In addition, the component employ | adopted in each aspect as described below is employable by arbitrary combinations as much as possible. In addition, aspects or technical features of the present invention are not limited to those described below, but are based on the entire specification and drawings, or based on the inventive concept that can be grasped by those skilled in the art from these descriptions. It should be understood that

(Aspect 1 of the present invention)
That is, according to aspect 1 of the present invention, in a gaming machine in which a decoration member illuminated by a light source is provided in a game area, a semitransparent spherical body is provided as the decoration member, and a hemispherical shell formed of a light-transmitting material While adopting the shape of the reflective member, while disposing a part of the spherical body into the hemispherical recess of the reflective member and covering the outer surface of the spherical body with the reflective member at a predetermined distance, A through hole is provided in the approximate center of the reflecting member, and the light emitted from the light source is separated from the reflecting member on the opposite side of the spherical body across the through hole, and the spherical body passes through the through hole. The light emitting source is disposed at a position where the light source is directly irradiated and the back surface of the reflecting member is irradiated.

  In the gaming machine structured according to this aspect, the entire decoration member can be illuminated uniformly and brightly. That is, by adopting a semi-transparent spherical body as the decorative member, light transmitted through the spherical body is reflected by the inner peripheral surface of the spherical body. Here, since the decorative member has a spherical shape, the reflected light is further reflected in a different direction by the inner peripheral surface located in the traveling direction of the reflected light. As described above, reflection in various directions is repeated inside the spherical body, and diffusion on the reflecting surface also occurs, so that the entire spherical body can be uniformly brightened. Further, by providing the reflecting member that covers the spherical body, the light reflected by the outer peripheral surface of the spherical body can be further reflected by the reflecting member to illuminate the spherical body. Further, by providing a through hole in the reflecting member and directly irradiating the spherical body with light from the light source through the through hole, it is possible to effectively irradiate the spherical body without attenuating the light from the light source. I can do it. In addition, the light emitting source is disposed at a position separated from the reflecting member, and the reflecting member is formed of a translucent material, so that light from the light emitting source is prevented from being totally reflected by the reflecting member, and light is emitted. A wide range of spheres can be illuminated by light spread from the source. And since these several effects are exhibited synergistically, it becomes possible to illuminate the whole decoration member uniformly brightly.

  Furthermore, according to this aspect, it is possible to effectively use the light from the light source and perform effective illumination on the decorative member. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the power consumption of the light source. It is possible to perform effective illumination with excellent efficiency.

  In addition, translucency and translucency in this invention mean the optical characteristic which made visible light object. Moreover, as a translucent material for forming a spherical body and a translucent material for forming a reflecting member, conventionally known materials can be appropriately employed. For example, polycarbonate, ABS resin, acrylic, or the like can be employed. Note that the decorative member may be colored, for example, so that a portion with high translucency or a portion with little translucency may exist in a part thereof, and various design modes can be adopted. .

(Aspect 2 of the present invention)
Aspect 2 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the gaming machine according to aspect 1, the spherical body has a hollow structure, and the inner peripheral surface of the spherical body has an uneven shape. In the gaming machine structured according to this embodiment, the entire spherical body can be effectively and uniformly brightened by diffusing the light transmitted through the spherical body with the irregularities on the inner peripheral surface of the spherical body. In addition, as the uneven shape on the spherical inner peripheral surface, an extremely small uneven shape such as so-called frosted glass is preferably employed in order to effectively cause light diffusion.

  In particular, in this embodiment, the decorative member itself has a hollow structure in order to illuminate a relatively large spherical decorative member. Thereby, the translucent member thickness was made thin, and attenuation | damping of the transmitted light was suppressed. In addition, the light incident on the inside of the hollow is diffused without being attenuated inside, and then transmitted through the thin translucent portion to be emitted to the outside. As a result, it was possible to achieve diffusion and uniform light emission inside the decorative member itself, while avoiding light attenuation as much as possible with an extremely simple structure.

(Aspect 3 of the present invention)
According to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to aspect 1 or 2, the center of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the spherical body and the center of curvature of the inner peripheral surface of the reflecting member are substantially the same position. Features. In the gaming machine structured according to this aspect, by disposing the decorative member at the site where the light reflected by the inner peripheral surface of the reflective member is collected, the luminous flux irradiated to the decorative member is increased, The decorative member can be illuminated more brightly.

  Furthermore, in this aspect, it is more desirable that the center of curvature of the spherical body, the center of the through hole formed in the reflecting member, and the light emission source are arranged on substantially the same straight line. According to such an embodiment, strong light irradiated directly on the spherical body through the through-hole can be irradiated on the central portion of the spherical body, thereby reducing the bias of the light irradiated on the spherical body. Thus, the decorative member can be illuminated more uniformly.

  As is apparent from the above description, in the gaming machine structured according to the present invention, the entire decoration member can be illuminated uniformly and brightly with excellent efficiency.

  Hereinafter, in order to clarify the present invention more specifically, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the up and down direction and the left and right direction are, in principle, the up and down direction and the left and right direction as viewed from the player, and the front and back surfaces as a rule are also viewed from the player. It shall be said.

  FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 10 as a gaming machine as an embodiment of the present invention. The pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 12 that is formed into a frame in a vertically long rectangular shape. The outer frame 12 is assembled with an inner frame 14 in which substantially all of the main components of the pachinko machine are aggregated and provided so as to be pivotably supported on one side. Further, on the front side of the middle frame 14, there is a glass frame 18 provided with a glass plate for protecting the game board 16 attached from the back side with respect to the middle frame 14, and a dish plate 22 provided with an upper dish 20. Each is assembled to one side of the middle frame 14 so as to be pivotally supported so as to be opened and closed. Furthermore, a lower plate 24 is provided below the upper plate 20, and a firing handle 26 projects from the right side of the lower plate 24. Then, when the player rotates the launch lever 28 that is rotatably attached to the launch handle 26, the game balls stored in the upper plate 20 are passed through a ball feeding mechanism (not shown). After being sent to a launching device (not shown), it is fired toward a game area 30 formed on the game board 16.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 16 includes a game board 32 having a synthetic resin sheet attached to the surface thereof, and is surrounded by a guide rail 34 fixed to the surface side of the game board 32. The substantially circular game area 30 is provided with a liquid crystal display 36 as a variable symbol display device assembled from the back surface of the game board 32 at a substantially central portion thereof. Various structures such as a start winning device 38 and a special variable winning device 40 are fixedly provided below the liquid crystal display 36. In particular, in the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display is used as the variable symbol display device, but a display using a CRT or LED, a drum unit, or the like can also be used.

  The game balls launched toward the game area 30 are allowed to flow down the game area 30. When the game ball wins the start winning device 38, the liquid crystal display 36 starts to display a plurality of variation symbols (not shown), and the variation display of the plurality of variation symbols is performed for a predetermined time. Thereafter, when a plurality of variable symbols are stopped and displayed in a specific stop display mode, a so-called jackpot gaming state occurs, and in a normal gaming state, a door 42 that blocks the entrance of the special variable winning device 40 is determined in advance. It can be opened and closed according to specified operating conditions. As a result, the entrance of the special variable prize-winning device 40 is opened, and it becomes possible to win game balls to the special variable prize-winning device 40. As a result, the player cannot obtain a profit (prize ball) in a normal gaming state. Can be obtained. As is apparent from this, in the present embodiment, the pachinko machine 10 is a so-called first type pachinko machine.

  Further, around the liquid crystal display 36, a center decoration 44 as a center accessory for decorating the periphery of the display area 36 is disposed. As shown in FIG. 3, the center decoration 44 is configured by assembling a body frame 45 as a decorative frame having a substantially frame shape and a mounting plate member 50 having a through hole 46. The main body frame 45 is assembled from the front with the game board 32 in between, and the attachment plate member 50 is assembled from the rear, whereby the center decoration 44 is assembled to the game board 32. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the size and shape of the cross-section of the opening end in the through hole 46 correspond to the size and shape of the display screen of the liquid crystal display 36, whereby the game board 16 (game board) 32), the display screen of the liquid crystal display 36 disposed on the back side is visible through the through hole 46 and the main body frame 45.

  Further, a flange 52 that protrudes forward from the main body frame 45 is formed in a portion of the main body frame 45 that is positioned above the through hole 46. It extends to both sides. Accordingly, a warp passage 54 is formed in the bag 52 and in the main body frame 45, and a game ball entered from a warp inlet 56 formed outside a portion of the bag 52 positioned above the through hole 46. Passes through the warp passage 54 and is guided from the warp outlet 58 formed on the lower side of the main body frame 45 to the stage 60 formed at the inner peripheral portion of the lower end of the opening end of the main body frame 45. It comes to roll.

  The game ball rolling on the stage 60 enters through the inclined surfaces 62 and 62 formed on the stage 60 or from a guideway entrance (not shown) formed in the central portion of the stage 60. Then, it passes through the guide path 64 and can flow down on the game area 30 again.

  Here, particularly in the present embodiment, the start winning device 38 is disposed directly under the exit of the guide path 64 (an opening formed on the front side of the main body frame 45), thereby passing through the guide path 64. The game balls that are allowed to flow down the game area 30 again are made easier to win the start winning opening 38.

  A rotating body 66 as a decorative member is disposed on the right side of the center accessory 44 having such a structure. As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, the rotating body 66 has a pair of hemispherical shell members 68 a and 68 b made of polycarbonate and having a colorless and transparent hemispherical shell shape fixed to each other by bonding or the like. The inner peripheral surfaces of the hemispherical shell members 68a and 68b are polished to form minute irregularities, thereby forming a colorless translucent spherical body. In the present embodiment, the rotating body 66 is a globe, and the portion corresponding to the land is painted with a fluorescent paint, while the portion corresponding to the sea is colorless and translucent. Yes. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the main body frame 45 and a character doll 78 described later are removed from the mounting plate member 50.

  Such a rotator 66 is supported by the mounting plate member 50 via a drive mechanism 72 including an electric motor 70 so as to be rotatable around the central axis. Here, the right outer peripheral portion of the rotator 66 in the mounting plate member 50 is projected forward to the extent that it reaches the center of the rotator 66 in a side view, and is slightly larger than the radius of curvature of the rotator 66 at the protruding portion. A right semicircular annular plate-shaped right outer periphery decorative member 74 having an inner periphery with a large radius of curvature is attached. On the other hand, a left outer peripheral decorative member 76 having a substantially semi-annular plate shape having an inner periphery with substantially the same radius of curvature as that of the right outer peripheral decorative member 74 is attached to the left outer peripheral portion located on the back surface of the rotating body 66 in the mounting plate member 50. It has been. Further, a character doll 78 is attached above the rotating body 66 in the attachment plate member 50.

  Next, FIGS. 5 and 6 show the rotating body 66 and the drive mechanism 72. The drive mechanism 72 includes a support shaft 80 that supports the rotating body 66, a pedestal 82 that is mounted on the support shaft 80 and is fixed to the mounting plate member 50, and an electric motor 70 that is fixed to the pedestal 82. Has been.

  The support shaft 80 has a substantially quadrangular prism shape extending in the vertical direction on the central axis of the rotating body 66, and an upper shaft 86 extending upward on the central axis of the rotating body 66 is bonded to the upper surface of the rotating body 66. On the other hand, the lower shaft 88 extending downward on the central axis of the rotating body 66 is fixed to the lower surface of the rotating body 66 opposite to the upper shaft 86 by bonding or the like. A cylindrical insertion shaft 90 that protrudes upward and extends on the central axis of the rotating body 66 is formed on the upper end surface of the upper shaft 86, and the insertion shaft 90 is formed on the mounting plate member 50. It is inserted into a bearing (not shown). On the other hand, a transmission gear 92 is integrally formed at a substantially central portion of the lower shaft 88 in the axial direction, and a portion below the transmission gear 92 is made of a low friction material such as polyethylene or polytetrafluoroethylene. A formed cylindrical cover member 94 is extrapolated. It should be noted that the upper shaft 86 and the lower shaft 88 are almost invisible to the player when the right outer periphery decorative member 74 is covered with the mounting plate member 50 in the assembled state.

  As shown in FIG. 6, such a support shaft 80 is placed in a non-fixed state on a protruding portion 96 that protrudes forward and is formed on the base 82. The pedestal 82 is a substantially L-shaped member, and a flat plate portion 98 that extends in the front-rear direction and a protruding plate portion 100 that protrudes downward at the rear end of the flat plate portion 98 are integrally formed. And the left side part in the flat plate part 98 is made into the protrusion part 96 protruded ahead. Note that the forward projecting dimension and the width dimension of the projecting portion 96 are slightly larger than the diameter dimension of the cover member 94 that is extrapolated to the lower shaft 88. Further, a wall portion 102 that protrudes upward is formed at the front and side edge portions of the flat plate portion 98 including the protruding portion 96. The protruding plate portion 100 is formed with a pair of mounting bosses 104 and 104 that protrude toward the back surface.

  On the other hand, the pedestal 82 is formed with a slit 106 that penetrates the flat plate portion 98 in the thickness direction and extends in the front-rear direction with a constant width dimension. The slit 106 penetrates the flat plate portion 98 in the thickness direction, and is formed without penetrating the protruding plate portion 100 in the thickness direction.

  An electric motor 70 is assembled on the lower surface of the pedestal 82 so that the output shaft is inserted into the slit 106. Various types of motors such as conventionally known DC motors and stepping motors can be used as the electric motor 70. In this embodiment, a DC motor is used. Further, in the present embodiment, the electric motor 70 is rotatable in only one direction at a constant speed. However, the rotation direction and the rotation speed may be changed according to the game situation. As shown in FIG. 4, the power supply to the electric motor 70 is performed by connecting a power cord (not shown) through a cord insertion hole 108 provided in a portion of the mounting plate portion 50 located behind the electric motor 70. By being connected to the electric motor 70 from the back side of the member 50, power is supplied.

  An output gear 110 is attached to the output shaft of the electric motor 70 inserted into the slit 106 of the pedestal 82 from above the slit 106. The output gear 110 is integrally formed with a disk-like portion 114 that extends in the direction perpendicular to the axis with a diameter larger than that of the slit 106 at the upper end of the shaft 112 having a diameter slightly smaller than the width of the slit 106. The gear portion 116 is integrally formed on the upper side of the disk-shaped portion 114.

  The gear portion 116 of the output gear 110 and the transmission gear 92 of the support shaft 80 fixed to the rotating body 66 are engaged with each other, whereby the driving force of the electric motor 70 is transmitted to the rotating body 66 and the rotating body 66. Can be driven to rotate.

  In the rotating body 66 and the drive mechanism 72 having such a structure, the mounting bosses 104 and 104 formed on the protruding plate portion 100 of the pedestal 82 have a pair of mounting portions 118 and 118 ( 7) and is attached to the mounting plate member 50 by being screwed from the back side. Here, the mounting portions 118 and 118 are formed on a straight line inclined at a predetermined angle from the horizontal direction, whereby the rotating body 66 and the drive mechanism 72 are assembled to the mounting plate member 50 while being inclined at a predetermined angle. The rotating shaft of the rotating body 66 is arranged in a state inclined at a predetermined angle.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a reflector 120 as a reflecting member having an inner peripheral dimension that is slightly larger than the outer peripheral dimension of the rotating body 66 is integrally formed at a portion corresponding to the back side of the rotating body 66 in the mounting plate member 50. Has been. That is, in this aspect, the reflector 120 is integrally formed by using the mounting plate member 50 that constitutes the decorative board surface of the game area, so that even if the reflector 120 appears to the player, there is no foreign object feeling. It has come to be seen.

  The reflector 120 has a hemispherical shell shape having an inner peripheral surface 130 (see FIG. 8) as a hemispherical recess, and is about 1/4 to 1/2 of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 66 that is a decorative member. In this embodiment, about 1/3 of the rotating body 66 is covered. The reflector 120 as a whole has a hemispherical shell shape and has a substantially constant thickness, and an inner peripheral surface 130 and an outer peripheral surface 132 are formed with substantially the same center of curvature and substantially the same radius of curvature.

  The reflector 120 is made of a light-transmitting material such as polycarbonate, and preferably a light-transmitting synthetic resin material. In particular, in the present embodiment, the entire mounting plate member 50 is colored and transparent in red. The inner peripheral surface 130 of the reflector 120 is preferably a smooth surface. By making the inner peripheral surface 130 a smooth surface, it is possible to suppress a decrease in illumination efficiency due to irregular reflection (diffuse reflection) or the like.

  Further, a substantially circular through hole 122 is provided in the central portion of the reflector 120. The diameter of the through hole 122 is preferably about ¼ to ¾ of the diameter of the rotating body 66. In this embodiment, the diameter of the through hole 122 is about 2/3 of the diameter of the rotating body 66. It is the diameter dimension. If the opening of the through hole 122 is a polygon or the like, uneven projection of light on the rotating body 66 may occur. In addition, if the diameter of the through hole 122 is too small, there is a possibility that a decrease in illumination efficiency may be a problem. Conversely, if the diameter of the through hole 122 is too large, the effects of reflection and light guide by the reflector 120 are not sufficiently exhibited. May cause uneven illumination.

  In addition, a pair of LED board mounting portions 124 and 124 protruding rearward are formed at appropriate positions on the back surface of the reflector 120, and plate-shaped reinforcing ribs 125 protruding rearward are connected to the LED board mounting portion 124. It is integrally formed. And LED board 128 (refer FIG. 8) provided with LED126 as a light emission source is attached to such LED board attachment parts 124 and 124, and LED126 is attached to the back surface of the pachinko machine 10. By being connected to a sound / lamp control board (not shown) or the like, it can be turned on or blinked. Note that the amount of protrusion of the reinforcing rib 125 to the rear is slightly smaller than the amount of protrusion of the LED board mounting portion 124, and a predetermined gap is formed between the LED board 128 and the reinforcing rib 125.

  Here, as is apparent from FIG. 8, the rotating body 66 is disposed in front of the reflector 120 at a predetermined distance, and between the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 66 and the inner peripheral surface of the reflector 120, A substantially constant gap is formed over the entire surface between the opposing surfaces. In addition, the center of curvature P of the rotating body 66 and the center of curvature Q1 of the reflector 120 are disposed at substantially the same position. Furthermore, the LED 126 is disposed at a position spaced rearward from the outer peripheral surface 132 of the reflector 120, and the center of curvature P of the rotating body 66 and the center of the through hole 122 Q2 and the LED 126 are substantially on the same straight line. They are arranged side by side. Thereby, the light emitted from the LED 126 is directly applied to the rotating body 66 through the through-hole 122, and is also applied to the outer peripheral surface of the reflector 120, and appropriate refraction by the reflector 120 is added. The rotating body 66 is irradiated through 120.

  In the gaming machine having such a structure, the entire rotating body 66 can be illuminated uniformly and brightly. That is, the light emitted from the LED 126 and passing through the through hole 122 of the reflector 120 is directly irradiated onto the rotating body 66 without being attenuated by the reflector 120. A part of the light applied to the rotating body 66 is transmitted through the rotating body 66 and a part of the light is reflected by the rotating body 66. Here, the light transmitted into the rotator 66 is diffused in various directions inside the rotator 66 because the inner peripheral surface of the rotator 66 has an uneven shape, and further the hollow of the rotator 66. The diffuse reflection is repeated inside. Thereby, the whole rotary body 66 can be brightened uniformly. Of the light beam reflected by the rotator 66 and the light beam emitted to the outside from the rotator 66, the amount of light that does not contribute to the illumination of the rotator 66 as viewed from the player, that is, reflected or emitted to the back side of the rotator 66. The light beam emitted from is incident on the inner peripheral surface 130 of the reflector 120. Then, since the light is further reflected by the reflector 120 and irradiated again on the rotating body 66, the light beam irradiated on the rotating body 66 is efficiently used to the front surface of the rotating body 66 viewed by the player. Therefore, the rotating body 66 can be illuminated more brightly.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the reflector 120 is made of a translucent material, the light emitted from the LED 126 and applied to the outer peripheral surface 132 of the reflector 120 passes through the reflector 120. Thereby, not only the light irradiated to the inner peripheral surface 130 of the reflector 120 but also the light irradiated to the outer peripheral surface 132 of the reflector 120 can be used effectively, and the rotating body 66 can be illuminated more brightly. It becomes.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this is an illustration to the last, Comprising: This invention is not limited at all by the specific description in this Embodiment.

  For example, the rotating body 66 in the above-described embodiment has a hollow structure, but may have a solid structure. Further, in order to make the rotator 66 translucent, the inner surface of the rotator 66 is polished in the above-described embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this method. A translucent spherical body can be formed by mixing a filler such as charcoal cal or barium sulfate.

  Further, the reflector 120 is not necessarily formed integrally with the mounting plate member 50, and can of course be formed separately from the mounting plate member 50. Furthermore, the specific shape, size, number, etc. of the through holes 122 penetrating the reflector 120 are not limited at all. Therefore, a through hole may be further provided in a portion other than the central portion of the reflector 120.

  Further, the colors of the rotating body 66 and the reflector 120 are not limited at all, and various colors can be adopted as appropriate, or they can be colorless and transparent.

  Furthermore, the color of the light emitting source is not limited at all. For example, in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of LEDs 126 of different colors may be provided, and the color may be changed according to the gaming situation. Moreover, directivity may be given to the light emitted from LED126 by employ | adopting LED which has directivity, or providing a reflective mirror behind LED126. In this way, it is possible to irradiate the rotating body 66 with higher efficiency by increasing the amount of light flux directed toward the rotating body 66.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the rotating body 66 as a decorative member is provided in the center accessory 44, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a decorative member provided on the game area 30. is there.

  In addition, in the above-described embodiment, one specific example of applying the present invention to the first type pachinko machine has been shown, but the present invention also applies to the second type and third type pachinko machine, Of course, it can be applied.

  In addition, although not listed one by one, the present invention can be implemented in a mode to which various changes, modifications, improvements, and the like are added based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art. It goes without saying that all are included in the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It is a front view showing a pachinko machine as one embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the game board employ | adopted as the pachinko machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of a center decoration provided on the game board shown in FIG. 2. It is a principal part enlarged view which shows the decoration member provided in the center decoration shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the decoration member and drive mechanism which were shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view showing the decorative member and the drive mechanism shown in FIG. 5. It is a rear view of the principal part shown in FIG. It is a model figure for demonstrating schematically the VIII-VIII cross section in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko machine 44 Center decoration 45 Main body frame 46 Through-hole 50 Mounting plate member 66 Rotating body 70 Electric motor 120 Reflector 122 Through-hole 126 LED
130 Inner peripheral surface

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine provided with a decorative member illuminated by a light emitting source in a gaming area,
A semi-transparent spherical body is provided as the decorative member, and a hemispherical reflecting member formed of a translucent material is employed, and a part of the spherical body is inserted into the hemispherical recess of the reflecting member. The outer surface of the spherical body is disposed so as to be covered with the reflecting member at a predetermined distance, while a through hole is provided in the reflecting member, and the reflecting member on the side opposite to the spherical body is sandwiched between the through holes. The light emission source is disposed at a position where the light emitted from the light emission source is directly irradiated to the spherical body through the through-hole and irradiated to the back surface of the reflecting member. Gaming machine.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the spherical body has a hollow structure, and an inner peripheral surface of the spherical body is uneven. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the center of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the spherical body and the center of curvature of the inner peripheral surface of the reflecting member are substantially at the same position.

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