JP2007236798A - Rotary-drum type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary-drum type game machine capable of reducing the cost of development without requiring the manufacture of new components such as a front door frame accompanying the model change. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of engagement holes 100b are formed on a guard plate 100 fixed to the upper end edge on the rear side of a front door 3, and a hook member 101 for supporting a harness for the wiring inside the front door 3 is appropriately engaged with any one of the engagement holes 100b. With this structure, the wiring structure can be optimized in response to the model change without newly manufacturing a frame mold of the front door 3, etc. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a swivel type gaming machine such as a slot machine, and more particularly to a swivel type gaming machine that does not require production of a new part due to a model change or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a swivel type gaming machine such as a slot machine is configured to include a housing having an opening on the front surface and a front door attached to the opening of the housing so as to be openable and closable.

  A main control board and a power supply unit that control the operation of the gaming machine are arranged in the casing of the rotating type gaming machine, while an effect lamp, a liquid crystal unit, operation switches, etc. are arranged on the front side on the front door side. In addition, a sub-control board for driving and controlling these effect lamps and liquid crystal units is provided. For this reason, it is necessary to electrically connect the main control board and power supply unit on the housing side to the sub control board on the front door side, the effect lamp, the operation switch, etc. Conventionally, the harness is held and bundled via a fixed hook portion formed integrally with the front door frame so as not to be an obstacle during the visual inspection of the inside.

  By the way, in recent years, in the gaming machine industry, the trend period of gaming contents has become shorter, and in order to make players enjoy more innovative and interesting games, the model change of the revolving type gaming machine is a short cycle It has been done frequently. When changing the game content in accordance with the model change, the structure of the revolving type gaming machine is often changed in accordance with this, and the front door frame including the hook portion described above is changed in accordance with the change of the wiring structure. Etc. had to be newly produced.

  For this reason, much effort and cost are required for the development of a new model of a revolving type game machine, and not only the economical aspect but also the unnecessary parts are discarded, leading to waste of resources, etc. There was also a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and provides a rotary type gaming machine that does not require the production of new parts such as a front door frame accompanying a model change or the like, and that achieves cost reduction in development. The purpose is that.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a rotary type gaming machine including a casing having an opening and a front door attached to the opening so as to be openable and closable. A guard plate having a plurality of engagement holes formed in a direction is fixed to an upper edge of the front door, and one or a plurality of hook members are engaged with any one of the engagement holes, A harness for electrically connecting electronic devices provided in each of the front doors is held by the hook member.

  According to the swivel type gaming machine of the present invention, the hook member for holding the harness is appropriately engaged with any of the engagement holes of the guard plate fixed to the upper edge of the front door. The wiring structure of the harness can be optimized even if the arrangement of the devices is changed. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the new production of parts such as guard plates in response to the model change of the swivel type gaming machine, and to reduce the cost for development.

  Hereinafter, a slot machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described as a preferred embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external structure of the slot machine 1.

  In the slot machine 1, a front door 3 having a so-called front mask formed on the side facing the player is attached to an opening of a housing 2 which is a substantially rectangular box body so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). . The front mask is roughly divided into an upper panel portion, a middle panel portion, and a lower panel portion from the top, and these are integrally formed of a hard plastic designed to enhance the visual effect as a decorative board. A tray unit 4 including a tray 4a for storing medals is provided below the lower panel portion.

  The upper panel is provided with effect lamps such as an upper lamp 5a and corner lamps 5b and 5c with built-in high-intensity light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Directing to appeal to. In addition, sound emitting portions 6a and 6b each having a built-in speaker are provided at the left and right positions of the upper panel portion, respectively, and a game is produced with sound effects and musical sounds. Further, a liquid crystal display unit 7 is disposed at a central position between the sound emitting units 6a and 6b.

  The liquid crystal display unit 7 displays a moving image that is appropriately selected according to the progress of the game to give the game a story, and when a bonus game or the like is won, a more dynamic image is displayed. It is displayed and effects such as causing a player to expect a high payout.

  A middle panel plate 8 is attached to the middle middle panel portion as a panel plate having a substantially rectangular transparent display window 8a formed at the center thereof. And it is comprised so that a player can see three cylindrical reels 10a, 10b, 10c provided in the housing | casing through this display window 8a.

  For example, 21 symbols including a plurality of different types are arranged on the peripheral surfaces of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c at almost equal intervals, and three vertical and three horizontal rows facing the display window 8a The player can see through the display window.

  In addition, although not shown, a display for displaying game information such as a notification display section for notifying an internal winning combination and a numerical display section for displaying the number of credits, etc. is displayed at an appropriate position on the front surface of the middle panel 8. The part is formed.

  Below the middle panel plate 8 is formed a table-like portion called an operation console 9 that slightly protrudes forward, and includes a medal insertion portion 11 having an insertion slot for inserting medals used in the game, A bet button 12, a start lever 13, three stop buttons 14a, 14b, 14c, and the like are provided for instructing game operations.

  The bet button 12 is a push-type button switch for presenting the number of medals bet on the game. The start lever 13 is a lever switch for instructing to rotate the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c all at once. The start lever 13 is turned on when a lever having a spherical operation knob at the tip is tilted in any of the vertical and horizontal directions. When the hand is released from the lever, the spring is automatically returned to the original position by the urging force of the spring and is turned off.

  The stop buttons 14a, 14b, and 14c are push-type button switches for individually instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c, and are arranged in parallel corresponding to the arrangement of the reels.

  On the lower panel 15 constituting the lower panel portion of the front mask, for example, a picture (not shown) of an appearing character or the like is printed and displayed for allowing the player to recognize the model type or the like of the slot machine 1.

  The saucer unit 4 provided at the lowermost part of the front door 3 has a medal payout opening 16 for paying out medals by a winning payout and the like, and a sound emitting unit 17a for generating a production effect sound according to the progress of the game. , 17b are disposed respectively.

  Next, the internal structure of the slot machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the slot machine 1 with the front door 3 opened.

  First, a main control board 21 that performs overall control of the overall operation of the slot machine 1 is attached to the upper portion of the housing 2. The main control board 21 is a microcomputer-based control circuit board on which electronic components such as an interface circuit having a matching function when communicating with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and other peripheral devices are mounted, and is housed in a transparent board case. Thus, the housing 2 is fixed so as not to be detached.

  Near the center of the housing 2, a reel unit 10 in which three reels 10a, 10b, and 10c are arranged in parallel in the axial direction is opposed to the display window 8a formed on the front door 3 side. The frame 22 is fixed.

  A rotating device substrate (not shown) is attached to the upper portion of the reel unit 10. The rotation device board relays the rotation drive pulse data from the main control board 21 and outputs the rotation drive pulse obtained by current amplification to the stepping motor of each reel 10a, 10b, 10c, thereby rotating and stopping each reel. Drive control is performed.

  The space below the reel unit 10 stores medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 11 and stores medals overflowing from the hopper unit 23, and a hopper unit 23 that pays out medals from a medal payout exit at the time of a prize payout. An overflow tank 24 for power supply and a power supply unit 25 for distributing required power to each device built in the slot machine 1 are installed.

  Furthermore, in the upper position of the side plate of the housing 2, a signal indicating a gaming state such as jackpot and an operating state such as insertion / payout of medals in the slot machine 1 is transmitted to an external management device (for example, a hall computer). An external concentration terminal plate 26 is attached.

  Next, on the back side upper part of the front door 3, an LED board on which light emitting diodes (LEDs) as light sources such as the upper lamp 5a and corner lamps 5b and 5c described above are mounted, and a speaker facing the sound emitting parts 6a and 6b. An upper panel assembly 32 in which 31a and 31b, the liquid crystal display unit 7 and the like are assembled to the base frame 32a is attached.

  Further, on the back surface of the liquid crystal display unit 7 provided between the left and right speakers 31a and 31b, the liquid crystal display unit, an effect lamp such as the upper lamp 5a, the speakers 31a and 31b, etc. are driven to mainly play games. A sub-control board 33 for performing control related to the effect is attached.

  Below the sub-control board 38, an intermediate panel plate 8 having a transparent display window 8a for seeing through the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c is provided on the front surface, and the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c are irradiated. A cold cathode fluorescent tube 34, a plurality of incandescent lamps 35 for illuminating a picture drawn on the middle panel plate 8 and notifying the internal lottery result, and switches such as a start lever 13 and stop buttons 14a, 14b, 14c A lamp house unit 37 that is unitized by assembling a central display board 36 that relays output to the main control board 21 is attached.

  A medal selector 38 is attached below the lamp house unit 37. The medal selector 38 is a device that determines and distributes the suitability of medals inserted into the medal insertion unit 11 on the front surface. The medal selector 38 is provided with a medal sensor 38a, and transmits a medal acceptance signal to the main control board 21 when the medal sensor 38a detects a medal determined to be appropriate by the medal selector 38. The main control board 21 stores medals internally by adding a credit each time a medal acceptance signal is received.

  At the medal exit of the medal selector 38, a medal guide portion 39 for guiding an appropriate medal selected and detected by the medal selector to the hopper unit 23 on the housing 2 side is attached.

  Below the medal selector 38, a lower panel 15 provided on the front surface side, and a lower panel unit 40 which is unitized by incorporating a fluorescent tube or the like for illuminating the lower panel 15 from the rear surface are attached.

  Further, the flow chute 41 that guides the dropped medal (or foreign matter) that has been removed as inappropriate by the medal selector 38 to the medal discharge port 16 and the medal payout port of the hopper unit 23 are closely in contact with the opening 42a, and the paid-out medal Is formed on the rear surface of the lower panel unit 40.

  Below the lower panel unit 40, speakers 43a and 43b facing the sound emitting portions 17a and 17b on the front surface are attached.

  The side frame of the front door 3 is formed with a locking mechanism 44 that automatically locks when the front door 3 is closed to the housing 2.

  The slot machine 1 configured as described above enters a standby state when a prize is won in the previous game and the payout of medals is completed, or when a loss is confirmed in the previous game. In this state, when the bet button 12 is pressed, medals are bet on the game from medals (credits) stored therein, and the game starts.

  When the start lever 13 is tilted in the game start state, the main control board 21 starts rotating the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c all at once. At the same time, the winning combination is drawn by internal processing, and the result is stored in a flag (memory).

  Next, when the player presses the stop buttons 14a, 14b, and 14c in an arbitrary order, the main control board 21 sequentially stops the corresponding reels accordingly. When the main control board 21 detects that all the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c have stopped, the symbol combination displayed on each reel matches the symbol combination related to the winning combination stored in the flag. It is determined whether or not. When they match, the winning is confirmed, and a medal with the number of payouts corresponding to the type of winning combination is added to the credit. If the credit exceeds the upper limit due to the payout of the winning prize, the excess medals are paid out from the hopper unit 23 to the tray unit 4.

  As described above, the player of the slot machine 1 performs a game operation for rotating / stopping the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c, and loses the bet medals if the symbols displayed on the display window 8a are not variably displayed. If a winning combination is achieved with a combination of symbols, it is possible to acquire more medals than the betted number, so that it is possible to enjoy a win / lose game with an interest in increasing the number of medals depending on skill and luck.

  Next, a harness that is attached to the back side of the front door 3 and electrically connects, for example, the main control board 21 of the housing 2 and the sub control board 33 on the front door 3 side, or the sub control board 33 as a hub. The hook member 101 for bundling and holding the harnesses connected to the corner lamps 5b and 5c and the speakers 31a and 31b of the upper panel assembly 32 and the mounting structure thereof will be described with reference to FIGS.

  Here, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper part of the rear surface of the front door 3. 4 is a perspective view and a bottom view showing the external structure of the guard plate 100 fixed to the upper edge of the front door 3. FIG. 5 shows the external structure of the hook member 101 for holding the harness. It is the perspective view and each surface figure which represented.

  As shown mainly in FIG. 4, the guard plate 100 is a long sheet metal member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and opens in a square shape on one side plate 100 a disposed as a lower side surface. A plurality of engagement holes 100b are formed with appropriate intervals.

  The guard plate 100 is fixed to the frame of the upper edge of the front door 3 with screws (not shown) with the side plate 100a in which the engagement hole 100b is formed as the lower side surface.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, the hook member 101 for holding the harness includes a flat upright flat plate portion 101a and a bent portion that is bent in an arc shape from the lower side of the flat plate portion 101a to one side. Part 101b, knob part 101c that bends substantially perpendicularly outward from the tip of bent part 101b, contact part 101d that is orthogonal on the upper side of flat plate part 101a, and a rectangular fitting part that protrudes from the upper surface of contact part 101d 101e and locking projections 101f and 101f that protrude at opposite sides of the fitting portion 101e, and are integrally formed of a relatively elastic resin material such as Teflon.

  FIG. 5B is a side view when viewed from the arrow B shown in FIG. 5A, and the holding space 101g for holding through the harness is a flat plate of the hook member 101 as shown in FIG. It is defined by a portion 101a and a bent portion 101b.

  FIG. 5 (c) is a side view when viewed from the arrow C shown in FIG. 5 (a). The locking projections 101f and 101f are gradually narrowed at the tips and are formed on the outer end sides. A shaped part is formed.

  That is, when the fitting portion 101e is inserted toward the engagement hole 100b of the guard plate 100 described above, the hook member 101 moves inward while the tapered locking projections 101f and 101f are in sliding contact with the edge of the engagement hole 100b. Elastically deforms. Then, in a state where the upper surface of the contact portion 101d is in contact with the edge surface of the engagement hole 100b and the fitting portion 101e is fitted in the engagement hole 100b, each locking projection 101f, 101f returns to its original shape, The hook-shaped portion is locked to the edge of the engagement hole 100b and is prevented from coming off.

  Thus, by holding the knob 101c of the hook member 101 attached in a form suspended from the guard plate 100 and moving it outward, the bent part 101b is elastically deformed to open the flat plate part 101a. A harness is inserted into the holding space 101g from between 101c. And the harness is hold | maintained at the hook member 101 by making the bending part 101b into the original shape.

  According to such a mounting structure of the hook member 101, it depends on the design of the upper panel assembly 32 provided on the front door 3 and the arrangement relationship of the LED boards such as the sub control board 33 and the upper lamp 5a or the equipments such as the speakers 31a and 31b. In order to hold the harness connecting them along the edge of the front door 3, one or a plurality of hook members 101 can be appropriately engaged with any of the engagement holes 100 b of the guard plate 100. Thereby, even if the arrangement of the electronic devices such as the sub-control board 33 and the LED board in the front door 3 is changed, the hook member 101 is attached to an appropriate position of the guard plate 100 correspondingly, and the harness is connected. Can be optimized along the upper edge of the front door 3 to optimize the wiring structure.

  Therefore, for example, even if the slot machine 1 is model-changed, it is not necessary to newly design and manufacture parts such as a frame molded product and a guard plate constituting the front door 3, and the development cost can be reduced. Furthermore, it is possible to reduce the amount of parts that become unnecessary and are discarded along with the model change.

It is a perspective view showing the appearance structure of the slot machine which is one embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view showing the internal structure of the slot machine shown in FIG. 1 with the front door opened. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a rear upper part of a front door of the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a perspective view and a bottom view showing an embodiment of a guard plate fixed to a front door of the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. It is the perspective view and each side figure showing embodiment of the hook member for hold | maintaining a harness.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Slot machine 2 ... Housing | casing 3 ... Front door 4 ... Receptacle unit 5a ... Upper lamp 5b, 5c ... Corner lamp 6a, 6b ... Sound emission part 7 ... Liquid crystal display unit 8 ... Middle panel board 8a ... Display window 9 ... Operation Table 10 ... Reel units 10a, 10b, 10c ... Reel 11 ... Medal insertion part 12 ... Bet button 13 ... Start lever 14a, 14b, 14c ... Stop button 15 ... Lower panel 16 ... Medal payout port 17a, 17b ... Sound emission part 21 ... main control board 22 ... frame 23 ... hopper unit 24 ... overflow tank 25 ... power supply unit 26 ... external concentration terminal boards 31a and 31b ... speaker 32 ... upper panel assembly 32a ... base frame 33 ... sub-control board 34 ... cold cathode fluorescent tube 35 ... Incandescent lamp 36 ... Central display board 37 ... Lamp house unit 38 ... Dull selector 39 ... Medal guide part 40 ... Lower panel unit 41 ... Flow chute 42 ... Medal payout passage 43a, 43b ... Speaker 100 ... Guard plate 100b ... Engagement hole 101 ... Hook member 101a ... Flat plate part 101b ... Bending part 101c ... Part 101d ... Contact part 101e ... Fitting part 101f ... Locking protrusion 101g ... Holding space

Claims (1)

A rotary type gaming machine comprising a housing having an opening and a front door attached to the opening so as to be openable and closable,
A guard plate having a plurality of engagement holes formed in the longitudinal direction is fixed to the upper edge of the front door, and one or a plurality of hook members are engaged with any one of the engagement holes, and the housing And a harness for electrically connecting the electronic devices provided in each of the front doors to the hook member.

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