JP2007330355A - Movable decorating device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a movable decorating device for a game machine, which is rich in variation of modes. <P>SOLUTION: This movable decorating device is equipped with an oscillating element 2 which is reciprocated in the lateral direction by a motor through an oscillating mechanism, and an elevating element 3 which is elevated in the vertical direction by a motor through an elevating mechanism. The oscillating mechanism comprises a cam shaft 4, a cam member 23, and a resilient body 27. In this case, the cam shaft 4 has a protruding piece 42 which stretches from a shaft section 41 in the radial direction, and is fitted on the motor shaft. The cam member 23 has a slope 26 which is pressed by the protruding piece 42, and is fixed to the oscillating element 2. The resilient body 27 urges the oscillating element 2 in the opposite direction from the pressing direction of the protruding piece 42. The elevating element 3 turns in the vertical direction around a turning shaft 15. The elevating mechanism comprises a guide arm 32 which is extended from the turning shaft 15, and a projecting piece 43 which is extended from the shaft section 41 of the cam shaft 23 in the radial direction. Then, the guide arm 32 is engaged with the projecting piece 43. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a movable decoration device used for an accessory of a gaming machine.

In a conventional gaming machine, for example, what is disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as a device that produces an effect around a symbol display device provided at the center of a game area. In this case, although the moving effect provided by the upper part of the symbol display device performs an operation to cover a part of the display screen according to the display state of the symbol display device, the effect operation itself is moved. Since the members only moved up and down, the game was not interesting. Moreover, since the gear and the rack are used as means for lowering the moving member, there is a disadvantage that the decoration mode cannot be changed rapidly.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-159845 (FIG. 1)

  In view of the above-described conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a movable decoration device for a gaming machine rich in variations.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the movable decoration device for a gaming machine of the present invention includes a motor fixed to a mounting base and a vibration body that is reciprocated in the lateral direction via a vibration mechanism by the rotation of the motor. And an elevating body that is moved up and down by a rotation of a motor through an elevating mechanism.

In the above-described invention, the vibration mechanism is fixed to the vibration body having a camshaft having a projecting piece extending radially from the shaft portion and mounted on the motor shaft, and an inclined surface pressed by the projecting piece. The cam member and the elastic body that urges the vibrating body in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the protruding piece may be included.
In addition, the lifting body is assumed to rotate up and down around a rotation axis horizontally provided on the mounting base.
The elevating mechanism includes a guide arm for rotating the elevating body extending from the rotating shaft, and a radial extending from the shaft portion of the camshaft and engaging the guide arm to rotate the elevating body up and down. And a projecting piece.
4. The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the guide arm is provided with a curved groove portion, and the projecting piece is provided with an engaging projection inserted into the groove portion.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the vibration mechanism includes a crank gear having a cam portion on one side and rotated by a motor, and a vibration that is pressed by the cam portion and the tip presses a part of the vibration body. The lever and an elastic body that biases the vibration lever in a direction opposite to the pressing direction by the cam portion can be used.

In addition, the lifting body shall be slid up and down on the vertical rail,
The lifting mechanism includes a lifting lever whose tip is attached to the lifting body, a branch arm extending from the base of the lifting lever, and a lifting arm that is provided on one side of the crank gear and engages the lifting lever. And a projecting portion to be rotated.
Further, the lifting body is a plate-like one widened to the left and right of the vertical rail, and lifting levers are disposed on one of the left and right sides of the plate surface, and the corresponding lifting plate is provided on the other plate surface. In addition to providing an auxiliary lever symmetrically, a partial gear is provided at the base end of the lifting lever and the lifting auxiliary lever, and these gears can be engaged, and between the lifting lever and the auxiliary lever, It is possible to stretch an elastic body for shock reduction when the lifting body is dropped.
Furthermore, the protrusion can be reciprocated between the lifting lever and the branch arm to regulate the lowering speed of the lifting body and to lift the lifting body.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to change the decoration mode of the gaming machine by driving the vibration body and the lifting body with one motor.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the vibration member can be swung by pressing the cam member with the projecting piece and attracting the vibration member with the elastic body.
According to the invention of claim 3, the lifting body can be moved up and down by rotating the protruding piece engaged with the guide arm.
In the invention according to claim 4, the guide arm and the protruding piece can be engaged with each other by the groove portion and the engaging protrusion.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the vibration body can be moved to one side through the pressing of the vibration lever by the cam portion, and the vibration body can be returned to the original position by attracting the elastic body.
In the invention according to claim 6, the lifting body can be raised by rotating the protrusion and engaging the branch arm, and the lifting body can be dropped suddenly by releasing the engagement.
According to the seventh aspect, the elevating body can be easily raised and lowered by the elevating lever and the auxiliary lever.
The invention according to claim 8 can reduce the impact when the lifting body drops.
In the invention according to claim 9, the lowering speed of the elevating body can be regulated and lowered. Therefore, the decoration device can perform two kinds of dropping operations, that is, a sudden drop using free fall and a control drop according to the driving of the motor, and has the advantage that the range of production can be greatly widened. is there.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view showing a basic aspect of a movable decorative device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view thereof, and FIG. In the figure, 1 is a mounting base, 2 is a vibrating body, and 3 is a lifting body. Reference numeral 10 denotes a cover member.

The structure of the vibration mechanism will be described below.
The mounting base 1 is provided with a fixed side spherical body 11 and a motor mounting base 12, and a camshaft 4 is mounted on a motor shaft 14 of a motor 13 fixed to the mounting base 12. The camshaft 4 includes a projecting piece 42 that extends radially from the shaft portion 41 and a projecting piece 43 that extends in a direction intersecting the projecting piece 42. Further, the protruding piece 42 has a protruding portion 44, and the protruding piece 43 has an engaging protrusion 45.

  The vibration body 2 includes a vibration main body 21, a vibration side partial sphere 22, and a cam member 23. The fixed-side partial sphere 11 and the vibration-side partial sphere 22 are meshed with a jagged boundary 24. The cam member 23 has a plate-like portion 25 and an inclined surface 26. Further, since the vibrating body 2 is urged leftward in FIG. 1 by the coil spring 27 which is an elastic body, the protrusion 44 of the protruding piece 42 is in contact with the plate-like portion 25 of the cam member 23.

The structure of the lifting mechanism will be described below.
In FIG. 1, the mounting base 1 is provided with a rotating shaft 15 that extends to the left and right of the mounting base 1. As shown in FIG. 4, a turning arm 31 is attached to the turning shaft 15, and a lifting body 3 formed in a ¼ spherical surface is fixed to the tip of the turning arm 31. Therefore, the elevating body 3 can be moved up and down by rotating in the vertical direction around the rotation shaft 15.

  A guide arm 32 is provided at the base of the turning arm 31 so as to extend in a direction different from that of the turning arm 31. The guide arm 32 has a groove portion 33 in which the engagement protrusion 45 of the protruding piece 43 slides. The groove portion 33 is composed of a linear portion 34 on the proximal end side of the guide arm 32 and an arc portion 35 on the distal end side. The arc of the arc portion 35 is formed concentrically with the motor shaft 14.

Hereinafter, the swinging of the vibrating body 2 and the lifting and lowering movement of the lifting body 3 in the above-described movable decoration device will be described.
When the camshaft 4 is rotated counterclockwise starting from the state of FIG. 3, the protrusion 44 of the protrusion 42 slides upward on the inclined surface 26, so that the cam member 23 is moved to the motor 13. Is pushed to the side (FIG. 5). The vibration body 2 fixed integrally with the cam member 23 is also moved to the motor 13 side by this pressing (FIGS. 7, 8, 25 and 26). Next, when the motor 13 is rotated backward in the clockwise direction, the protrusion 44 moves down the inclined surface 26, so that the vibration body 2 is moved in the opposite direction to the motor 13 by the bias of the spring 27. . At this time, since the engaging protrusion 45 moves in the arc portion 35, the guide arm 32 is not rotated.

  Subsequently, when the motor 13 is rotated in the clockwise direction, as shown in FIG. 4, the engaging protrusion 45 moves along the arc P, so that the engaging protrusion 45 is located above the linear portion 34 of the guide arm 32. Try to lift the part. As a result, turning force in the counterclockwise direction about the rotation shaft 15 acts on the guide arm 32. Therefore, since the turning arm 31 is also turned counterclockwise, the lifting body 3 is also turned together. Since the distance between the engagement protrusion 45 and the rotation shaft 15 changes during the rotation, the rotation speed changes. That is, when the distance between the engaging protrusion and the rotating shaft 15 is closest, the rotation speed of the guide arm 32 is the fastest, so that the motion can be interesting. (FIG. 6, FIG. 9, FIG. 10).

  When the elevator 3 is raised, the motor 13 is rotated counterclockwise, and the engaging protrusion 45 moves counterclockwise along the arc P as shown in FIG. The guide arm 32 is rotated clockwise about the rotation shaft 15. As a result, the elevating body 3 is rotated upward through the rotating arm 31 and raised.

Next, a movable decoration device according to a second embodiment will be described.
FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view showing the overall structure of the movable decorative device of the second embodiment. In the figure, 2 is a vibrating body and 3 is a lifting body.
FIGS. 12 and 13 are views showing the main part of the vibration mechanism. The vibration body 2 has a bracket 28 fixed to the back surface thereof, and the bracket 28 is between the support portions 15 of the mounting base (not shown). It is slidably mounted on a guide bar 16 installed horizontally. The bracket 28 has a horizontal bar 29 protruding in the horizontal direction.

  In this embodiment, the vibration mechanism includes a motor 13, a crank gear 5 that includes a cam part 51 on one side and is rotated by the motor 13, and a vibration part 61 that is pressed by the cam part 51 in the middle. The lever 6 and the elastic body 30 that urges the horizontal bar 29 in the direction opposite to the pressing direction by the cam portion 51 are included. The vibration lever 6 is provided upward about the shaft 62. One of the elastic bodies 30 is hooked to the tip of the horizontal bar 29, and the other is hooked to a mounting base (not shown).

The vibration of the vibrating body 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, when the crank gear 5 is rotated counterclockwise by the motor gear 17 of the motor 13, the convex portion 61 is pressed by the cam portion 51 (FIG. 15). As a result, the tip of the swing lever 6 presses the horizontal bar 29 of the bracket 28, so that the swing body 2 is moved rightward in FIG. When the pressing of the convex portion 61 by the cam portion 51 is released, the elastic body 30 attracts the horizontal bar 6 in the left direction, so that the vibration body 2 can return to the original position.
As described above, by rotating the motor 13 in one direction, the shaking body 2 can be repeatedly shaken to the left and right each time the cam portion 51 presses the convex portion 61.

  In addition, the protrusion 51a is provided in the cam part 51 (FIG. 16), and the position of the cam part 51 is detected by arranging the sensor 19 having the sensor part 19a as shown in FIG. 17 as shown in FIG. Yes. Based on this, the drive of the motor 13 is controlled. As an example of control, the motor 13 is rotated forward and backward, and the cam portion 51 does not press the convex portion 61 (FIG. 14) and the cam portion 51 presses the convex portion 61 (FIG. 15). By reciprocating between them, the vibrating body 2 can be oscillated left and right with a shorter cycle than when rotating in one direction as described above.

Next, the lifting mechanism of the lifting body will be described.
In FIG. 11, the elevating body 3 is a plate-like member widened to the left and right, and has a sliding portion 36 in the middle. The sliding portion 36 slides between the vertical rails 18 in the vertical direction. To do.
As shown in FIG. 11, the elevating mechanism includes an elevating lever 7 disposed on the left side of the back surface of the elevating body 3, a branch arm 71 extending from the base of the elevating lever 7 (FIG. 20), and the crank gear 5. And a protrusion 55 provided on the front side surface (FIG. 20). The elevation lever 7 has a convex portion 74 at the tip mounted on the support portion 38 of the elevation body 3 and rotates around the shaft 72 (FIG. 11). A partial gear 73 is formed at the base end side end. The protrusion 55 engages with the branch arm 71 to rotate the elevating lever 7 in the vertical direction (FIG. 20).

  In FIG. 11, the lifting lever 7 and the lifting auxiliary lever 8 are arranged on the right side of the back surface of the lifting body 3. The auxiliary lever 8 has a convex portion 83 at the tip mounted on the support portion 38 of the elevating body 3 and rotates around the shaft 81. Since the partial gear 82 is provided at the base end of the auxiliary lever 8 and the partial gear 73 and the partial gear 82 are meshed with each other, the auxiliary lever 8 is also rotated by the rotation of the elevating lever 7. Between the elevating lever 7 and the auxiliary lever 8, an elastic body 85 for relaxing an impact when the elevating body 3 is dropped is stretched (FIG. 21). In this case, unlike the case where the oscillating body 3 is rotated in one direction, the oscillating body 2 can be oscillated a plurality of times without raising and lowering the elevating body 3.

Below, the raising / lowering motion of the raising / lowering body 3 in 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated using FIGS.
In the state of FIG. 21, since the protrusion 55 is rotated by the crank gear 5 to lift the branch arm 71, the lifting body 3 is also lifted to the maximum. Since the partial gear 73 and the partial gear 82 are engaged with each other and rotated, the elevating body 3 is raised by the elevating lever 7 and the auxiliary lever 8 while maintaining the horizontal state.

  Furthermore, since the protrusion 55 is disengaged from the branch arm 71 as the rotation of the protrusion 55 proceeds, the lifting body 3 falls abruptly as shown in FIG. At this time, each of the convex portions 74 and 83 moves inward in the support portion 38. Thereafter, the restricting portions 76 and 86 provided on the elevating lever 7 and the auxiliary lever 8 abut against stoppers (not shown) provided on the mounting base, so that the elevating body 3 is prevented from dropping. . The elastic body 85 is stretched between the elevating lever 7 and the auxiliary lever 8 to balance a part of its own weight of the elevating body 3 to suppress the dropping speed, and the regulating portions 76 and 86 are the stoppers. It is possible to mitigate the impact when it comes into contact with.

Further, as the rotation of the protrusion 55 proceeds, as shown in FIG. 24, the protrusion 55 is again engaged with the branch arm 71 and lifts it, so that the elevating body 3 also rises again. The convex portions 74 and 83 move outward in the support portion 38, respectively.
As described above, the swinging of the vibrating body 2 and the lifting and lowering of the lifting body 3 can be repeated.

23, that is, before the engagement between the projection 55 and the branch arm 71 is released, the projection 55 is rotated in the reverse direction (counterclockwise as viewed in FIG. 23), thereby It is possible to lower the elevating body 3 in accordance with the rotation of the portion 55. After that, when the lowering of the elevating body 3 is restricted by the restriction portions 76 and 86 coming into contact with a stopper (not shown) provided on the mounting base, the reverse rotation again (clockwise as viewed from FIG. 23). By doing so, the lifting body 3 is also raised. In this case, any position between the state in which the elevating body 3 is most lowered (FIG. 23) and the state in which the elevating body 3 is most elevated without the cam portion 51 pressing the convex portion 61 is provided. Thus, by rotating the motor 13 forward and backward, the elevating body 3 can be raised and lowered a plurality of times in a short cycle without shaking the vibration body 2.
As described above, it is possible to perform two types of descent operations, a rapid descent using free fall and a control descent that can be controlled in accordance with the driving of the motor 13, and the range of production can be further expanded. It becomes.

It is a perspective view of the back side of the movable decoration device of a 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view of the front side of the movable decoration device of a 1st embodiment. It is the side view (a) of the principal part of a shaking mechanism, and a rear view (b). It is a side view of the principal part of a raising / lowering mechanism. They are the side view (a) and back view (b) of the principal part of the vibration mechanism to which the vibration body was moved. It is a side view of the principal part of the raising / lowering mechanism by which the raising / lowering body was rotated below. It is a perspective view of the back side of the movable decoration apparatus to which the vibration body was moved. It is a perspective view of the front side of the movable decoration apparatus to which the vibration body was moved. It is a perspective view of the back side of the movable decoration apparatus in which the raising / lowering body was dropped. It is a perspective view of the front side of the movable decoration apparatus by which the raising / lowering body was dropped. It is a perspective view of the back side of the movable decoration device of a 2nd embodiment. It is a rear view of the principal part of the vibration mechanism of 2nd Embodiment. It is a top view of the oscillation mechanism principal part of 2nd Embodiment. It is a rear view of the vibration mechanism in the vicinity of the crank gear. It is a rear view of the vibration mechanism near the crank gear in a state where the vibration body is pressed. It is a perspective view of a crank gear. It is a perspective view of a position detection sensor. It is a rear view of the crank gear vicinity where the position detection sensor was set. It is a front side perspective view of a raising / lowering mechanism. It is a front side perspective view of the raising / lowering mechanism shown by removing the raising / lowering body. It is a front view of the raising / lowering mechanism shown through from the front side. It is a top view of a raising / lowering mechanism. It is a front view of the raising / lowering mechanism which is the state which the raising / lowering body fell. It is a front view of the raising / lowering mechanism in which the raising / lowering body is going up. It is a rear view of the movable decoration apparatus in the state of FIG. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  2 Vibration body, 3 Lifting body, 4 Cam shaft, 15 Rotating shaft, 23 Cam member, 26 Inclined surface, 41 Shaft part, 42 Projecting piece, 43 Projecting piece, 32 Guide arm

Claims (9)

  A motor fixed to the mounting base, a vibration body that is reciprocated in the horizontal direction through the vibration mechanism by the rotation of the motor, and a lifting body that is moved up and down by the rotation of the motor through the lifting mechanism. A movable decoration device for a gaming machine, comprising:   A camshaft having a projecting piece extending radially from a shaft portion and mounted on a motor shaft; a cam member having an inclined surface pressed against the projecting piece and fixed to the shaking body; The movable decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: an elastic body that biases the vibrating body in a direction opposite to the pressing direction of the protruding piece. The lifting body is assumed to rotate up and down around a rotation axis that is installed horizontally on the mounting base.
The elevating mechanism includes a guide arm for rotating the elevating body extending from the rotating shaft, and a radial extending from the shaft portion of the camshaft and engaging the guide arm to rotate the elevating body up and down. The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising a protruding piece for the purpose.   4. The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the guide arm is provided with a curved groove portion, and the projecting piece is provided with an engaging protrusion inserted into the groove portion.   The swing mechanism includes a crank gear having a cam portion on one side and rotated by a motor, a swing lever that is pressed by the cam portion and the tip presses a part of the swing body, and the swing lever is a cam portion. The movable decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, comprising: an elastic body that is biased in a direction opposite to a pressing direction of the game machine. The lifting body is supposed to slide vertically on the vertical rail,
The lifting mechanism includes a lifting lever whose tip is attached to the lifting body, a branch arm extending from the base of the lifting lever, and a lifting arm that is provided on one side of the crank gear and engages the lifting lever. The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 5, comprising a projecting portion to be rotated.   The lifting body is a plate-like one widened to the left and right of the vertical rail, and lifting levers are arranged on one of the left and right sides of the plate surface, and the corresponding lifting plate and target are disposed on the other plate surface. 7. A movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein a partial gear is provided at the base end of the elevating lever and the elevating auxiliary lever, and the gears are engaged with each other. .   The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein an elastic body for shock reduction when the lifting body is dropped is stretched between the lifting lever and the auxiliary lever. The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the protruding portion is reciprocally rotated between the elevating lever and the branch arm to elevate the elevating body.

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