JP2008142358A - Rotary body unit, game machine, and method for attaching/detaching belt shape member - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary body unit capable of easily performing attachment to the rotary body main body of a belt shape member with high position accuracy, and easily detaching the belt shape member from the rotary body main body without dissolving the rotary body main body, and to provide a game machine, and a method for attaching/detaching the belt shape member. <P>SOLUTION: When a reel belt 104A is stored in the space part M of a storage part 102, one side end part of the reel belt 104A in the longitudinal direction is inserted to the space part M from an opening 110 formed in the storage part 102. When the reel belt 104A is inserted into a second space part ML, one side end of the reel belt 104A in the longitudinal direction is abutted onto an inner wall part 120. Then, the remaining part of the reel belt 104A projecting outside the storage part 102 is inserted into a first space part MS. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a rotating body unit including a rotating body to which a belt-like member displaying a plurality of symbols is attached, which is used in a spinning drum type gaming machine (slot machine), a rotating drum type gaming machine (pachinko machine), and the like. And a method for attaching and detaching the belt-like member when the belt-like member is attached to and detached from the rotating body.

  A rotating type gaming machine (slot machine) includes a rotating body unit in which three rotating bodies are rotatably provided. Each rotating body includes a cylindrical rotating body main body and a belt-shaped member attached to the rotating body main body and displaying a predetermined symbol.

  Here, conventionally, attachment of the band-shaped member to the rotating body main body is performed by gluing both end portions in the width direction of the band-shaped member to the rotating body main body.

  By the way, in the method of gluing the belt-like member to the rotating body as described above, it is necessary to attach the glue to both ends in the width direction of the belt-like member. Even when the belt-like member is glued to the rotating body main body, the belt-like member may be peeled off from the rotating body main body due to long-term use of the rotating body. Further, when the band member is glued to the rotating body main body, the band member may be displaced with respect to the rotating body main body depending on the skill level of the operator, and the positional accuracy of the band member relative to the rotating body main body varies. There is a problem that occurs.

Therefore, there is known a gaming machine that eliminates the need for gluing the belt-like member to the rotating body. That is, the rotating body main body is formed of a transparent resin member, and a structure capable of holding the belt-like member is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating body main body (for details, refer to Patent Document 1 below).
JP 2002-126159 A

  By the way, in the gaming machine shown in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is easy to attach the belt-shaped member to the rotating body body, but the gaming machine is not necessary, or another new belt-shaped member is rotated to change the design of the belt-shaped member. When attaching to a body main body, it is necessary to remove a strip | belt-shaped member from a rotary body main body. At this time, in the gaming machine shown in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, since the device that can be easily removed from the rotating body main body once removed is not devised, the rotating body main body was disassembled and held inside. It was necessary to remove the strip member.

  Therefore, the present invention can easily attach the belt-like member to the rotating body main body with high positional accuracy, and can easily remove the belt-like member from the rotating body main body without disassembling the rotating body main body. It aims at providing a unit and a gaming machine.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for attaching and detaching a belt-shaped member that can be easily attached to and detached from the rotating body main body.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a rotator unit having a rotator provided rotatably and a drive unit that rotationally drives the rotator, wherein the rotator displays predetermined identification information. A belt-shaped member, a rotating body main body that forms an outline of the rotating body, and a transparent storage portion that is provided in the rotating body main body and can store the band-shaped member, Is characterized in that an opening is formed to allow the band-shaped member to be inserted into the storage part or to allow the band-shaped member stored in the storage part to be pulled out.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the rotating body unit according to the first aspect, the storage unit is provided with a positioning unit that positions the belt-shaped member stored in the storage unit with respect to the storage unit. It is characterized by.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the rotating body unit according to the second aspect, the positioning portion is provided in the storage portion, and comes into contact with a longitudinal end portion of the strip-shaped member to thereby form the strip-shaped member. It is an inner wall part which prevents the movement with respect to a storage part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the rotating body unit according to any one of the first to third aspects, a plurality of the identification information is displayed along a longitudinal direction on the belt-shaped member, The opening area of the opening is set to be substantially the same as each display area of the identification information or an integral multiple of the display area.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is a gaming machine including the rotating body unit according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the fifth aspect, wherein the gaming machine has a casing portion that houses the rotating body unit, and the casing portion displays the belt-like member along the longitudinal direction. A display window that enables the identification information being made visible from the outside of the casing to be formed, a detection unit that rotates together with the rotating body, a detection unit that detects the detection unit, and the detection unit A control unit that controls the rotation of the rotating body based on the detection result of, and a storage unit that stores a plurality of display patterns of the identification information displayed on the belt-shaped member, and the detected unit is the The identification information displayed in the vicinity of the positioning portion of the band-shaped member positioned by the positioning portion when detected by the detection portion is used as a reference as initial information, and the display pattern stored in the storage portion is used as the reference pattern. Based on the control unit Wherein the position of the identification information to stop displaying more on the display on the window is specified.

  The invention according to claim 7 is a belt-like shape in which predetermined identification information is displayed on the housing portion of the rotating body having a rotatable rotor body and a transparent housing portion provided on the rotor body. A method for attaching and detaching a band-shaped member in which a member is stored, wherein the band-shaped member can be inserted into the storage unit, or the band-shaped member stored in the storage unit can be inserted outside the storage unit. An opening that can be pulled out is formed, and the belt-like member is inserted into the storage part through the opening, or the belt-like member housed in the storage part is outside the storage part through the opening. It is drawn out to.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the band-shaped member on which the predetermined identification information is displayed is inserted into the inside of the storage portion from the opening of the outer peripheral surface of the storage portion provided in the rotating body body. Stored. Thereby, it can attach easily to a rotary body main body, without gluing a strip | belt-shaped member. Further, since it is only necessary to insert the belt-like member from the opening portion into the storage portion, the skill level of the operator is not greatly affected, and variations in the positional accuracy of the belt-like member can be prevented. On the other hand, when taking out the belt-shaped member from the storage portion, the belt-shaped member stored inside the storage portion is pulled out (extracted) from the opening. Thereby, a strip | belt-shaped member can be taken out from a storage part, without disassembling a rotary body main body or a storage part. In particular, since the belt-like member is not glued to the storage portion, the belt-like member can be easily taken out (extracted). In addition, since the storage portion is made of a transparent member that transmits light (in other words, a light transmissive member), when light is applied to the storage portion from the inside of the storage portion, the light is stored in the storage portion. The band-shaped member is irradiated through. Thereby, light can be irradiated to a strip | belt-shaped member from the exterior of a storage part, and it can make it easy for a player to visually recognize the identification information displayed on the strip | belt-shaped member.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the storage portion is provided with the positioning portion that positions the band-shaped member stored in the storage portion with respect to the storage portion. Thereby, the strip | belt-shaped member accommodated in the inside of a storage part does not move with respect to a storage part, but position shift with respect to a storage part can be prevented.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the positioning portion is an inner wall portion that is provided in the storage portion and prevents the movement of the belt-shaped member with respect to the storage portion by contacting the longitudinal end portion of the belt-shaped member. Thereby, a positioning part can be formed easily and a strip | belt-shaped member can be easily positioned with respect to an accommodating part only by contact | abutting with the longitudinal direction edge part of a strip | belt-shaped member.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, the plurality of identification information is displayed along the longitudinal direction on the belt-shaped member, and the opening area of the opening is substantially the same as the display area of each of the identification information. It is set to be an integral multiple of the display area. Thereby, when a rotary body stops so that an opening part may be located in front of a player's eyes, all the one or some identification information can be visually recognized through an opening part. In other words, since the identification information visible through the opening is not interrupted by the edge of the opening, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the belt-like member on which the predetermined identification information is displayed is inserted into the inside of the opening of the storage part provided in the rotating body main body and stored in the storage part. The Thereby, it can attach easily to a rotary body main body, without gluing a strip | belt-shaped member. Further, since it is only necessary to insert the belt-like member from the opening portion into the storage portion, the skill level of the operator is not greatly affected, and variations in the positional accuracy of the belt-like member can be prevented. On the other hand, when taking out the belt-shaped member from the storage portion, the belt-shaped member stored inside the storage portion is pulled out (extracted) from the opening. Thereby, a strip | belt-shaped member can be taken out from a storage part, without disassembling a rotary body main body or a storage part. In particular, since the belt-like member is not glued to the storage portion, the belt-like member can be easily taken out (extracted).

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the detected part of the rotating body is detected, and the rotation of the rotating body is controlled by the control unit based on the detection result. Here, when the detected part of the rotating body is detected by the detection part, the identification information displayed in the vicinity of the positioning part of the belt-like member positioned by the positioning part is used as the initial information as a reference, and stored in the storage part. Based on the stored display pattern, the position of the identification information to be stopped and displayed on the display window is specified by the control unit. Thereby, the position of the identification information to be stopped and displayed on the display window can be easily specified based on the initial information. Here, the “positioning part vicinity site” is one of the symbols (upper or lower symbols) adjacent to the positioning position of the positioning unit.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the belt-like member on which the predetermined identification information is displayed is inserted into the inside of the opening of the storage portion provided in the rotating body main body and stored in the storage portion. The Thereby, it can attach easily to a rotary body main body, without gluing a strip | belt-shaped member. Further, since it is only necessary to insert the belt-like member from the opening portion into the storage portion, the skill level of the operator is not greatly affected, and variations in the positional accuracy of the belt-like member can be prevented. On the other hand, when taking out the belt-shaped member from the storage portion, the belt-shaped member stored inside the storage portion is pulled out (extracted) from the opening. Thereby, a strip | belt-shaped member can be taken out from a storage part, without disassembling a rotary body main body or a storage part. In particular, since the belt-like member is not glued to the storage portion, the belt-like member can be easily taken out (extracted).

  Next, a gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a rotating type gaming machine (slot machine) will be described as an example of the gaming machine, but the present invention can also be applied to a rotating drum type gaming machine (pachinko machine).

First, a general configuration of a spinning machine (slot machine) will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, a swivel type gaming machine 10 (hereinafter abbreviated as “gaming machine 10”) is provided so as to cover a box 12 and a front side of the box 12. A front door 14 and a medal lending device 16 for lending game medals. The front door 14 is mainly composed of three areas: an upper area 18U where an effect according to the progress of the game is performed, a lower area 18D where game medals are paid out, and a middle area where the game is performed, The middle area includes a game state display unit 18MA for displaying a game state and an operation unit 18MB for playing a game.

  In the upper area 18U, an effect display device 20 is provided in the center, speakers 22 are provided on the left and right of the effect display device 20, and various lamps 24 are provided above the effect display device 20 and the speaker 22. It has been. The effect display device 20 is configured by a so-called liquid crystal display device, and can produce effects by displaying various symbols according to the progress of the game.

  A large display window 26 is provided at the center of the game state display section 18MA provided in the middle of the front door 14, and the appearance of the rotation of the three rotary cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C provided therein from the outside is shown. Visible. Various display panels 30 for displaying the game state are provided on the left and right and below the display window 26.

  The operation part 18MB provided below the front door 14 is formed in a shape protruding toward the front, and a game medal slot 32 for inserting game medals is stored on the upper surface and stored as credits. A single insertion button 34 for inserting only one game medal, a three insertion button 36 for inserting three stored game medals, and the like are provided. Note that storing game medals means storing the number of medals instead of actually paying out game medals. Further, on the front face of the operation unit 18MB, the start lever 38 for starting the rotation of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C after the game medal is inserted and the rotation of the three spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are stopped. The rotating cylinder stop buttons 40A, 40B, 40C and the like are provided. Further, the operation unit 18MB is provided with a settlement button 42 on the upper surface and a return button 44 on the front surface. Here, the settlement button 42 is a button operated when discharging game medals stored in the gaming machine 10 to the outside. Further, the return button 44 is a button that is operated in order to clear a jammed medal when the inserted game medal is jammed inside the gaming machine 10.

  The lower region 18D of the front door 14 is provided with a game medal outlet 46 for discharging game medals, a medal tray 48 for receiving the discharged game medals, and the like. In addition, a medal receiving chamber 50 is provided between the medal discharge port 46 and the medal tray 48, and the outlet side of the medal discharge port 46 is covered with the medal receiving chamber 50. It is possible to prevent an act of illegally entering and illegally paying out game medals.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a sub-control board unit 52 is provided on the upper part on the back side of the front door 14, and speakers 22 are attached on the left and right sides thereof. The sub-control board unit 52 stores a sub-control board 54 to be described later, and controls various effects performed using the effect display device 20, the various lamps 24, the speaker 22, and the like shown in FIG. I am in charge.

  A display window 26 is provided substantially at the center of the front door 14, and a door substrate unit 58 storing a door substrate 56 (described later) is provided below the display window 26, and a door is inserted below the door substrate unit 58. A medal selector 60 serving as a passage for the game medals and a coin shooter 62 for guiding the game medals to the game medal outlet 46 are attached. The medal selector 60 has a function of selecting game medals inserted from the game medal slot 32 mainly based on dimensions and receiving only game medals that conform to the standard dimensions. When the player inserts a game medal before operating the start lever 38, the game medal is selected by the medal selector 60, and only those satisfying the standard are inserted into the hopper 64, and medals that do not satisfy the standard are selected. Through the coin shooter 62, it is returned to the game medal outlet 46. On the other hand, when a game medal is inserted after the start lever 38 is operated, the passage in the medal selector 60 is switched, and the inserted game medal passes through the coin shooter 62 to be a game medal discharge port. Returned to 46. In addition, a medal sensor (not shown) is provided inside the medal selector 60, and a game medal that satisfies the dimensional standard is detected by the medal sensor, and a detection signal is output to a main control board 66 described later. It has become so.

  In addition, three spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are provided substantially at the center of the housing 12, and above these spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C, a main control board (to be described later) that controls the entire game is described. A main control board unit 68 in which 66 is stored, and a rotating board unit 72 in which a rotating board 70 (to be described later) for driving each of the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C is provided. Further, a rear speaker 74 is provided below the three drums 28A, 28B, and 28C, and further below that, a hopper 64 that collects inserted game medals and a medal payout device 76 that pays out game medals. A power supply unit 84 storing a power supply board 82 to be described later for supplying power to the entire gaming machine 10 is mounted. A power switch 86 for turning on the gaming machine 10 is provided on the front surface of the power supply unit 84. Further, the game medals paid out from the payout port 78 of the medal payout device 76 toward the receiving port 80 of the coin shooter 62 pass through the coin shooter 62 and are discharged from the game medal discharge port 46. .

  Next, the electrical configuration of the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a sub control board 54, a door board 56, a rotating board 70, a power board 82, and the like are connected to the gaming machine 10 with a main control board 66 as a center so that data can be exchanged.

  The main control board 66 is a board that manages the progress and production of the entire game performed in the gaming machine 10. The main control board 66 is configured by connecting a CPU (not shown), a ROM 66A, a RAM (not shown) and the like so as to be able to exchange data with each other via a bus. From the door board 56 mounted on the front door 14, When a signal indicating that the start lever 38 has been operated is received and a game control process of FIG. 4 described later is executed, a control command (or control) is directed toward the sub control board 54, the door board 56, the rotating board 70, and the like. The operation of these various substrates is controlled by outputting a signal.

  The sub-control board 54 is configured by connecting a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like so as to exchange data with each other via a bus. In addition, various lamps 24, various speakers 22 and 74, the effect display device 20, a rotating backlight 92, and the like are connected to the sub control board 54. Here, the spinning cylinder backlight 92 is a light that is provided inside the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C and illuminates the pattern drawn on the surface of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C from the back side. The sub control board 54 analyzes the control command received from the main control board 66, and outputs drive signals to the various lamps 24, the various speakers 22, 74, the effect display device 20, and the rotary backlight 92, respectively. Various performances using these are performed.

  On the door board 56, the above-described medal selector 60, various insertion buttons 34 and 36 for inserting the stored game medals, the start lever 38 for starting the rotation of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B and 28C, the rotation The spinning cylinder stop buttons 40A, 40B, 40C for stopping the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C, the settlement button 42 for paying out the stored game medals and the inserted game medals and ending the game, Various display panels 30 for displaying the state of the game are connected. The door board 56 is connected to the main control board 66 described above so as to exchange data. Therefore, when the start lever 38 provided on the front door 14, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 40 A, 40 B, 40 C, various input buttons 34, 36, the adjustment button 42, etc. are operated, the signal is transmitted via the door substrate 56. Can be output to the main control board 66. A signal from a medal sensor provided in the medal selector 60 is also output to the main control board 66 through the door board 56.

  On the rotating substrate 70, the rotating motors 88A, 88B, 88C for rotating the three rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C, and the rotation for detecting the rotational positions of the respective rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C, respectively. Body sensors 90A, 90B, and 90C are provided. The spinning board 70 can stop each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C at a desired rotational position by receiving a control signal from the main control board 66. In addition, the rotation control method of each spinning cylinder 28A, 28B, 28C will be described later.

  The medal payout device 76 is connected to the main control board 66 via the relay board 77, and performs an operation of paying out a predetermined number of game medals based on a control signal from the main control board 66. The medal payout device 76 is provided with a payout sensor (not shown) in order to detect that a game medal has been paid out. When a game medal is paid out, it is detected by a payout sensor, and a signal is output to the main control board 66.

  These various control boards and power consumed by the boards are supplied from a power supply board 82. An AC voltage of 100 V is supplied to the power supply board 82, and this electric power is converted into a DC voltage of a specified voltage and then supplied to each control board and board. In FIG. 3, a state in which power is supplied from the power supply board 82 is indicated by a dashed arrow.

Next, an outline of the game will be described.
In the following, the contents of the control performed in order to advance the game in the revolving game machine 10 having the above-described configuration will be described, but as a preparation for this, a game performed in the revolving game machine (slot machine) The outline of will be explained.

  In starting the game, a game medal is inserted from the game medal slot 32 and a medal bet is placed. The number of game medals to bet is usually fixed to one or three. When game medals are stored in advance as credits, it is possible to bet one or three game medals by pressing the one-sheet insertion button 34 or the three-sheet insertion button 36, respectively. is there.

  When a game medal is bet and the start lever 38 is operated, the three spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C start to rotate all at once. Since each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C has a plurality of symbols drawn, when the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are rotated, these symbols are variably displayed. Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, on the front side of the front door 14, three spinning cylinder stop buttons 40 </ b> A, 40 </ b> B, 40 </ b> C are provided corresponding to the respective spinning cylinders 28 </ b> A, 28 </ b> B, 28 </ b> C. . When the spinning cylinder stop buttons 40A, 40B, and 40C are pressed while the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are rotating, the rotation of the spinning cylinder corresponding to the pressed button stops, and the design that has been variably displayed changes accordingly. Stopped display with any of the symbols. When the rotation of the three spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C is stopped in this way, one of the symbols is stopped and displayed on each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C, and a symbol combination is obtained. When the symbol combination obtained in this way is a combination that establishes a so-called “small role”, a game medal corresponding to the established game role is paid out. When the number of game medals bet is 3, it is possible to receive a payout of 3 times of game medals when only one bet is placed.

  Also, for the following reasons, the more the number of game medals to bet, the easier it is to establish a game combination. First, the display window 26 provided on the front door 14 is provided with a size capable of displaying the three symbols drawn on each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C. Therefore, when the rotation of each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C is stopped, three symbols are stopped and displayed on each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C. The three symbol combinations are obtained, and two symbol combinations are obtained in the diagonal direction. The direction in which the symbol combination is obtained in this way is called “line”, and as a result, there are 5 lines in total, 3 lines in the horizontal direction and 2 lines in the diagonal direction. Here, when there are three game medals bet, all these five lines are valid, and it is only necessary to align the symbol combinations of the game actors on any line, but only one game medal was bet. In such a case, the effective lines are limited, and even if the symbol combinations of game actors are arranged on other lines, the game actors cannot be established. That is, it is easier to establish a game combination when the number of game medals to bet is larger.

  In addition to the “small role”, the game character is also provided with a so-called “bonus role”. When a symbol combination that establishes the bonus role is obtained, the game state is given to the player. Switch to an advantageous state. The bonus combination is provided with a so-called “regular bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as RB combination)” and “big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as BB combination)”. In the case of the RB combination, a game combination is established. “RB game” is performed in which the types of symbol combinations increase and the probability that these game combinations will be established becomes high. In the case of the BB combination, a game state that is more advantageous for the player than the RB combination, that is, a game in which the “RB game” can be performed a plurality of times until a predetermined number (for example, 465) of game medals are paid out. Switch to state. As a result, when the BB combination is established, the player can acquire a large amount of game medals.

  As described above, in the rotating type gaming machine 10, after rotating the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C all together by betting a game medal and operating the start lever 38, the rotating cylinder stop button 40A , 40B, 40C are pressed to stop the rotation of the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C. Depending on the symbol combination obtained at that time, a game medal is paid out or the game progresses while switching to an advantageous game state. Since the most amount of game medals can be obtained when the BB combination is established, the player continues the game while always wishing to establish the BB combination.

  The progress of such a game is controlled by the main control board 66. Below, the processing content which the main control board 66 is performing in order to control progress of a game is demonstrated.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a game control process performed by the main control board 66 for controlling the progress of the game in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment. This game control process is executed after the gaming machine 10 is turned on and after initialization processing such as a thumb check of the ROM mounted on the main control board 66 and the sub control board 54 and a RAM clear are performed. Process.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the game control process, first, it is determined whether or not a game medal is bet (step 10; hereinafter, “step” is abbreviated as “S”). That is, it is determined whether or not a game medal has been inserted from the game medal slot 32, or whether or not the one-sheet insertion button 34 or the three-sheet insertion button 36 has been operated (S10). As described above, a game medal inserted from the game medal slot 32 is detected by a medal sensor (not shown) provided in the medal selector 60 when passing through the medal selector 60. Further, a contact switch is also incorporated in the one-sheet input button 34 or the three-sheet input button 36, and when these input buttons are operated, they are detected by the contact switch. The detection signals from the medal sensor and the contact switch are output to the main control board 66 via the door board 56, so that the main control board 66 determines whether a game medal has been bet based on these detection signals. It can be determined whether or not.

  If it is determined in S10 that no game medal is bet (S10: no), the determination process (S10) is repeated to wait until a game medal is bet. On the other hand, if it is determined that a game medal has been bet (S10: yes), it is determined whether or not the start lever 38 has been operated (S20). The start lever 38 incorporates a detection sensor, which will be described later. When the start lever 38 is operated, the movement can be detected. The main control board 66 can determine whether or not the start lever 38 has been operated based on the output of the detection sensor. If it is determined that the start lever 38 has not been operated even though the game medal has been bet (S20: no), the determination is repeated until the start lever 38 is operated. Become. On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the start lever 38 has been operated (S20: yes), the following series of processes is performed to advance the game.

  When the start lever 38 is operated, an internal lottery process is immediately performed (S30). In this process, one random number for internal lottery is acquired at the timing when the start lever 38 is operated, and a process of internally drawing a game combination is performed according to the acquired random number. As described above, in order to establish a game combination, the three spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C must be stopped so that a predetermined symbol combination corresponding to the game combination is obtained. Inside the machine 10, there is a lottery to determine which game combination is to be established, and if this lottery is not won, the game combination can be made no matter what timing the rotation stop buttons 40A, 40B, 40C are pressed. The spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C cannot be stopped by the symbol combination. Therefore, when the start lever 38 is operated, first, an internal lottery is performed to determine which game combination is to be established or which game combination is not established. In the internal lottery process, random numbers for internal lottery are periodically updated, random numbers are acquired according to the timing at which the start lever 38 is operated, and whether or not a game player is won is determined based on the obtained random numbers. ing.

  The main control board 66 starts the rotation rotation starting process following the internal lottery process (S40). In the rotation rotation starting process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, and when the condition is satisfied, the three rotation cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are simultaneously rotated. In the rotation rotation start process of the present embodiment, a predetermined time (for example, 4.1 seconds) or more has elapsed since the start lever 38 was operated and the rotation of the rotation cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C was started last time. In this case, the rotation of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C is started, and a process of outputting drive signals to the spinning motors 88A, 88B, and 88C provided in the respective spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C is performed.

  When the three spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are rotated all at once in this way, the main control board 66 performs a process of stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C (rotating cylinder rotation stopping process) (S50). ). In this process, the rotation of the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C is started, and when the rotating cylinder stop buttons 40A, 40B, 40C are pressed within a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) after the rotation speed becomes constant, After determining the symbols to be stopped and displayed by the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C, the rotational speed of the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C is reduced, and the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C are stopped at the determined positions of the symbols. I do. Also, when determining the symbols to be stopped, the result of the internal lottery performed earlier is referred to, and if no game combination is won, avoid the combination of symbols in which the game combination is established As described above, the stop symbols of the cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are determined. Information about at which stop position each cylinder 28 is stopped and displayed is determined with reference to a stop position table stored in the ROM 66A in advance. This stop position table corresponds to the display pattern of the present invention.

  Some supplementary explanation will be given on this point. First, when the rotating cylinder stop buttons 40A, 40B, and 40C are pressed, the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are provisionally set based on the rotational positions of the rotating cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C at the timing when the buttons are pressed. Determine the stop symbol. Next, referring to the results of the internal lottery, if any game combination is not won, whether or not the tentatively determined stop symbol is a combination of symbols that establishes any game combination Determine whether. If there is no symbol combination that establishes any game combination, the tentatively determined stop symbol is adopted as it is and determined as the final stop symbol. If the temporary stop symbol is a symbol that establishes one of the game actors, the stop symbol is changed so that the game actor is not established, and the changed symbol is determined as the final stop symbol .

  On the other hand, if any game combination is won by internal lottery, it is determined whether or not the winning game combination is established based on the temporarily determined stop symbol. If the winning game combination can be established, the temporary stop symbol is determined as the final stop symbol as it is. On the other hand, if the winning game combination cannot be established depending on the temporarily determined stop symbol, the following processing is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the winning game combination can be established by slightly shifting the temporarily determined stop symbol. The number of frames that can be shifted is generally set within 4 frames. If the winning game combination can be established by correcting the provisional stop symbol within the range of the predetermined number of frames, the stop symbol is corrected so that the game combination is established, and the final stop Determine as a symbol. However, if it is not possible to make a symbol combination that establishes the winning game player by simply shifting within the range of the predetermined number of frames, the temporary stop symbol is not modified and adopted as it is. As a stop symbol.

  In the rotation rotation stop process (S50) shown in FIG. 4, the stop symbols at the respective rotation cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C are determined as described above, and the respective rotation cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C are determined at the determined positions. Process to stop. In the above description, the case where the rotation stop buttons 40A, 40B, and 40C are pressed within a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) after the rotation speed of the rotation cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C reaches a constant speed has been described. If the spinning cylinder stop buttons 40A, 40B, and 40C are not pressed even after the predetermined time has elapsed, the above-described processing is performed assuming that the button has been pressed when the time has elapsed.

  As described above, when the three cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C are stopped, the main control board 66 determines whether or not a winning is achieved (S60). Here, “winning” means that after winning a game combination by internal lottery, the symbol combination that establishes the game combination is displayed in a stopped state on the active line. As described in the rotation rotation stop processing (S50), even if the game combination is won in the internal lottery, depending on the timing of pressing the rotation stop buttons 40A, 40B, 40C, the symbol combination corresponding to the game combination may be changed. It is not necessarily obtained. Therefore, the main control board 66 determines whether or not the winning combination of the game combination won in the internal lottery has been established after stopping the rotation of the cylinders 28A, 28B, and 28C.

  If it is determined that any winning is achieved (S60: yes), the main control board 66 specifies the type of the winning game combination (S70). Thereafter, a process (medal payout process) for paying out the number of game medals corresponding to the winning game combination is executed (S80). Such processing is performed by obtaining the number of game medals to be paid out in the main control board 66 and then outputting a control signal from the main control board 66 to the medal payout device 76. The medal payout device 76 pays out a predetermined number of game medals based on the received control signal.

  When the medal payout process (S80) ends, it is next determined whether or not the winning game combination is a bonus combination (S90). When the winning game combination is a bonus combination (S90: yes), bonus game processing is executed (S100). Then, it returns to S10 and performs a series of processes mentioned above. Here, the bonus game process is a pattern for establishing a game player until a predetermined number of times (for example, 12 games) is played or until a predetermined number of times is achieved (for example, until 8 times). And the probability of winning in the internal lottery is also set to a high probability. For this reason, in the bonus game process, the player can acquire a large amount of game medals, and the game state is advantageous to the player.

  Next, the rotating drum unit which is the main part of the present invention will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the rotating drum unit 1 includes a storage box 122 and the rotating drums 28 </ b> A, 28 </ b> B, 28 </ b> C provided so as to be rotatable in the storage box 122.

Therefore, a specific configuration of each of the drums 28A, 28B, and 28C will be described.
In the following, description will be given by taking one of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C as an example.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the rotating cylinder 28 </ b> A includes a cylindrical rotating cylinder body 100. A storage portion 102 that can store the reel band 104 </ b> A is provided inside the outer periphery of the rotating body 100. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the storage portion 102 includes a storage bottom portion 106 that is positioned on the side of the skeleton 112 described later and is in contact with the reel band 104 </ b> A, and a storage outer wall portion 108 that is positioned on the radially outer side. . A space M in which the reel band 104 </ b> A is stored is formed between the storage bottom portion 106 and the storage outer wall portion 108. The storage portion 102 is provided over the entire outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum main body 100, and the storage bottom portion 106 and the storage outer wall portion 108 have a smoothly curved shape. As described above, the storage portion 102 also serves as the outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum main body 100. In addition, since the storage portion 102 is provided integrally with the rotating body 100, an increase in the number of parts due to the storage portion can be prevented. Note that the reel band 104B is accommodated in the accommodating portion 102 of the rotating drum 28B, and the reel band 104C is accommodated in the accommodating portion 102 of the rotating drum 28C.

  In addition, an opening 110 is formed in the storage outer wall 108 constituting the storage 102. The reel band 104A can be inserted into the space part M inside the storage part 102 through the opening part 110, or the reel band 104A stored in the space part M can be inserted into the space part of the storage part 102 through the opening part 110. It can be taken out (extracted) from the storage section 102 from M. The opening area of the opening 110 is substantially the same as the display area of one symbol among the plurality of symbols displayed on the reel band 104A, or is an integral multiple of the display area of one symbol (for example, three times (that is, the reel band). The total display area of the three symbols adjacent along the longitudinal direction)) is set. Thereby, when the rotating cylinder 28A stops so that the opening 110 is positioned in front of the player's eyes, one or more of the symbols can be visually recognized through the opening 110. In other words, since the symbol that can be visually recognized through the opening 110 is not interrupted by the edge of the opening 110, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable. Note that the rotating body 100 and the storage portion 102 are made of ABS resin or the like.

  In particular, the storage portion 102 (the storage outer wall portion 108 and the storage bottom portion 106) is made of a light-transmitting resin that is transparent and transmits light. Accordingly, when light is irradiated to the storage bottom portion 106 of the storage portion 102 by the rotating backlight 92 or the like, the light passes through the storage bottom portion 106 and is irradiated to the reel band 104A. As a result, the reel band 104A can be irradiated with light from the outside of the storage unit 102 (the back side of the reel band 104A). Since the storage outer wall portion 108 is also made of a light transmissive resin, the reel band 104A irradiated with light through the storage outer wall portion 108 can be visually recognized.

  In addition, an inner wall portion (positioning portion) 120 that divides the space portion M in the middle is formed inside the storage portion 102. The inner wall portion 120 has a function of preventing movement of the reel band 104A with respect to the storage portion by contacting the longitudinal end portion of the reel band 104A inserted into the space M of the storage portion 102. As a result, when the reel band 104A is inserted into the space M of the storage portion 102, the end portion in the longitudinal direction comes into contact with the inner wall portion 120, and further movement becomes impossible. Since the longitudinal end portion of the reel band 104A inserted into the space M is in contact with the inner wall portion 120, it is possible to prevent the positional displacement of the reel band 104A with respect to the storage portion 102.

  Further, the inner wall portion 120 is integrally formed with the storage portion 102 at a portion in the vicinity of the opening portion 110. That is, the first space portion MS on the side where the length in the circumferential direction of the storage portion 102 from the opening 110 to the inner wall portion 120 is short is such that one symbol displayed on the reel band 104A can be stored. Is set. In this case, since one symbol displayed on the reel band 104A is located at a portion facing the opening 110, the other nineteen symbols displayed on the reel band 104A are transferred from the opening 110 to the inner wall. The storage portion 102 up to the portion 120 is stored in the second space ML on the longer circumferential side. As shown in FIG. 11, the first space portion MS means a space portion located on the short side of the space portion M from the opening edge of the opening portion 110 to the wall surface of the inner wall portion 120, The 2nd space part ML means the space part located in the long side from the opening edge of the opening part 110 to the wall surface of the inner wall part 120 among the space parts M.

  Here, symbols (identification information) displayed on the reel bands 104A, 104B, and 104C will be described. In the following description, the reel band 104A is taken as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the reel band 104A displays a plurality of symbols (identification information) adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction of the reel band. In the present embodiment, a total of 21 symbols are displayed on the reel band 104A along the longitudinal direction of the reel band. Each symbol is given a number from 0 to 20, and the rotation of the rotating drum 28A is controlled based on this number. Each reel band 104A, 104B, 104C is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a frame 112 is assembled to the rotating body 100. The rotating body 100 is given a predetermined strength by the frame 112 and maintains a cylindrical shape. The skeleton 112 mainly includes four arm portions 114 and a rotating boss portion 116. The arm portion 114 is assembled so as to connect the rotating boss portion 116 and the outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum main body 100. Further, an index (detected portion) 118 is attached to the rotating boss portion 116 so that the tip end portion thereof is bent at a substantially right angle and has an L-shaped cross section as a whole. When the rotating cylinder 28A rotates, the rotating cylinder boss portion 116 rotates and the index 118 also rotates. Note that the rotating boss portion 116 is made of an aluminum alloy.

  A motor shaft 89A of a rotating motor 88A fixed to the device mounting plate 124 is connected and fixed to the central portion of the rotating boss portion 116. For this reason, when the rotating motor 88A is rotationally driven, the driving force is transmitted to the rotating body 100 via the framework 112, and the rotating cylinder 28A is rotated. A stepping motor is used as the drum motor 88A. The motor shaft 89A of the rotating drum motor 88A is made of stainless steel. The number of the rotating motor 88A is the same as the number of the rotating body 100 (three in this embodiment), and one rotating motor 28A is rotationally driven by one rotating motor 88A.

  The device mounting plate 124 is located in the vicinity of the rotating drum 28A. The device mounting plate 124 is provided with a rotating cylinder sensor 90A for detecting the passage of the bent tip portion of the index 118. Note that the spinning cylinder sensor 90A is an optical sensor that detects that the spinning cylinder 28A has rotated and the index 118 has passed.

  In addition, on the inner side in the radial direction of the rotary body 100, a rotary backlight 92 that irradiates light to the reel band 104A is provided. The light emission control of the rotating backlight 92 is performed via the sub control board 54. The rotating backlight 92 is positioned so as to face the display window 26 formed on the front door 14, and the design of the reel band 104 </ b> A irradiated with light from the back surface by the rotating backlight 92 is displayed on the display window 26. It is visible to the player through.

  Next, a method of attaching the reel band when the reel band 104A is stored in the space M of the storage unit 102 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 13A, when the reel band 104A is stored in the space M of the storage unit 102, one end in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A is opened from the opening 110 formed in the storage unit 102. Insert into the space M. At this time, the reel band 104A is preferably inserted into the second space ML on the side where the circumferential length of the storage portion 102 from the opening 110 to the inner wall 120 is long. As the reel band 104A is inserted into the second space ML, the one end in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A comes into contact with the inner wall 120. Further, further insertion (entrance) of the reel band 104A is prevented. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 13 (B), the remaining part of the reel band 104A outside the storage portion 102 is placed on the side where the circumferential length of the storage portion 102 from the opening 110 to the inner wall portion 120 is short. Insert into the first space MS. Thereby, the reel band 104 </ b> A can be stored in the space M inside the storage unit 102. In particular, when inserting the reel band 104A, one end of the reel band 104A is first inserted in the second space ML direction inside the storage unit 102, and the end of the reel band 104A comes into contact with the inner wall 120. By inserting the other end of the reel band 104A toward the first space portion MS in the storage unit 102, the reel band 104A is compared with the case where all the long strip-shaped reel bands 104A are inserted in one direction. Can be easily stored in the storage portion 102. That is, in the case where all of the strip-shaped long reel band 104A is inserted in one direction, after most of the reel band 104A is inserted, the force for inserting the reel band 104A is not easily transmitted to the tip of the reel band 104A. It is conceivable that clogging or the like occurs in the storage unit 102. In order to prevent such a phenomenon, in this embodiment, the insertion direction is changed during the insertion operation. The inner wall portion 120 is a portion that is separated from the opening portion 110 by about 180 degrees in the circumferential direction (in other words, a portion that is about half the length of the reel band 104A in the longitudinal direction along the circumferential direction from the opening portion 110). ) Is preferable. This is because the above-described problem may occur if one of the first space part MS and the second space part ML becomes too long.

Next, drive control of the rotating drum motor will be described.
In the following description, the drum motor 88A will be described as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the drive control of the spinning motor 88A is executed via the start lever 38, the spinning cylinder stop button 40A, the door board 56, the main control board 66, the internal relay board 67, and the spinning board 70. .

  When the player operates the start lever 38, a start lever signal is transmitted to the main control board 66 through the door board 56. Then, a rotation excitation signal is transmitted from the main control board 66 to the rotation board 70 via the internal relay board 67. As a result, the drum motor 88A is driven to rotate. As described above, when the start lever 38 is operated, an internal lottery process (S30 in FIG. 4) is executed by the main control board 66.

  When the rotating motor 88A is driven to rotate, the motor shaft 89A and the rotating boss portion 116 rotate, and the rotating cylinder 28A rotates. At this time, the rotation speed of the rotary motor 88A is controlled by the rotary exciter excitation signal, and after the operation of the rotary motor 88A, the main motor control is performed so as to rotate at a constant speed when it reaches a specified rotational speed. It is controlled by the substrate 66.

  Each time the rotation cylinder 28A makes one rotation, the rotation sensor 90A detects the passage of the index 118, and a rotation index signal is transmitted from the rotation board 70 to the main control board 66 via the internal relay board 67. The

  The main control board 66 manages the position of the symbol of the reel band 104A on the spinning cylinder 28A based on the program based on the spinning index signal. That is, the main control board 66 is provided with a ROM 66A, and the ROM 66A stores a display pattern of symbols displayed on the reel band 104A attached to the rotating drum 28A. Specifically, the ROM 66A stores the correspondence between the numbers in the reel band 104A and the symbols.

  In addition, the ROM 66A stores a symbol of one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A located in the vicinity of the inner wall part 120 when the reel band 104A is stored in the space M of the storage unit 102. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, in the ROM 66A, when the first drum is taken as an example, the design of the bell number 0 of the rotating drum 28A (first drum) is stored as initial information. . In the second cylinder, the REPLY symbol of number 0 of the cylinder 28B (second cylinder) is stored as initial information. Further, in the third cylinder, the design of the BAR number 0 of the cylinder 28C (third cylinder) is stored as initial information.

  Here, when the passage of the index 118 is detected by the rotating cylinder sensor 90A, the main control board 66 has a symbol (first rotating cylinder) displayed on a portion near the inner wall portion of the reel band 104A positioned on the inner wall portion 120. , The symbol of the number 0 bell, the symbol of the number 0 REPLY in the second cylinder, and the symbol of the number 0 BAR in the third cylinder) are used as references as initial information. The reference symbol is configured to be positioned at the middle horizontal line (reference position) among the effective lines in the display window 26 when passage of the index 118 is detected by the rotating cylinder sensor 90A. In addition, the ROM 66A pre-stores the symbol arrangement (designs 0 to 20) of the reel band 104A, and the main control board 66 sets the position of the index 118 when an operation of a rotating cylinder stop button 40A described later is operated. Grasp and identify the symbol displayed at the reference position.

  When a rotating cylinder stop button corresponding to the rotating rotating cylinder 28A is pressed, a stop button signal is transmitted to the main control board 66 through the door board 56. The stop button signal includes stop position information, which is symbol information located at the reference position when the rotating cylinder stop button 40A is operated.

  Then, when the main control board 66 receives the stop button signal, based on the result of the internal lottery process and the stop position information included in the stop button signal, the stop position of the symbol on the rotating cylinder 28A from the stop position table described above. When the symbol is at the stop position, the rotor excitation signal transmitted from the main control board 66 is stopped. Thus, the driving of the rotating motor 88A is stopped within a predetermined time after the rotating cylinder stop button 40A is pressed.

  Then, at the same time as the driving of the rotating motor 88A stops, the rotation of the motor shaft 89A and the rotating boss portion 116 of the rotating motor 88A stops, and the rotating drum 28A to which the rotating boss portion 116 is fixed stops. As a result, each of the spinning cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C stops so that an arbitrary symbol whose position is specified by the main control board 66 is positioned at the reference position of the display window 26.

  Specifically, in the ROM 66A of the main control board 66, relative position data with respect to the opening 110 of the rotation sensor 90A (for example, the reel band 104A of the rotation 28A is interposed between the rotation sensor 90A and the opening 110). Information such as how many displayed symbols are located) is stored. Based on the relative position data with respect to the opening 110 of the rotating cylinder sensor 80A stored in the ROM 66A, the main control board 66 causes the main control board 66 to stop the symbol whose position is specified in the middle of the display window 26 each time. The rotation of the cylinders 28A, 28B, 28C is controlled. As a result, each of the spinning cylinders 28 </ b> A, 28 </ b> B, 28 </ b> C stops in a state where an arbitrary symbol whose position is specified by the main control board 66 is located in the middle stage of the display window 26.

  More specifically, the first cylinder is described as an example. In the case where an attempt is made to stop at the seven symbol corresponding to the number 19 of the reel band 104A in the middle of the display window 26, the index 118 is rotated. When detected by the cylinder sensor 90A, the main control board 66 detects the relative position data of the rotation sensor 90A relative to the opening 110, the reference number 0 symbol, and the number 19 seven symbol to be stopped. From this positional relationship, the distance to which the rotating cylinder 28A should rotate (or the rotational movement time of the rotating cylinder 28A) is calculated. The main control board 66 controls the rotary motor 88A via the rotary board 70 so that the rotary cylinder 28A rotates by the calculated rotational movement distance (or rotational movement time) of the rotary cylinder 28A. This makes it possible to stop the seven symbols to be stopped on the reel band 104A at the middle position of the display window 26. As a result, it is possible to easily specify the symbol of the seven to be stopped and displayed on the middle stage of the display window 26 by simple calculation processing by the main control board 66, and thus to easily control the rotation of the rotating cylinder 28A. .

  In the present embodiment, the inner wall portion 120 regulates the movement of the reel band 104 </ b> A within the storage portion 102. Thereby, when the index 118 is detected by the rotating cylinder sensor 90A, the symbol located at the reference position is fixed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the reel band 104A from being displaced in the storage portion 102, and the symbol arrangement stored in advance in the ROM 66A from being different from the symbol actually stopped and displayed.

  Next, the operation of the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the case where the reel band 104A is stored in the storage portion 102 of the rotary main body 100, one end in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A (for example, the number 0 of the reel band 104A of the first rotary drum). The length of the storage portion 102 in the circumferential direction from the opening 110 formed in the storage outer wall 108 of the storage portion 102 to the inner wall portion 120 from the opening 110 formed on the storage outer wall portion 108 of the storage portion 102. Is inserted into the second space ML on the long side. When one end in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A enters the second space ML from the opening 110, the reel band 104A proceeds along the second space ML along the curvature of the storage bottom 106. Eventually, one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the reel strip 104A comes into contact with the inner wall portion 120, and further entry of the reel strip 104A is prevented.

  Next, the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A (for example, the end portion on which the watermelon pattern corresponding to the number 20 of the reel band of the first cylinder) is displayed on the storage outer wall portion 108 of the storage portion 102. The formed opening 110 is inserted into the first space part MS on the side where the circumferential length of the storage part 102 from the opening 110 to the inner wall part 120 is short. When the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the reel band 104A enters the first space portion MS from the opening portion 110, the reel belt 104A advances along the first space portion MS along the curvature of the storage bottom portion 106. Eventually, the other end in the longitudinal direction of the reel strip 104A comes into contact with the inner wall portion 120, and further entry of the reel strip 104A is prevented.

  As described above, the reel band 104 </ b> A can be stored inside the storage unit 102 simply by inserting the reel band 104 </ b> A into the space M from the opening 110. In particular, the order in which the long side of the reel band 104A is first inserted into the second space ML in the storage unit 102, and the short side of the reel band 104A is inserted into the first space MS inside the storage unit 102 later. Accordingly, the reel band 104A that is long in the longitudinal direction can be easily stored in the storage unit 102. The state in which the reel band 104A is housed inside can be maintained. Thereby, since it is not necessary to glue the reel band 104A as in the prior art, it is possible to make the mounting operation of the reel band 104A much easier. Further, since it is only necessary to insert the reel band 104A into the space M from the opening 110, the skill level of the operator is not greatly affected, and the positional accuracy of the reel band 104A with respect to the storage unit 102 varies. Can be prevented.

  Particularly, since the reel band 104A stored in the space portion M inside the storage portion 102 is positioned by the inner wall portion 120, the reel band 104A is displaced in the outer peripheral direction with respect to the storage portion 102 even when the rotating drum 28A rotates. Can be prevented. Further, the inner wall portion 120 can be easily formed, and the reel band 104A can be easily positioned with respect to the storage portion 102 simply by contacting the longitudinal end of the reel band 104A to the inner wall portion 120. .

  On the other hand, when the reel band 104A is taken out from the storage section 102, the reel band 104A stored in the first space portion MS on the side where the circumferential length of the storage section 102 from the opening 110 to the inner wall section 120 is short is stored. The short side is first pulled out from the opening 110 by a tool such as a screwdriver. After that, the portion (the other end portion in the longitudinal direction) on the short side of the drawn reel band 104A is pulled to the second space ML on the side where the circumferential length of the storage portion 102 from the opening 110 to the inner wall portion 120 is long. The portion on the long side of the stored reel band 104A is pulled out from the opening 110. As a result, the reel band 104A can be easily pulled out of the storage unit 102. In particular, the reel band 104 </ b> A can be removed from the storage unit 102 without disassembling the rotating body 100 or the storage unit 102. Note that since the reel band 104A is not glued to the storage portion 102, it is not necessary to peel the reel band 104A from the storage bottom portion 106 using a special medicine or the like.

  Here, a modified example of the gaming machine 10 will be described.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the inner wall portion 120 that divides the space portion M is formed in the storage portion 102 as a means for positioning the reel band 104A stored in the storage portion 102 is shown, but the configuration is limited to this configuration. It is not a thing. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, instead of the inner wall portion 120, a convex portion 130 is formed on the back side of the reel band 104 </ b> A, and the concave portion in which the convex portion 130 of the reel band 104 </ b> A can be press-fitted into the storage bottom portion 106 of the storage portion 102. 132 may be formed. According to this configuration, after the reel band 104A is inserted into the space M from the opening 110 formed in the storage outer wall 108, a finger is inserted through the opening 110 and the reel band 104A is pushed toward the storage bottom 106, and the reel The convex portion 130 of the band 104A is press-fitted into the concave portion 132. Thus, there is no need to provide the inner wall part 120 in particular, and the reel band 104A stored in the storage part 104A can be positioned with respect to the storage part 102. Even when the rotating drum 28A rotates, the reel band 104A is placed in the storage part 102. In contrast, it is possible to prevent displacement.

  As shown in FIG. 16, as a modification of the above embodiment, the opening 140 may be formed in the storage bottom 106 corresponding to the position where the opening 110 is formed. It is desirable that the opening 140 be formed in the same size as the opening 110. With such a configuration, when removing the reel band 104A, a finger can be put into the opening 140 of the storage bottom 106 from the inside of the rotating drum 28A and the reel band 104A can be pushed up to the opening 110 side. Since the reel band 104A pushed up protrudes from the opening 110, the reel band 104A can be removed from the storage unit 102 by pulling out the reel band 104A. Therefore, the work at the time of removing the reel band 104A from the opening 110 can be easily performed.

  In the embodiment described above, a spinning-type game machine (slot machine) is assumed as a gaming machine. However, the gaming machine is not limited to a spinning-type game machine (slot machine). For example, even when a belt-shaped member displaying a predetermined pattern is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum, a storage portion having an opening formed in the outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum is formed, and an opening portion is formed in the space inside the storing portion. It is possible to easily apply the present invention to a rotating drum type gaming machine (pachinko machine) by inserting a belt-like member from the top. Also in this configuration, it is preferable that a positioning portion such as an inner wall portion is formed in the storage portion that is the outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum, and the belt-shaped member is positioned with respect to the rotating drum.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is an internal block diagram of the state which opened the front door of the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the game control process in the gaming machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the partial internal block diagram which showed the one part internal structure of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part enlarged view of the accommodating part formed in the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which showed the state in which the strip | belt-shaped member was accommodated in the accommodating part formed in the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure of the state which extended on the plane the strip | belt-shaped member accommodated in the accommodating part formed in the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is process drawing which showed the process when a strip | belt-shaped member is accommodated in the accommodating part formed in the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the game machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the drive control system which drives the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the modification of the gaming machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which showed the state by which the strip | belt-shaped member was accommodated in the accommodating part formed in the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the modification of the gaming machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which showed the state by which the strip | belt-shaped member was accommodated in the accommodating part formed in the rotary body of the rotary body unit which comprises the modification of the gaming machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 cylinder unit (rotary unit)
10 gaming machine 20 display window 28A rotating body (rotating body)
28B Revolute (Rotating body)
28C Revolute (Rotating body)
66 Main control board (control unit)
66A ROM (storage unit)
88A Revolving motor (drive unit)
88B Revolving motor (drive unit)
88C Revolving motor (drive unit)
90A Cylinder sensor (detection unit)
90B Cylinder sensor (detector)
90C Cylinder sensor (detection unit)
100 body (rotary body)
102 Storage part 104A Reel belt (band member)
104B reel belt (band member)
104C reel band (band-shaped member)
110 opening 118 index (detected part)
120 inner wall (positioning part)

Claims (7)

A rotating body unit having a rotating body rotatably provided and a drive unit that rotationally drives the rotating body,
The rotating body includes a strip-shaped member on which predetermined identification information is displayed, a rotating body main body that forms an outline of the rotating body, a transparent storage unit that is provided in the rotating body main body and can store the strip-shaped member, Have
An opening is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the storage portion so that the band-shaped member can be inserted into the storage portion or the band-shaped member stored in the storage portion can be pulled out to the outside. Rotating body unit characterized by that.   The rotating body unit according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is provided with a positioning unit that positions the band-shaped member stored in the storage unit with respect to the storage unit.   3. The positioning portion according to claim 2, wherein the positioning portion is an inner wall portion that is provided in the storage portion and prevents movement of the belt-shaped member with respect to the storage portion by contacting with a longitudinal end portion of the belt-shaped member. The rotating body unit described. A plurality of the identification information is displayed along the longitudinal direction on the band-shaped member,
The opening area of the opening is set to be substantially the same as each display area of the identification information or an integral multiple of the display area. The rotating body unit described in 1.   A gaming machine comprising the rotating body unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A display window having a casing unit that houses the rotating body unit, wherein the identification information displayed along the longitudinal direction of the belt-shaped member is visible from outside the casing. Formed,
A detected portion that rotates together with the rotating body; and
A detecting section for detecting the detected section;
A control unit for controlling the rotation of the rotating body based on the detection result of the detected unit;
A storage unit that stores a plurality of display patterns of the identification information displayed on the belt-shaped member,
When the detected portion is detected by the detecting portion, the identification information displayed in the vicinity of the positioning portion of the band-shaped member positioned by the positioning portion is used as initial information as a reference and stored in the storage portion. 6. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the position of the identification information to be stopped and displayed on the display window is specified by the control unit based on the displayed display pattern. Attachment / detachment of a belt-like member in which a belt-like member displaying predetermined identification information is housed in the housing part of the rotor having a rotatable rotor body and a transparent housing part provided in the rotor body A method,
The storage portion is formed with an opening that allows the band-shaped member to be inserted into the storage portion, or allows the band-shaped member stored in the storage portion to be pulled out to the outside.
The band-shaped member is inserted into the storage section through the opening, or the band-shaped member stored in the storage section is drawn out of the storage section through the opening. How to put on and take off.

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