JP2008245962A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine capable of increasing excitement and enjoyment by an illumination effect providing unpredictability by illuminating a wide range using few light sources. <P>SOLUTION: In the pinball game machine including an illuminating device capable of illumination performance corresponding to a game state, the illuminating device LU includes: a light source board 101 provided with a plurality of light sources; and a decorative plate 6b1 made of a resin, which is inclined and arranged at the front of the light source board 101. A thinned section 6b10 formed on a surface on the side of the light source board 101 in the decorative plate 6b1 made of the resin is turned to a light reflection section, and the light reflection section is configured by performing reflecting surface treatment to multiple cut surfaces for which many surfaces of different angles are continuously combined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine, and more particularly, to an electrical decoration effect, that is, an effect illumination mechanism.

As is well known, in a ball game, when a game ball wins in various winning holes provided in the game area of the game board surface equipped in the gaming machine, a predetermined number of awards set in the winning hole are obtained. A ball is paid out.
In the ball game machine, a center decoration is provided in the center of the game board to decorate the periphery of the symbol variation display device using a liquid crystal panel or the like, and the center decoration is provided with an illumination device for producing the contents of the game. It may be provided (for example, Patent Document 1).
As a configuration of the illumination device, there is a configuration including a light source such as an LED and a light diffusion member that is disposed in front of the light source and diffuses light emitted from the light source (for example, Patent Document 1).

On the other hand, a point light source such as an LED may be used as the light source because of low power consumption. However, the light from the point light source is highly directional and may be obstructive when directly incident on the player's eyes. was there.
Therefore, conventionally, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a light diffusing member having an uneven portion as a refracting portion is used to reduce the directivity of light, or the directivity is not reduced. A configuration has been proposed in which a prism sheet that can be dispersed to give an impression that there are a plurality of light sources is arranged on the front surface of the light sources (for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2006-122279 A JP 2006-296853 A

However, in the conventional configuration, since the main purpose is to direct the light emitted from the light source, the range may be restricted even when it is desired to expand the illumination range.
For this reason, when the illumination range is wide, it is conceivable to prepare as many light sources as necessary for illumination in that range. However, with this configuration, wiring and support portions corresponding to the number of light sources are required. As a result, there is a risk of increasing the size of the configuration.

Furthermore, although the light emitted from a point light source such as an LED is moderately incident on the player's eyes by diffusion or splitting by the prism effect, the impression is that it is simply turned on or off in terms of production effects. In some cases, the game is not surprising and cannot be expected to enhance interest.
An object of the present invention is to take into consideration the problems in the conventional gaming machines, particularly stage lighting, and a bullet ball that can enhance interest by a lighting effect that makes a wide range illumination using a small number of light sources. It is to provide a gaming machine.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention has the following configuration.
(1) In a ball game machine equipped with a lighting device capable of lighting effects according to the gaming state,
The lighting device is
A light source substrate having a plurality of light sources;
A resin decorative plate provided on the front side of the light source substrate,
The stealing formed on the surface of the resin decorative board on the light source substrate side is used as a light reflecting portion, and the light reflecting portion has a reflecting surface treatment on a multi-surface cut surface in which a number of surfaces having different angles are continuously combined. A ball game machine characterized in that it is configured to be.

  (2) The bullet ball game machine according to (1), wherein the resin decorative board is disposed to be inclined in front of the light source substrate.

  (3) The ball game machine according to (1) or (2), wherein a light diffusing member directed toward the decorative plate is disposed between the light source substrate and the decorative plate .

  (4) The ball game machine according to (3), wherein the light diffusing member has a lens cut surface.

  (5) A rotatable light guide member having a light guide part is disposed between the light source substrate and the light diffusion member, and a prism sheet is used for the light guide part. The bullet ball game machine according to (3) or (4).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the stealing of the resin decorative board is the light diffusion reflection surface, the existing decorative member that is an existing member is inclined without using a special member. The illumination range can be expanded using the members.
According to invention of Claim 2, the irradiation area along an inclined surface can be expanded, without increasing the number of light sources by inclining the decoration member illuminated later.

According to invention of Claim 3 and 4, since the light emission range can be expanded using the light-diffusion member arrange | positioned between a light source board | substrate and a decoration board, it is a component required for expansion of an illumination range. The score can be minimized.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the light guide member provided with the prism sheet can be rotated on the light emission side from the light source substrate. Interesting to the player can be enhanced by lighting different from lighting or flashing state.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a ball game machine 1000 corresponding to a ball game machine. In FIG. 1, the ball game machine 1000 constitutes a vertically long fixed holding frame formed in an outer rectangular frame size. A front frame 2 is provided that can be freely opened and closed on the front surface of the outer frame 1.
The front frame 2 is attached to the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable by hinge fittings 3A and 3B attached to the upper right and lower sides of the front side of the outer frame 1, and further, by a locking device 4 provided on the front left side of the outer frame 1. It is held in a closed state. A game board 3 is accommodated and supported inside the front frame 2.

The game board 3 uses a decorative board in which a cell is attached to the back side of a laminated plywood having a predetermined thickness and is processed by a router (an accessory mounting hole), and a guide rail that is annularly attached to the front side, although not shown. A substantially circular gaming area 6 is provided surrounded by the circle.
In the game area 6, a display unit 6a is provided at a substantially central portion, and a liquid crystal display device (hereinafter, a liquid crystal display device is denoted by reference numeral 6a) is used as the display unit 6a.
Around the liquid crystal display device 6a used as the display unit, a decoration unit 6b, a start winning port 6c, a special winning port 6d, and the like are arranged. An out port 6e for collecting the out ball is also provided at the lower part of the game area, and the out ball that has fallen without winning in the start winning port 6c and the special winning port 6d can be discharged from the back side of the game board 3 to the outside. It is like that.

Further, the front frame 2 is integrally provided with a transparent plate support frame 220 to which a transparent plate (not shown) such as glass, which is a covering member, is attached, and can be opened and closed via the hinge fittings 3A and 3B described above. ing.
A tray unit DU constituting a ball tray is provided on the back plate (not shown) below the transparent plate support frame 220 on the lower front side of the front frame 2, and the back plate is connected to the front frame 2. And is normally held in a closed state by a locking device (not shown).
In the dish unit DU, not only the dish part 8 in which game balls are present, but also a launching handle 9 is provided at the lower right front part of the dish part, and an ashtray 10 is provided at the lower left part of the front part.

In FIG. 1, a lighting device LU that can blink according to the contents of the effect is arranged on a part of the decoration portion 6b provided in the game area on the upper side of the decoration portion 6b.
As shown in FIG. 2, the lighting device LU includes a lamp house having a light source on the rear side of the decorative portion 6 b located on the front side of the game board 3. A box-shaped lamp housing 100 having an open side is used.

  In FIG. 2, a lamp housing 100 used as a lamp house is driven by being positioned in front of a light source substrate 101 having a plurality of LEDs as light sources and a light source substrate 101 corresponding to the game board 3 side of the light source substrate 101. A light guide plate 102 that can be rotated by a motor M and a diffuser plate 103 that is integrated with a part of the lamp housing 100 are provided inside.

The lamp housing 100 is divided in the light emission direction from the light source substrate 101, the back side of the illumination substrate 101 is the opaque portion 100A, and the front side of the illumination substrate 101, in other words, the light emission side from the illumination light source is transparent. Each of the portions 100B is formed.
The light source substrate 101 is fastened and attached to a stud portion (not shown) having a center coaxial with the light guide plate 102 and provided in the lamp housing 100.
The light guide plate 102 is composed of a base made of a transparent body and a light guide surface PS that is positioned on the surface and changes the emission direction of light incident from the light source. A boss portion is provided. For the light guide surface PS, a member having a characteristic of changing an optical path such as a prism sheet, a diffraction grating, or a beam splitter is used. The diffuser plate 103 has a configuration in which the light exit surface is a lens cut surface.

3 and 4 are views of the light guide plate 102 as viewed from the game surface PS side. As shown in FIG. 3, when a prism sheet used for the light guide surface PS is attached to a base made of a transparent disk (for convenience). In FIG. 3, the sheet is indicated by a symbol PS), and the LED 101 </ b> A that is the light source of the light source substrate 101 located rearward is hardly visible.
When the LED 101A is turned on, as shown in FIG. 4A, the emitted light from the LED 101A, which is a light source, is guided to show more light sources than the number of installed light sources. As the light guide surface of the prism sheet PS is displaced with respect to the incident light with respect to the center of rotation, a state in which the emitted light from each LED revolves with respect to the center of the light emitting source is obtained (in FIG. SR), a revolution based on the rotation center of the rotating light guide plate 102 together with the rotation of the rotating light guide plate 102 (rotation indicated by an arrow CR in FIG. 4B), and rotation (in FIG. 4B). An illumination state that repeats (state indicated by arrow SR) is obtained.

On the other hand, the decorative portion 6b in the present embodiment has a structure in which a plurality of resin decorative plates are stacked at a predetermined interval, and among these decorative plates, a decorative plate positioned on the side facing the lamp housing 100. (Indicated by reference numeral 6b1 in FIG. 2 for convenience) is inclined toward the player's viewpoint, in other words, the upper part is inclined toward the player side and tilted. Therefore, the back surface of the decorative board 6b1 also follows the inclination, and the upper part is inclined to the player side.
The reason for adopting such an inclined structure is to increase the area exposed to light without increasing the number of light sources when increasing the area of the decorative member illuminated from the back side of the game board in order to enhance the effect. is there. That is, when the decorative member perpendicular to the light from the light source is tilted, the illumination range of the light along the surface of the decorative member inclined based on the tilt angle is expanded. Moreover, the effect of widening the illumination range of the inclined decorative member can also be achieved by directing the light toward the decorative member by reflecting the light on the surface of the inclined decorative member.
As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of meat steals 6b10 are provided on the back surface of the decorative plate 6b1, and in the present embodiment, the plurality of meat steals 6b10 are used as a diffuse reflection surface of light. .

In FIG. 5, the bottom portion of the meat stealer 6b10 formed of a recess formed on the back surface of the decorative plate 6b1 is a multi-surface cut surface in which a large number of surfaces having different angles are continuously formed, and the surface is glossy such as chrome plating. The reflective surface process by the process is performed.
By making the meat steal 6b10 located on the back surface of the decorative plate 6b1 as a light diffusive reflection surface, the light incident on the meat steal 6b10 is not reflected toward the incident position due to the inclination of the decorative plate 6b1, but is incident on the surface. It can reflect in a direction different from the direction.

Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, when the LED 101A provided on the light source substrate 101 shown in FIG. 2 is turned on, the emitted light is guided by the rotating light guide plate 102, and will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, it is assumed that the number of light emitting sources is larger than the number of installed light sources, and when the light source reaches the diffusion plate 103, it is diffused and reaches the decorative plate 6b1.
In the decorative plate 6b1, the diffused light is reflected by the multi-faced cut surface of the meat stealing 6b10, but the light is reflected toward the back side of the decorative plate 6b1 at a reflection angle according to the inclination angle of the decorative plate 6b1. The back side of the decorative plate 6b1 is illuminated.

Therefore, the light emitted from the LED 101A can be directed not only toward the player but also reflected in a direction different from the direction of reflection toward the light source to illuminate the back surface of the decorative board 6b1, so that a plurality of light is emitted. It is possible to illuminate a wide range on the back side of the decorative portions that are stacked, and it is possible to visually stand out the wide range of the decorative portions 6b.
In addition, when the support portion (not shown) located on the back side of the decoration board 6b1 and the surface of the game board 3 are subjected to reflection treatment, the light reflected on those surfaces efficiently spreads the wide range of the decoration portion 6b. It is possible to illuminate well and make the decorative portion 6b stand out visually. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the reflected light R is reflected by a part of the decorative board located in the opening 3A of the game board 3 and illuminates the back of the decorative board located in front. The lighting device LU including the light source substrate 101 is controlled to be turned on by a game control unit described later.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of game control means for performing game control in this gaming machine, and has the following configuration.
In FIG. 6, the game control means 200 is a means for overall control of the entire ball and ball game machine 1000 including the progress and effects of the game. The game control means 200 includes a CPU that performs calculations, a ROM that stores programs necessary for the progress of the game, data for production, and the like, and data that is captured when the CPU performs various controls. RAM and the like that are temporarily stored.

  The game control means 200 is provided on a control board provided on the back side of the game board 3. Here, the game control means 200 is not limited to one control board, and may be provided over a plurality of control boards. For example, a main control board that is mainly responsible for controlling the part directly related to the progress of the game, and a part that is electrically connected to the main control board and mainly related to the production (image display, lighting of lamps, sound output, etc.) And a sub-control board in charge of control). In this case, the liquid crystal display device 6a having a symbol display function is electrically connected to the sub control board. In addition, the main control board and the sub control board may be connected via a relay board or the like.

In the present embodiment, the game control means 200 includes the following means.
(Winning ball detection means)
The winning ball detecting means 21 detects a winning when a game ball wins the winning port sensor 5s, the starting winning port 6c and the special winning port 6d. The start winning opening 6c and the special winning opening 6d are respectively provided with a starting winning opening sensor 6cs and a special winning opening sensor 6ds, and are electrically connected to the winning ball detecting means 21, respectively.

  The start winning opening sensor 6cs is a sensor that is provided at the entrance of the starting winning opening 6c and constantly monitors the winning of a game ball to the starting winning opening 6c. When a game ball wins the start winning opening 6c, it passes through the start winning opening sensor 6cs. Thereby, the detection signal at that time is transmitted to the winning ball detecting means 21 from the start winning hole sensor 6cs. When receiving this detection signal, the winning ball detecting means 21 detects that a game ball has won the start winning port 6c.

  Similarly, the special winning opening sensor 6ds is a sensor that is provided at a predetermined position of the special winning opening 6d and constantly monitors the winning of a game ball to the special winning opening 6d. When a game ball wins the special winning opening 6d, it passes through the special winning opening sensor 6ds. Accordingly, the detection signal at that time is transmitted from the special winning opening sensor 6ds to the winning ball detecting means 21. When receiving this detection signal, the winning ball detecting means 21 detects that a game ball has won the special winning opening 6d.

(Lottery means)
The lottery means 22 performs lottery related to the stop symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a capable of variable display, on the condition that the winning ball detecting means 21 detects the winning of the game ball to the start winning opening 6c. In the present embodiment, “1” winning / non-winning presence, “2” stop display after the change display of the symbols on the liquid crystal display device 6a, and “3” the change pattern during the change display of the symbols are drawn. Do. The lottery means 22 includes a winning lottery means 22a, a stop symbol lottery means 22b, and a variation pattern lottery means 22c in order to perform the lottery of “1” to “3”.

(Winning lottery means)
In this embodiment, the winning lottery means 22a includes a winning determination random number generating means, a winning determination random number acquiring means, and a winning determination means.
The hit determination random number generating means generates a hit determination random number having a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 0 to 65535 by a 16-bit random number) by a control program or the like. The hit determination random number obtaining means detects one hit determination random number among the hit determination random numbers generated by the hit determination random number generation means, at a predetermined time, in the present embodiment, a detection signal transmitted from the start winning opening sensor 6cs. Is acquired when the winning ball detecting means 21 receives the.

The winning determination means determines whether the winning is determined or not based on the winning determination random number acquired by the winning determination random number acquiring means. Of the random numbers for hit determination of a predetermined period generated by the random number generator for hit determination, a random number corresponding to winning is determined in advance. Then, when the winning determination random number acquired by the winning lottery random number acquisition means matches the random number corresponding to winning, it is determined to be winning, and when it does not match, it is determined not to win.
When it is determined that the game is won, a command is sent to effect image control means 27 described later.

(Stop symbol lottery means)
The stop symbol lottery means 22b draws a stop symbol to be stopped and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a based on the determination result of the hit determination means of the hit lottery means 22a. Here, if the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a determines that the winning is made, any one winning symbol is selected by lottery from a plurality of winning symbols.
The stop symbol lottery means 22b is used when the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a determines that the winning symbol selection means, a winning symbol selection random number generation means, a winning symbol selection random number acquisition means, and a winning symbol selection means With.

  The winning symbol selecting random number generating means generates a winning symbol selecting random number having a predetermined period by a control program or the like. Then, the winning symbol selection random number acquisition means acquires one winning symbol selection random number among the winning symbol selection random numbers generated by the winning symbol selection random number generation means. Next, the winning symbol selecting means selects a winning symbol corresponding to the winning symbol selecting random number acquired by the winning symbol selecting random number acquiring means.

In this embodiment, stop symbols as identification information to be stopped and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a are composed of three symbols (numbers) of left, middle and right, and 1000 patterns from “000” to “999”. Have. Then, a combination of three predetermined symbols is set as a winning symbol (for example, “777”, “331”, “531”, etc.).
In addition, the stop symbol lottery means 22b is used when the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a is determined not to win, the non-winning symbol selection random number generating means, and the non-winning symbol selection random number acquiring means; And a non-winning symbol selection means.

  The non-winning symbol selection random number generating means generates a non-winning symbol selection random number having a predetermined cycle by a control program or the like. Then, the non-winning symbol selection random number acquisition means acquires one non-winning symbol selection random number among the non-winning symbol selection random numbers generated by the non-winning symbol selection random number generation means. Next, the non-winning symbol selecting means selects a non-winning symbol corresponding to the non-winning symbol selecting random number acquired by the non-winning symbol selecting random number acquiring means.

(Variation pattern lottery means)
The variation pattern lottery means 22c is for drawing a variation pattern of symbols to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a.
The fluctuation pattern lottery means 22c includes a fluctuation pattern selection random number generation means, a fluctuation pattern selection random number acquisition means, and a fluctuation pattern selection means.
The variation pattern selection random number generation means generates a variation pattern selection random number having a predetermined period by a control program or the like. Then, the variation pattern selection random number acquisition unit acquires one variation pattern selection random number among the variation pattern selection random numbers generated by the variation pattern selection random number generation unit. Next, the variation pattern selection means stores the variation patterns of a plurality of types of symbols based on the variation pattern selection random number acquired by the variation pattern selection random number acquisition means and the determination result by the hit determination means of the winning lottery means 22a. One variation pattern is selected with reference to the data table.

In this embodiment, two data tables (for variation pattern selection) for winning and non-winning are provided, and when the winning determination means determines that the winning is made, the data table for winning is selected. The variation pattern corresponding to the obtained variation pattern selection random number is selected. Similarly, when it is determined that the winning determination means does not win, a variation pattern corresponding to the acquired random number for variation pattern selection is selected using the data table for non-winning.
Here, in this example, at the start of the variable display of the symbols, after all the three symbols are displayed in a variable manner, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol are stopped and displayed in this order, and finally all the three symbols are displayed. To stop display.

(Design display control means)
The symbol display control means 23 performs variable display and stop display of the symbols on the liquid crystal display device 6a on the condition that the winning ball detection means 21 has received a detection signal due to the winning of a game ball in the start winning opening 6c. To control.
The symbol display control means 23 controls the change display and stop display of symbols based on the lottery result of the lottery means 22. That is, the symbol display control means 23 performs control so as to perform symbol change display and stop display according to the stop symbol selected by the stop symbol lottery means 22b and the variation pattern selected by the variation pattern lottery means 22c.

(Special game control means)
In the special game control means 24, the winning determination random number acquired by the winning determination random number acquiring means of the winning lottery means 22a matches the winning random number, and the symbol stopped and displayed by the liquid crystal display device 6a is the winning symbol (for example, “ 777 "), the game is shifted to a special game, and the special game is executed until the end condition is satisfied. Here, “special game” means that a state in which a game ball is more likely to win than a normal game is created. Specifically, the special game port 6d is opened and a game ball is easily received. This is a game that can be expected to win prize balls.
During the special game, the special game control means 24 controls the driving of the special prize port driving device 6dd for opening and closing the special prize port 6d.
The special game control means 24 controls the driving of the special prize opening driving device 6dd to open the special prize opening 6d, and performs the opening time of the special prize opening 6d, the number of balls won in the special prize opening 6d, and the like. . When it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the driving of the special prize opening driving device 6dd is controlled so as to temporarily close the special prize opening 6d.

When it is determined again that the special winning opening 6d opening condition is satisfied, the special winning opening 6d is opened by controlling the driving of the special winning opening driving device 6dd, and the special winning opening 6d is opened. The number of balls won in the winning opening 6d is counted.
Specifically, one open state is maintained until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins the special winning opening 6d or until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses. This operation is set to continue up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times).

(Ball carry-out control means)
The ball carry-out control means 25 controls the drive of the ball carry-out device 25d for paying out a prize ball. As described above, when the winning ball detecting means 21 receives the detection signals from the start winning port sensor 6cs and the special winning port sensor 6ds, the ball unloading device pays out the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning ball. 25d is controlled. When driven, the ball carry-out device 25d pays out the ball to the tray part 8 of the ball game machine 1000.
(Normal design control means)
The normal symbol control means 26 is for controlling the fluctuation display and stop display of the above-described normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d, and includes the following means.
(Entry detection means)
The incoming ball detecting means 262 detects when a game ball passes through the activated normal symbol starting port 6i.
Here, the normal symbol start port sensor 6is is a sensor that is arranged in at least a part of the passing area of the game ball of the normal symbol start port 6i and constantly monitors the passing of the game ball of the normal symbol start port 6i. is there.
When the game ball passes through the normal symbol start port 6i, a detection signal at that time is transmitted from the normal symbol start port sensor 6is to the ball detection means 262. When this detection signal is received, the incoming ball detecting means 262 detects that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol starting port 6i.

(Normal symbol lottery means)
The normal symbol lottery means 263 determines a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the normal symbol variation display device 264d by lottery on the condition that the game ball has passed through the valid normal symbol start port 6i.
The normal symbol lottery means 263 includes a hit determination random number generation means, a hit determination random number value acquisition means, and a hit determination means, in the same manner as the above-described winning lottery means 22a.

(Normal design fluctuation control means)
When the game ball passes through the normal symbol start port 6i, the normal symbol variation control means 264 performs the symbol variation display and stop display of the normal symbol variation display device 264d based on the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery means 263. Is to control.
The normal symbol fluctuation control means 264 changes the symbol of the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d for a predetermined time, and finally causes the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d to stop-display the symbols determined by the normal symbol lottery means 263. .

(Sphere guidance device control means)
The ball guidance device control means 265 controls the operation of the ball guidance device 265d based on the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery means 263. Specifically, when winning is made by lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 263, the ball guiding device 265d is controlled to operate. On the contrary, when the normal symbol lottery means 263 is not selected in the lottery, the ball guiding device 265d is not operated.
The timing of operation is immediately after the symbol of the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d fluctuates for a predetermined time and the symbol determined by the normal symbol lottery means 263 is stopped and displayed on the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d.
When the normal symbol lottery means 263 is selected, the symbol “7” is finally stopped and displayed on the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d. Immediately thereafter, the ball guidance device control means 265 operates the ball guidance device 265d to enlarge the entrance portion of the start winning opening 6c.

(Production image control means)
The effect image control means 27 controls the effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a.
When the effect image control means 27 receives a winning command from the winning lottery means 22a, the effect image control means 27 selects the effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a and displays it.

(Light source lighting position selection control means)
The light source lighting state selection control means 28 is a part that operates together with the effect image control means 27, and is a means for selecting the lighting timing and lighting order of the light emitting diodes (LEDs) used in the lighting device LU.
In this embodiment, at the time of lottery, the number of light emission and the light emission order are changed in accordance with the occurrence of a so-called reach state, which is different from the case of a big win.

1 is an overall front view of a ball game machine of the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view for demonstrating the structure of the attachment part of the decoration part of a ball game machine shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of a decoration board with the one component of the decoration part shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the lamp housing shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the light source board | substrate and rotary light-guide plate which are used for the lamp housing shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a game control means.

Explanation of symbols

1000 bullet ball game machine 1 outer frame 12 locking device 2 front frame 3 game board 6 game area 6a liquid crystal display device (display unit)
6b Decorative portion 6b1 Decorative plate 6b10, 6b20 Meat stealing 6c Start winning port 6d Special winning port 100 Lamp housing 101 Light source substrate 102 Rotating light guide plate 103 Diffusion member 200 Game control means LU lighting device

Claims (5)

In a ball game machine equipped with a lighting device capable of lighting effects according to the gaming state,
The lighting device is
A light source substrate having a plurality of light sources;
A resin decorative plate provided on the front side of the light source substrate,
The stealing formed on the surface of the resin decorative board on the light source substrate side is used as a light reflecting portion, and the light reflecting portion has a reflecting surface treatment on a multi-surface cut surface in which a number of surfaces having different angles are continuously combined. A ball game machine characterized in that it is configured to be.   The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the resin decorative plate is disposed to be inclined in front of the light source substrate.   The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a light diffusing member directed toward the decorative plate is disposed between the light source substrate and the decorative plate.   4. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 3, wherein the light diffusing member has a lens cut surface.   A rotatable light guide member having a light guide part is disposed between the light source substrate and the light diffusion member, and a prism sheet is used for the light guide part. Item 5. A ball game machine according to item 3 or 4.

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