JP2008259540A5

JP2008259540A5 -

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Publication number: JP2008259540A5
Application number: JP2007102280A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-04-10
Publication date: 2010-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 2027-04-10

Claims

A vertically long rectangular outer frame;
A main body frame that is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame and is freely opened and closed;
A game production unit that is housed in the body frame and has a game area in which game balls can flow down;
A launching device that launches a game ball from a predetermined launch position and drives the game ball into the game region from a ball slot provided at the top of the game region;
A prize ball tank which is provided on the upper back side of the main body frame and can store game balls supplied from the gaming machine island;
A payout device for paying out game balls to a player through a payout passage from the prize ball tank;
A main control means for controlling the progress of the game;
Sub-control means for receiving the command from the main control means and managing the production control ;
With
The body frame is
A launch rail provided adjacent to the launcher and capable of guiding a game ball launched from the launcher upward toward the gaming area;
A pair of thin-walled main body frame side walls provided in proximity to the inner walls of the left and right side surfaces of the outer frame, and a thin-walled main body frame upper wall section provided in proximity to the upper surface inner wall of the outer frame ;
At least,
The main body frame side wall portion and the main body frame upper wall portion are substantially erected from the front surface of the outer frame to a rear position beyond the rear surface, thereby forming an enclosure by the main body frame side wall portion and the main body frame upper wall portion. Is configured as a wall that forms a large storage space inside,
The game production unit is
A game board portion having a substantially arc-shaped outer rail capable of guiding a game ball guided by the launch rail to the ball insertion port, and in which the game area made of transparent resin is formed;
An opening is formed in the approximate center, and a back unit that forms a three-dimensional wide-area production area with the game board on the back side of the game board,
An effect display device that is disposed substantially parallel to the game board part in the opening located behind the game board part at a certain distance and can display a predetermined effect image behind the game board part. When,
The game is provided within the wide-area effect area and along the outer edge of the effect display device, and is arranged substantially evenly so as to be exposed at a position that does not overlap the effect display device with respect to the game area. A plurality of lighting devices that can be lit or flashed in a predetermined manner behind the plate portion ;
And can be accommodated only from the front surface in the large accommodation space,
The payout passage from the prize ball tank is
A height direction passage formed in a vertical direction so as to bypass the large accommodation space from behind the pair of main body frame side wall portions and the main body frame upper wall portion;
A depth direction passage formed as a substantially horizontal passage through which a game ball from the height direction passage flows down to a storage portion provided in front of the main body frame ;
And having
The depth direction passage,
Provided so as to communicate with the formed foul mouth to the lower end of the front Symbol game plate portion,
Side wall surface for the game ball that runs backward on the outer rail through the foul port from which the foul ball as a game ball that has been launched from the launch device but did not reach the ball insertion port and the launch device The foul dropped into the foul mouth by being provided between a guide portion formed on the game board portion having an upper surface inclined downward toward the side and a lower end portion of the outer rail. The sphere is allowed to flow down to the storage portion through the depth direction passage,
The sub-control means is
In response to a command transmitted from the main control unit, the effect display control means for controlling the display of the effect image displayed on the effect display device, your good beauty
In response to a command sent from the previous SL main control unit, illuminations control hand stage of performing the lighting of the plurality of illumination device, flashing and / or decorative illumination control Off
And at the same time receiving a command for instructing a special light emission effect from the main control means, the special display that uses the substantially entire front of the game effect unit as an integrated effect area by the effect display control means and the electric decoration control means. To perform the flash effect,
The special light emission effect is
After the effect display control means darkens the display area in the effect display device, an optical vortex image is displayed in which a plurality of bands of light radially extend from the approximate center position of the display area toward the outer edge. As well as control
The lighting control means is positioned in a direction in which at least a plurality of light bands in the light vortex image extend in the plurality of lighting devices in conjunction with the light vortex image displayed on the effect display device. The lighting control of the plurality of lighting devices is
A plurality of bands of light expressed in the light vortex image are continuously expressed by the plurality of electrical decoration devices beyond the display area of the effect display device, so that substantially the entire front of the game effect unit is displayed. In addition to imitating a single production area, it achieves one continuous production in the production area,
The front arrangement member to be arranged in the game area including the plurality of obstacle nails is
Since the effect display device and the plurality of electrical decoration devices are provided on the rear side of the game board portion, they can be appropriately arranged in the game area without being restricted by the effect display device and the plurality of electrical decoration devices. On the other hand, the special light emission effect using substantially the entire front of the game effect unit can be executed regardless of the arrangement mode of the front arrangement member in the game area.

  A locking device provided on the free end side of the main body frame so as to restrict the opening of the main body frame with respect to the outer frame, and having a sliding bar which is slidable in the vertical direction;
  The outer frame is
  While formed by a pair of vertical plates arranged in the longitudinal direction and a pair of horizontal plates arranged in the short direction,
  At least the vertical plate on the free end side has an outer wall portion formed substantially flat by a thin plate member, and a thickness portion formed by bending or standing up from the rear portion of the outer wall portion. In addition, a space in the vertical plate having the width of the thickness portion is formed inside the outer wall portion,
  The sliding rod of the locking device is
  The main body frame is accommodated in the vertical plate space in a state where the main body frame is closed with respect to the outer frame.
  The gaming machine according to claim 1.

  The body frame is
  It has a rear wall portion that extends inward from the rear end of the main body frame side wall portion and is located on the rear surface of the game effect unit,
  The dispensing device and the dispensing passage are
  It is arranged on the back side of the rear wall
  The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gaming machine is characterized by that.