JP2008307197A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which improves decoration effect and performance effect by three-dimensionally changing the irradiation range in the optical axis of an electric decoration device. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of light emitting units U each having a mobile body 16 with a light emitting means and an actuator 17 for oscillating the mobile body 16 are assembled on a mounting frame body 14 onto the game machine. In each of the light emitting units U, the mobile body 16 is oscillated by the actuator 17 centering around the first and second oscillation shafts 25 and 26 to change the irradiation ranges of light emitted from the respective light emitting means separately. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with an electrical decoration device at a position where a player can visually recognize it.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine is provided with an electric decoration device as means for enhancing the decoration effect. The decoration device is often provided on the front frame of the gaming machine, and the decoration effect and the production effect are enhanced by changing the light emission mode such as the direction of light emitted from the light emitting means and the flashing, thereby enhancing the player's interest. Ingenuity has been devised.

An example of the lighting device will be described. A light emitting device that projects forward from the gaming area is provided on the upper part of the window frame on the front surface of the gaming machine. The light emitting device irradiates light emitted from a light emitting substrate provided behind through a condensing mechanism holding a plurality of condensing lenses in parallel. At this time, the solenoid is driven to rotate the condensing mechanism up and down in accordance with, for example, the display image in the image display area, thereby performing a decoration effect that changes the direction of light in addition to the change in the light emission mode (patent) Reference 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-251

However, the light emitting device provided in the gaming machine described above changes because the operation of the condensing mechanism that is a movable part is only up and down, the operation is monotonous, and the optical axis of the light sources held in parallel is also uniform. It is difficult to get bored by players.
In addition, since only a plurality of condensing lenses held in parallel are moved up and down, there is a problem that the decoration effect is attenuated because light is weakened at the moving end of the lens.

  The objective of this invention is providing the game machine which improved the decoration effect and the production effect by changing the irradiation range of the optical axis of an electrical decoration apparatus three-dimensionally.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises the following arrangement.
A gaming machine equipped with an illumination device at a position that can be visually recognized by a player, and swings about first and second swinging shafts that have light emitting means on a mounting frame attached to the gaming machine and intersect each other. A plurality of light emitting units each having a movable body that is supported and an actuator that swings the movable body are assembled, and each light emitting unit swings the movable body around the first and second swing axes by the actuator. Further, the present invention is characterized in that an electrical decoration device that individually changes the irradiation range of light emitted from each light emitting means is provided.

  In addition, the electrical decoration device includes a ball tray that is provided at an upper edge portion surrounding the game board of the front frame of the gaming machine and that has an irradiation range of light emitted from each light emitting unit at least below the front of the game board and the game board. It is set as follows.

  The movable body includes a light emitting substrate provided with a light source on a rocking plate supported by an actuator so as to be rockable about the first and second rocking shafts, a lens member covering the light emitting substrate, and a lens. The lens cover body which covers a member is assembled | attached integrally.

  In addition, the actuator is provided with a projecting portion that comes into contact with the rocking plate and tilts the rocking plate on a part of the rotating body that is rotationally driven by the drive source. The movable body swings about the first and second swing shafts by changing the contact position of the projecting portion with respect to the plate.

  Each light emitting unit is provided with a position detecting means for detecting the initial position of the movable body.

  If the above-described game machine is used, each light-emitting unit has an electric decoration in which the movable body swings around the first and second swinging shafts by an actuator, and the irradiation range of light emitted from each light-emitting means is individually changed. Since the device is provided, the light irradiation direction from each light emitting means can be changed three-dimensionally, and the decoration effect and the production effect are improved together with the game operation for the player, and the player's interest is shown. You can make it.

  In addition, the electrical decoration device includes a ball tray that is provided at an upper edge portion surrounding the game board of the front frame of the gaming machine and that has an irradiation range of light emitted from each light emitting unit at least below the front of the game board and the game board. By setting in this way, not only can the game board surface be illuminated brightly to enhance the effect, but also the ball tray that stores the game balls can be illuminated to make it easier to visually recognize the remaining amount of the game balls.

  The movable body includes a light emitting substrate provided with a light source on a rocking plate supported by an actuator so as to be rockable about the first and second rocking shafts, a lens member covering the light emitting substrate, and a lens. Since the lens cover body covering the member is integrally assembled, the plurality of light emitting units can be assembled to the mounting frame body with a simple configuration.

  In addition, the actuator is provided with a projecting portion that comes into contact with the rocking plate and tilts the rocking plate on a part of the rotating body that is rotationally driven by the drive source. Since the movable body swings about the first and second swinging shafts by changing the contact position of the projecting portion with respect to the plate, the light axis of the light source fixed to the swinging plate does not decrease, and the optical axis The illumination range can be changed three-dimensionally to enhance the decoration effect and the production effect.

  Further, since each light emitting unit is provided with position detecting means for detecting the initial position of the movable body, any light emitting unit is selected and the actuator is synchronized or asynchronously according to the detection result of the position detecting means. Since it can be freely selected, more light irradiation patterns can be created and various effects can be produced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
A schematic configuration of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The gaming machine 1 includes an inner frame (not shown) in which an outer frame 2 and a game board 3 are provided, and a front frame 4 that covers the inner frame. The inner frame is attached to the outer frame 2 by a hinge 5 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 4 is attached to the inner frame so as to be opened and closed (the hinge portion is not shown). Display devices 7 having an equalizer function are provided on both the left and right sides surrounding the display window 6 of the front frame 4. A speaker 8 and an electrical decoration device 9 are provided at the upper edge of the display window 6. The lighting device 9 has a decoration effect function linked with the game operation together with the display device 7. Further, below the display window 6 of the front frame 4, there are provided ball trays (upper tray 10 and lower tray 11) for temporarily storing game balls. An ashtray 12 for accommodating cigarette butts is provided on the left side of the lower tray 11, and a handle 13 for launching game balls to the game board 3 is provided on the right side.

  In FIG. 1, the electrical decoration device 9 is assembled through a mounting frame 14 on the front upper portion of the gaming machine (front frame 4) visible to the player. In FIG. 2, the electrical decoration device 9 is covered with a translucent cover member 15 so that the player does not touch it. The cover member 15 is assembled to the front frame 4.

  3 and 4, in the electrical decoration device 9, a plurality of light emitting units U are assembled to the mounting frame 14. In each light emitting unit U, a movable body 16 having light emitting means is supported by an actuator 17 so as to be swingable. As will be described later, the actuator 17 swings the movable body 16 about the first and second swing shafts 25 and 26 (see FIG. 5) to irradiate the light emitted from the light emitting means (the irradiated optical axis). (Direction) is changed individually. Moreover, the electrical decoration device 9 changes the light emission mode irradiated from each light emitting unit U in synchronization with the sound effect output from the speaker 8. Further, the irradiation range of the optical axis of each light emitting unit U is set so as to include at least the game board 3 and a ball tray (upper tray 10 and lower tray 11) provided below the front surface of the game board 3.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the electrical decoration device 9 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be specifically described with reference to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of each light emitting unit U of FIG. In FIG. 5, the structure of the movable body 16 will be described. The rocking plate 18 includes a light emitting substrate 19 provided with a light source such as an LED, a lens member 20 that covers the light emitting substrate 19 (which may be either a condensing lens or a diffusion lens), and a lens cover body that covers the lens member 20. 21 are superposed in this order and assembled together. A plurality of through holes 21a are formed in the lens cover body 21, and the lens cover body 21 is positioned and assembled so that the lens curved surface portion 20a is exposed (see FIG. 3).

  In FIG. 5, a pair of shaft holding portions 18 a are provided on the back surface of the swing plate 18 so as to protrude from the left and right. A shaft hole 18b is provided in each of the pair of shaft holding portions 18a. The swing plate 18 is supported by the mounting member 23 via the shaft holding member 22 so as to be swingable. The attachment member 23 is provided with a pair of shaft holding portions 23a on the top and bottom. A shaft hole 23b is provided in each of the pair of shaft holding portions 23a. The mounting member 23 is assembled integrally with the base member 24 on the back side, as will be described later.

  The shaft holding member 22 is provided with a first shaft hole 22a in the horizontal direction and a second shaft hole 22b in the vertical direction. The first shaft hole 22a is aligned with the shaft hole 18b of the swing plate 18, and the first swing shaft 25 is fitted in the horizontal direction. The second shaft hole 22b is aligned with the shaft hole 23b of the mounting member 23, and the second swing shaft 26 is fitted in the vertical direction. The first and second swing shafts 25 and 26 are assembled in directions that intersect (orthogonal) each other (see FIG. 5).

  Next, the configuration of the actuator 17 will be described. In FIG. 5, a cylindrical guide portion 27 is erected on the front surface of the base member 24. A rotating body 28 is rotatably fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the guide portion 27. Protruding portions (pins) 28 a that are always in point contact with the back surface of the swing plate 18 are provided at two locations on the front surface of the rotating body 28. The protruding portion 28a may be a surface contact such as a plate cam instead of a pin, or a line contact while rolling, such as a roller or a roller.

  In FIG. 6, a rotating gear 28 b is formed on the outer periphery on the back side of the rotating body 28. A pinion gear 29 is engaged with the rotating gear 28b. The pinion gear 29 is fitted into a rotary shaft 31 that is driven and transmitted from a motor 30 that is a drive source. Further, a light shielding plate 28c is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating body 28 so as to protrude radially outward. In FIG. 5, the base member 24 is provided with a photo sensor (position detecting means) 32, and the origin position of the movable body 16 (rotating body 28) is detected by detecting the light shielding plate 28c. .

  In FIG. 5, when the motor 30 is started, the pinion gear 29 rotates and the rotating gear 28 b that meshes with the pinion gear 29 rotates. As the rotating body 28 rotates, the contact position of the protrusion 28 a with respect to the swing plate 18 changes, and the movable body 16 swings about the first and second swing shafts 25 and 26. In FIG. 3, each light emitting unit U has the movable body 16 stopped at the origin position. When the motor 30 is started, the movable body 16 of each light emitting unit U swings individually as shown in FIG. At this time, the optical axis direction of the irradiation light irradiated from the light emitting substrate 19 (see FIG. 5) and passing through the lens member 20 changes three-dimensionally from the player to the game board. Therefore, the decoration effect and the production effect are improved with the game operation for the player, and the player's interest can be revealed.

  In FIG. 5, an example of the assembly structure of the light emitting unit U (see FIG. 1) will be described. First, an example of the assembly structure of the movable body 16 will be described. A light emitting substrate 19 is overlaid on the front surface of the swing plate 18, and a lens member 20 is assembled to cover the light emitting substrate 19 from above. Next, the lens cover body 21 is mounted by aligning the lens curved surface portion 20 a of the lens member 20 so as to be exposed from the through hole 21 a of the lens cover body 21.

  A shaft holding member 22 and an attachment member 23 are assembled on the back surface of the swing plate 18. The shaft holding member 22 inserts the shaft hole 22b between the shaft holding portions 23a, inserts the shaft hole 22a between the shaft holding portions 18a and aligns them, and the first swing shaft 25 is inserted into the shaft holes 18b and 22a. The second swing shaft 26 is assembled by being fitted into the shaft holes 22b and 23b.

  Next, an example of the assembly configuration of the actuator 17 will be described. In FIG. 5, the motor 30 is integrally assembled on the back surface of the base member 24. A guide portion 27 (see FIG. 5) is provided on the front surface of the base member 24, and a rotating body 28 is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the guide portion 27. A rotating shaft 31 connected to the motor 30 protrudes from the front surface of the base member 24, and a pinion gear 29 is fitted into the rotating shaft 31. The pinion gear 29 is assembled to mesh with the rotating gear 28b of the rotating body 28. A photo sensor 32 is fixed to the front surface of the base member 24.

  Finally, the attachment member 23 is screwed and fixed to an area surrounded by the guide portion 27 (rotary body 28) on the front surface of the base member 24, and the movable body 16 is assembled integrally with the actuator 17. As a result, the swing plate 18 is constantly pressed against the rotating body 28 from the front side, and is positioned and held by the swing plate 18 and the base member 24. When the rotating body 28 is rotated, the contact position of the projecting portion 28a with respect to the swing plate 18 changes, and the movable body 16 can swing about the first and second swing shafts 25 and 26.

  Next, the relationship between the operating state of the actuator 17 and the position of the movable body 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A to 7C are a front view, a left side view, and a top view of the mounting state when the movable body 16 is at the origin position, and FIGS. 8A to 8C are views of the movable body 16 from the origin position. Mounting state when rotated 90 ° counterclockwise direction Front view, left side view, top view, FIGS. 9A to 9C show the movable body 16 rotated 180 ° counterclockwise from the origin position. Front view, left side view, top view, and FIGS. 10A to 10C are the front view of the mounting state when the movable body 16 is rotated 270 ° counterclockwise from the origin position, and the left side surface. It is a figure and a top view. The front side of the light emitting unit U shown in FIG. 5 will be described as equivalent to the lower side in the attached state front views of FIGS. 7A to 10A shown below.

  FIG. 7C shows a state where the motor 30 is in a stopped state and the rotating body 28 is stopped at the origin position. At this time, the photosensor 32 is in a state of detecting the light shielding plate 28c. 7A and 7B, the protrusion 28a of the rotating body 28 is in a position to push out the upper front side of the swing plate 18. Therefore, the light emitting surface of the movable body 16 is in the direction of irradiating light with the optical axis exclusively facing the gaming machine side (the game board 3 or the upper tray 10; see FIG. 1) in a front view.

  FIG. 8C shows a state in which the motor 30 is activated and the rotating body 28 is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise from the origin position. At this time, in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the protrusion 28a of the rotating body 28 is in a position to push out the upper right side of the swing plate 18. Therefore, the light emitting surface of the movable body 16 is in a direction to irradiate the light with the optical axis exclusively facing the lower left of the gaming machine 1 (see FIG. 1) when viewed from the front.

  FIG. 9C shows a state in which the rotating body 28 has further rotated 90 ° and has rotated 180 ° counterclockwise from the origin position. At this time, in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the protruding portion 28 a of the rotating body 28 is in a position to push the upper rear side of the swing plate 18. Therefore, the movable body 16 has an optical axis exclusively obliquely below the gaming machine 1 in a front view and is directed to irradiate light toward the player side ahead.

FIG. 10C shows a state in which the rotating body 28 is further rotated 90 ° and is rotated 270 ° counterclockwise from the origin position. At this time, in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the protrusion 28 a of the rotating body 28 is in a position to push out the upper left side of the swing plate 18. Therefore, the light emitting surface of the movable body 16 is in a direction to irradiate the light with the optical axis exclusively facing downward and to the right of the gaming machine 1 (see FIG. 1) when viewed from the front.
Then, when the rotating body 28 further rotates 90 ° from the state of FIG. 10C, it returns to the origin position of FIG. 7C.
As described above, the rotating plate 18 (see FIG. 5) in which the light emitting substrate 19 and the lens member 20 are integrally assembled is rotated around the first and second swinging shafts 25 and 26 by the rotation of the rotating body 28. Since it swings, it is possible to enhance the decoration effect and the production effect by changing the irradiation range of the optical axis three-dimensionally without reducing the amount of light.

Further, the irradiation of the light emitting unit U can be performed by changing the protruding amount of the protruding portion 28a and the distance between the first and second swinging shafts 25 and 26 and the angle of attachment of the electric decoration device 9 to the gaming machine 1. The range can be easily changed. In addition, the irradiation range can be further changed by making it possible to adjust the mounting angle of the lighting device 9 to the gaming machine 1 and the mounting angle of the light emitting unit U to the mounting frame 14. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the decoration effect by attaching it to an arbitrary place without limiting the attachment place of the electric decoration device 9 (light emitting unit U) in the gaming machine 1.
In this embodiment, in FIG. 2, the electrical decoration device 9 is assembled on the upper front of the gaming machine so that the light emitting surface of the movable body 16 can be visually recognized by the player.

The lighting device 9 may be provided with a plurality of light emitting units U in parallel. In this case, any light emitting unit U can be selected, and the motor 30 can be freely selected according to the detection result of the photosensor 32, so that it can be freely selected. Is possible.
The drive source of the actuator 17 is not limited to the motor 30, and a reciprocating motion such as a solenoid may be converted into a rotational motion of the rotating body 28.

  In the present invention, a pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example of a gaming machine, but it can also be applied to other gaming machines such as a slot machine.

It is a front view of the gaming machine equipped with the illumination device. It is sectional drawing of the electrical decoration apparatus assembled | attached to the front frame. It is a front view of the electrical decoration apparatus in the state which has a light emission unit in an origin position. It is a front view of the electrical decoration apparatus in which the light emission unit is in an operation state. It is a disassembled perspective view of a light emission unit. It is a rear view which shows the drive transmission system of a rotary body and a motor. It is an operation position (origin position) of a rotating body and a state explanatory view of a movable body. It is an operation position (90 degree rotation position) of a rotary body, and the state explanatory drawing of a movable body. It is an operation position (180 degree rotation position) of a rotary body, and a state explanatory drawing of a movable body. It is an operation position (270 degree rotation position) of a rotary body, and a state explanatory drawing of a movable body.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine
2 Outer frame 3 Game board
4 Front frame
5 Hinge
6 Display window
7 Display device
8 Speaker
9 Lighting equipment
10 Top tray
11 Under tray
12 Ashtray
13 Handle
14 Mounting frame
15 Cover member
U Light emitting unit
16 Movable body
17 Actuator
18 Swing plate
18a, 23a Shaft holder
18b, 23b Shaft hole
19 Light emitting substrate
20 Lens member
20a Curved surface of lens
21 Lens cover body
21a Through hole
22 Shaft holding member
22a First shaft hole
22b Second shaft hole
23 Mounting member
24 Base member
25 First swing axis
26 Second swing shaft
27 Guide section
28 Rotating body
28a protrusion
28b Rotating gear
28c Shading plate
29 Pinion gear 30 Motor
31 Rotating shaft
32 Photosensor

Claims (5)

A gaming machine equipped with an illumination device at a position visible to the player,
A light emitting unit having a light emitting means on a mounting frame attached to a gaming machine and supported so as to be swingable about first and second swinging shafts intersecting each other and an actuator for swinging the movable body. Multiple units are assembled,
Each light-emitting unit is a gaming machine equipped with an electric decoration device in which a movable body swings around first and second swinging shafts by an actuator, and an irradiation range of light emitted from each light-emitting means is individually changed.   The electrical decoration device is provided at an upper edge portion surrounding the game board of the front frame of the gaming machine, so that an irradiation range of light emitted from each light emitting unit includes at least the game board and a ball tray provided below the front of the game board. The gaming machine according to claim 1, which is set.   The movable body includes a light emitting substrate provided with a light source, a lens member covering the light emitting substrate, and a lens member on a swing plate that is swingably supported by an actuator about the first and second swing shafts. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the covering lens cover body is integrally assembled.   The actuator is provided with a projecting portion that comes into contact with the rocking plate and tilts the rocking plate on a part of the rotating body that is rotationally driven by a drive source. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the movable body swings about the first and second swinging shafts when the contact position of the protrusion changes.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each light emitting unit is provided with position detecting means for detecting an initial position of the movable body.

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