JP2009131509A - Lighting-lever switch and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting-lever switch capable of making an operating piece lighting, capable of tilting the lever in all of directions while not hampering the lighting and capable of sensing a movement in all of the directions, and to provide a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: An end of the lever, a board support push disc sliding on an axis of the lever, its biasing means, a movable cylinder being longitudinally slid according to a tilting degree of the push disc and its biasing means are housed in a hollow formed in the case body. In a sensing constitution of the lever, when the lever is tilted from a neutral position, a tilt of the push disc tilting integrally with the lever pushes the cylinder in the longitudinal direction of the case body, converting the tilting degree of the push disc to that of longitudinally sliding of the cylinder to slide the cylinder to a sensing position in the longitudinal direction of the case body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an illuminated lever switch used in, for example, a slot machine, and more particularly to an illuminated lever switch and a gaming machine that perform illumination display suitable for effects at the start of a game.

  In general, gaming machines such as slot machines are widely used in gaming halls, and various kinds of lever operating type lever switches and push button type stop switches operated by players are provided on the gaming operation surfaces of the gaming machines. An operation switch is provided.

  In recent years, this type of gaming machine has been enhanced in game preference by effects such as blinking lighting, music output, and image display. In the case of a lever-type start switch that is tilted at the start of the game, the start switch movement is not limited to the vertical direction, etc., so that it can be freely tilted in all 360 degrees to improve operability. Are known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, as an example of the production, after the player inserted a medal, aimed at the production as a new confirmation means of illuminating the spherical operation element provided at the end of the operation stick and informing the player of the start of the game A technique is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  In this illuminated operation stick, when the operation stick is tilted, the switch protrusion integral with the operation stick tilts, and the operation stick is tilted depending on whether the tilted switch protrusion shields the sensor unit. It is detected whether or not.

  However, the movement of the operation stick is limited to linear movement in the vertical direction with respect to the neutral position due to the relationship between the switch projection that moves in the tilt direction and the sensor unit that is fixedly installed corresponding to the tilt direction. Therefore, the operation stick could not be tilted in all directions. As described above, when the operation stick is tilted in all directions while the illumination path is secured, there is a problem that the detection structure for all directions becomes difficult.

JP 2006-296548 A JP 2001-155590 A

  Therefore, the present invention provides an illuminated lever switch and a gaming machine that can detect the movement of the operating lever not only by illuminating the operating element but also by tilting the operating lever in all directions. For the purpose.

  This invention tilts about the middle as a fulcrum, has an operating element at one end, has an introduction light end face for introducing light at the other end, and allows the introduced light to pass to one end in the axial direction. A scale operating lever, neutral position support means for supporting the operating lever at a neutral position in the tilting direction, and light emission disposed at a position facing the introduction light end face of the operating lever when the operating lever is in the neutral position. An element, a detecting means for detecting that the operating lever is tilted, an omnidirectional support means for freely tilting and supporting in all directions with the middle of the operating lever as a fulcrum, and a case body constituting these internally, An illuminated lever switch that guides light emitted from the light emitting element from an introduction light end surface of the operation lever to an end surface on the operation element side to emit light from the operation element, and is a hollow portion formed in the case body In A case in which the end of the operation lever is faced, a press disc that slides on the lever shaft of the operation lever in the hollow portion, and a case in which the press disc is formed on the fulcrum side of the hollow portion in the longitudinal direction of the case A pressing disc biasing means biasing toward the inner end surface, and when the end surface of the pressing disc biased by the pressing disc biasing means is pressed against the inner end surface of the case and corresponds to the plane, the inner end surface of the case is used as a reference The support lever is biased and supported at a neutral position, and when the pressing disk slides in the longitudinal direction of the case against the biasing force of the pressing disk biasing means, the plane support means that allows the operation lever to be tilted, and A movable cylinder that is allowed to slide in the front-rear direction of the case facing the opposite side of the pressing disk and that is disposed in the hollow portion, and a movable cylinder that biases the movable cylinder toward the pressing disk in the case front-rear direction Energizing means When the operating lever is tilted from the neutral position, the movable cylinder is pushed in the longitudinal direction of the case by the inclination of the pressing disk that is tilted integrally with the operation lever, and the tilting amount of the pressing disk is slid in the longitudinal direction of the case of the movable cylinder. It is converted into a quantity, and the movable cylinder is slid to the detection position in the longitudinal direction of the case detected by the detection means against the urging force of the movable cylinder urging means.

  The omnidirectional is a tilting direction of 360 degrees centered on the horizontal direction when the axial direction of the operation lever is, for example, a horizontal support position as a neutral position.

  A hollow disk of the case body is provided with a pressing disk integrated with an operation lever, and a movable cylinder that slides in the front-rear direction of the case in conjunction with the movement of the pressing disk is detected to detect the movement of the movable cylinder. Thus, it is possible to detect that the operation lever is tilted by converting the tilt amount in all directions into the slide amount in the longitudinal direction of the case.

  In addition, a hollow portion as a tilt allowable space for the operation lever can be secured in the case body, and a cylindrical body such as a movable cylinder that does not obstruct the hollow portion can be efficiently interposed therein. Therefore, the operation lever can be tilted in all directions by the hollow portion, and the light emitting element and the operation lever can be internally configured without hindering the correspondence. Therefore, a light conduction structure from the light emitting element to the operation element can be easily secured. In addition, since the movement of the movable cylinder can be detected by converting the tilt of the operation lever into the sliding amount in the longitudinal direction of the case, the movement can be accurately detected even if the operation lever is tilted in all directions. Therefore, the operation lever can have an illumination function and a tilting function in all directions.

As an aspect of the present invention, a slide position detecting means for detecting the position where the movable cylinder slides at the outer periphery of the movable cylinder can be provided.
If a member such as a light-shielding piece for detection is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the movable cylinder and this is detected, the detection can be performed without disturbing the internal space of the movable cylinder.

  As an aspect of the present invention, the peripheral surfaces of the end surfaces where the pressing disk and the movable cylinder face each other are provided to abut each other in the axial direction, and at least one of the end surface peripheral portions to be abutted is provided to smoothly tilt the pressing disk. Can be provided on a smooth curved surface.

  In this case, the pressed disk and the movable cylinder contact each other in an annular shape and are pressed and biased. However, since the annular contact portion corresponds to the curved surface portion, it is smooth and has no catch, and a stable operation lever movement is obtained. It is done. In particular, since they are opposed to each other on the annular surfaces, a uniform sliding action can be obtained in all directions. Further, if the two are made to have slightly different diameters and face each other, one annular outer surface and the other inner circumferential surface come into contact with each other and the movement of each other becomes more stable.

  If a gaming machine equipped with an illuminated lever switch configured in this way is used, the operating lever can be tilted in all directions, and when operating the operating lever, for example, the operating element is linked to the insertion of a medal. It can be operated as a gaming machine with a high production effect that can clearly illuminate a game start guide.

  According to the present invention, not only can the operating element be illuminated, but also the operating lever can be tilted in all directions, and the movement in all directions can be detected.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The drawing shows a slot machine installed in a game hall as an example of a gaming machine, and FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the slot machine. This slot machine 11 has a panel 12 and a reel portion 13 at the upper front as a customer service surface, three stop buttons 14 arranged in parallel in the width direction at the center of the front, and an illuminated start lever 15 on the left side. The number setting button 16 has a return button 17 on the right side, a settlement button (not shown), and an insertion slot 18 for inserting medals M one by one, and a lower plate 19 is provided at the lower front of these.

  Then, when the player uses the slot machine 11 for games, medals M are inserted into the insertion slot 18 one by one. The inserted medals M are selected inside, the appropriate medals M selected as valid are taken in, the medals selected as inappropriate and the surplus medals inserted exceeding the predetermined number are not shown in the medal return path. It is made to return to the lower plate 19 via. The medal M is also returned to the lower plate 19 when the player depresses a settlement button (not shown) to stop the game.

Next, as an example of an illuminated lever switch applied to the slot machine 11, an illuminated start lever 15 provided for starting a game will be described.
2A is an external perspective view of the illuminated start lever 15 viewed from the front side, FIG. 2B is an external perspective view of the illuminated start lever 15 viewed from the back side, and FIG. 4 is a side view of the illuminated start lever 15, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

  The illuminated start lever 15 includes an operation lever 20, a pressing disk 21, a pressing spring 22, a flat washer 23, a retaining ring 24, a movable cylinder 25, a return spring 26, a substrate 27, and a sensor block 50. And a case 28 for storing and supporting them, and a cover 29.

  The operation lever 20 includes an operation element 30, a light guide bar 31, an operation shaft 32, and a fulcrum sphere 33. The operation shaft 32 is a long cylindrical shaft, and a spherical operation element 30 is screwed onto one end of the operation shaft 32 for a player to grasp as an operation knob. The operation element 30 can transmit light and can be made of a resin material such as polycarbonate suitable for insulation.

  In addition, a light guide bar 31 having substantially the same length is integrally accommodated in the shaft hole 34 of the operation shaft 32 as a solid shaft. The light guide bar 31 has one end facing the inside of the operation element 30 and is provided as a light emitting end surface 31a for emitting light from the one end to the operation element 30, and the other end faces a light emitting element 35 described later. It is provided as an introduction light end face 31b. Therefore, the light guide rod 31 can be made of a transparent acrylic resin or the like that can allow the light introduced from the introduction light end surface 31b to pass to the light emission end surface 31a at the axial end.

  The operating shaft 32 has a male threaded portion 32a to be screwed at one end of the outer peripheral surface. The male threaded portion 32a is screwed to the female threaded portion 30a of the opposing operating element 30 and integrally connected. Yes. Further, the operating shaft 32 is provided on a stepped outer peripheral surface in which the operating element side outer peripheral surface is a large diameter portion 32b and the counter operating element side outer peripheral surface is a small diameter portion 32c. Then, a shaft hole 33a of the fulcrum sphere 33 that is opened through is inserted and supported on the small diameter portion 32c. Further, the fulcrum sphere end surface 33b abuts on the step end surface 32d between the large diameter portion 32b and the small diameter portion 32c, and the spherical portion opposite to the fulcrum sphere end surface 33b is received by a spherical shaft support portion 36 of the case 28 described later. It is attached to the middle part on the shaft 32. A circumferential groove 32e is formed at the end of the small diameter portion 32c, and an E-shaped retaining ring 24 described later is attached thereto. Then, the fulcrum sphere 33 is supported by a case 28 which will be described later, so that the operation lever 20 is pivotably supported in a seesaw-like manner in 360 degrees with the fulcrum sphere 33 as a rotation fulcrum (see FIG. 8). .

  The case 28 described above has a cylindrical shape, and is formed by connecting a shaft support hole 37 and a hollow portion 38 in the axial direction. The shaft support hole 37 is formed in the axial direction from one end face of the case 28, and a spherical-shaped spherical shaft support portion 36 that rotatably supports the fulcrum sphere 33 with the operation lever 20 passing through the inner end portion thereof. Is formed. As a result, the intermediate lever fulcrum 33 is pivotally supported by the spherical shaft support 36 in the operation lever 20, and the operation lever 20 is freely rotatable in all directions of 360 degrees with the spherical shaft support 36 as a base point. Further, when the operation lever 20 hits the opening end of the shaft support hole 37, the operation lever 20 is restricted from tilting at the maximum tilt angle. Therefore, the tilting amount by which the operation lever 20 can tilt is determined by the size of the diameter of the shaft support hole 37. On the outer surface of the fulcrum sphere 33, a large number of small dents 33b that serve to reduce frictional contact and avoid dust are formed.

  The hollow portion 38 is a cylindrical space that is hollowed in the axial direction from the other large opening end face 39 of the case 28. The hollow portion 38 and the shaft support hole 37 are coaxially provided, and the small diameter portion 32c of the operation lever 20 faces the hollow portion 38 from the shaft support hole 37 side and is interposed. Further, a pressing disk 21 described later is disposed on the case inner end surface 40 of the hollow portion 38 adjacent to the spherical shaft support portion 36 so as to correspond to a plane.

  The above-described pressing disk 21 includes a cylindrical slide shaft portion 41 that is freely slidably supported along the axial direction on the small diameter portion 32c of the operation shaft 32, and a plane corresponding portion 42 at one end of the slide shaft portion 41. And a flange portion 43. The plane corresponding portion 42 is an end surface of the axial center portion of the pressing disk 21, and the plane corresponding portion 42 is brought into contact with the case inner end surface 40 in a plane corresponding manner. The plane corresponding portion 42 corresponds to the plane on the inner end surface 40 of the case, so that the direction of the pressing disk 21 and the operation lever 20 integrated therewith is determined in the axial direction. The flange portion 43 is an annular portion in which a step is formed by shifting the outer peripheral portion of the plane corresponding portion 42 in the direction of retracting from the plane corresponding side, and the flange portion 43 is opposed to and opposed to the movable cylinder 25 described later. Further, the flange portion 43 is formed with a curved surface portion 44 at the peripheral edge portion. The curved surface portion 44 is formed on the side facing the movable cylinder 25 described later, and has a role of smoothing the contact when the pressing disk 21 is tilted when the curved surface portion 44 contacts the movable cylinder 25. . Further, an end surface annular groove 45 as a spring seat for the pressing spring 22 described later is formed in a portion surrounded by the outer peripheral surface of the slide shaft portion 41 and the base portion of the flange portion 43.

  The pressing spring 22 has a coil shape and is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the slide shaft portion 41. One end is received by the end surface annular groove 45 and the other end is locked by the retaining ring 24. It is received by the washer 23, is telescopic and is interposed in a compressed state. For this reason, the flat disk 42 is pressed against the inner end surface 40 of the case by the urging force of the pressing spring 22 with the plain washer 23 as a base point, and is in contact with the flat surface. As a result, the operation lever 20 is supported by the neutral position with the case inner end surface 40 as a reference via the pressing disk 21.

  A cover 29, which will be described later, is connected to the outer end surface of the case serving as the open end of the hollow portion 38, and the open end of the hollow portion 38 is closed. The small-diameter portion 32c of the operation lever 20 and the pressing disk 21 are accommodated in the closed hollow portion 38 so as to be freely tilted, and a movable cylinder 25 described later is accommodated in the axial direction so as to be freely slidable. .

  The movable cylinder 25 described above is housed in the hollow portion 38, has a large-diameter cylindrical body along the inner peripheral surface of the case 28 and the cover 29 that forms the hollow portion 38, and is supported to be freely slidable in the axial direction. . By storing the movable cylinder 25 along the inner peripheral surface of the case 28, the movable cylinder 25 does not interfere with the space of the hollow portion 38. Therefore, a tilt allowable space between the small diameter portion 32c of the operation lever 20 and the pressing disk 21 is secured. Further, the movable cylinder 25 is formed with a curved surface portion 46 at the peripheral edge portion of the end surface. The curved surface portion 46 is formed on the side facing the pressing disk 21, and has a function of smoothing the contact between the movable cylinder 25 and the pressing disk 21 when the curved surface portion 46 comes into contact with the pressing disk 21. . In this case, the pressing disk 21 and the movable cylinder 25 are abutted in an annular shape, but the pressing disk 21 side is made slightly smaller in diameter than the movable cylinder 25 side so as to achieve contact stability at the curved surface portions 44 and 46. Yes. Thereby, smooth tilting of the pressing disk 21 and smooth sliding operation of the movable cylinder 25 are achieved. The curved surface portions 44 and 46 may be only one curved surface portion.

  The return spring 26 has a coil shape and is inserted along the inner peripheral surface of the movable cylinder 25. One end is received by a spring seat end surface 47 formed on the back side of the curved surface portion 46 of the movable cylinder 25, and the other end is received by a cover 29 described later, and is telescopically and interposed in a compressed state. ing. Therefore, the movable cylinder 25 receives an urging force of the return spring 26 with the cover 29 as a base point, the movable cylinder 25 is pushed and slid toward the pressing disk 21, and the curved surface portion 46 of the movable cylinder 25 is pressed against the pressing disk. 21 curved surface portions 44 are pressed.

  Therefore, when the operation lever 20 is in the neutral position, the movable cylinder 25 biased by the return spring 26 is slid toward the pressing disk 21 side. On the other hand, when the operating lever is tilted from the neutral position, the movable cylinder 25 is pushed in the axial direction by the tilt of the pressing disk 21 tilting integrally therewith, and the tilting amount of the pressing disk 21 is reduced by the tilt of the movable cylinder 25. The movable cylinder 25 is slid to an axial detection position that is detected by a detection sensor S of a sensor block 50 described later against the urging force of the return spring 26 by converting into an axial slide amount.

  The sensor block 50 includes a detection sensor S that performs photoelectric detection between slits provided in a concave shape. Usually, when the operation lever 20 is in a standby state in which the neutral position (horizontal state in the figure) is maintained, as shown in FIG. 5, a light-shielding projection is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the movable cylinder 25 as a detection member. The piece 48 is in the retracted position, and the detection light between the slits of the detection sensor S is allowed to be projected. On the other hand, when the operation lever 20 is tilted, the light shielding piece 48 slides to shield the photoelectric detection area of the detection sensor S as shown in FIG. The output detected by the detection sensor S is transmitted from the connector unit 51 provided in the sensor block 50 to the control unit (not shown).

  In this case, since the movable cylinder 25 slides in the axial direction in conjunction with the tilt of the operation lever 20, whether or not the operation lever 20 is tilted can be detected by detecting whether or not the movable cylinder 25 is slid. . Therefore, if the light shielding piece 48 integral with the movable cylinder 25 is detected by the detection sensor S of the sensor block 50 attached to the case 28, the detection configuration can be easily taken inside the case. For this reason, it is preferable to form a light shielding piece slide detection space 49 in a part of the case 28 communicating with the hollow portion 38. In particular, if a light shielding piece 48 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the movable cylinder 25 as a detection structure and this is detected, detection is performed without disturbing the internal space of the movable cylinder 25 corresponding to the space of the substantially hollow portion 38. It becomes possible. Therefore, the movement of the operation lever 20 and the light path are not hindered.

  The substrate 27 has a light emitting element 35 mounted on the inner surface of the center, and the light emitting element 35 is mounted on the inner surface side of the cover 29 at a position facing the axial center of the hollow portion 38. Thus, when the operation lever 20 is in the neutral position, the light emitting element 35 corresponds to the introduction light end face 31b of the light guide bar 31, and the light emitted from the light emitting element 35 is introduced from the introduction light end face 31b, and then the light guide bar. Light is emitted from the other light emitting end face 31a through the inside 31, and the operation element 30 is emitted. The light emitting element 35 includes one or a plurality of light emitting elements of light emission colors, and is switched according to a signal from the control unit. The substrate 27 is provided with a light emitting element connector 27 a exposed on the outer surface of the cover 29.

  The cover 29 has the substrate 27 attached to the central portion on the inner surface side, and has an annular guide groove 52 at an annular corresponding portion corresponding to the movable tube 25 on the inner surface side. The annular guide groove 52 slides and supports the opening end of the movable cylinder 25 inserted in the axial direction, and has a slide length corresponding to the detection length when the movable cylinder 25 is detected by sliding. .

  When the case 28 and the cover 29 are connected, the case flange 53 and the cover flange 54 which are connected to face each other have screw fixing holes 28a and 29a at the four corners. The case 28 and the cover 29 are attached to the slot machine 11 by being inserted into the slot machine 11 and screwed into the slot machine 11. Further, when the case 28 and the cover 29 are connected, the locking pieces 53 a disposed on both sides in the radial direction of the case 28 are locked by locking the locking portions 54 a formed on both sides in the radial direction of the cover 29. is doing. Further, the base 55 on both sides of the sensor block 50 is attached by being inserted or screwed into the mounting holes 56 of the case 28 and the cover 29, so that the sensor block 50 is held between the case 28 and the cover 29. .

  The pressing disk 21 and the movable cylinder 25 are preferably made of an insulating resin material such as polyacetal. The reason for this is to prevent static electricity from the operation element 30 that is grasped and operated by the player from being transmitted to the operation shaft 32 and discharged to the internal detection sensor S to be destroyed.

  6 is a side view showing a state in which the operation lever 20 of the illuminated start lever 15 is tilted, and a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 7, and FIG. 7 is a diagram in which the operation lever 20 of the illuminated start lever 15 is tilted. FIG. 8 is a main part longitudinal perspective view showing a tilting state of the pressing disk 21 and a sliding state of the movable cylinder 25. FIG.

Next, an operation when the player operates the illuminated start lever 15 configured as described above will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the illuminated start lever 15 has a flat corresponding portion 42 of the pressing disk 21 that receives the urging force of the pressing spring 22 when an effect control signal is not output from the control portion. It contacts the case inner end surface 40 in a plane. In this case, the pressing disk 21 is not only biased near the axis where the small-diameter pressing spring 22 along the slide shaft 41 of the pressing disk 21 is biased, but also has a large-diameter return spring 26 attached thereto. The force urges the outer peripheral portion of the pressing disk 21 through the movable cylinder 25. For this reason, it is urged | biased by the stable urging | biasing force with respect to the press disk 21. FIG. Further, the pressing disk 21 and the movable cylinder 25 are in a state of being abutted with each other, and are in a corresponding state in which the entire peripheries of the end surface peripheral portions thereof are in uniform contact with each other. Therefore, an equal pressing biasing force acts in the circumferential direction around the operation shaft 32, and the operation lever 20 is maintained at a neutral position on the concentric shafts of the case 28 and the cover 29 without tilting.

  If the player inserts a medal to start the game while the operation lever 20 is waiting in the neutral position, a signal indicating that the game is permitted is transmitted from the control unit. Based on this, an effect by light emission to the operation element 30 is started. Alternatively, a specific color may be emitted during standby. In addition, the player may be notified of the game start permission by blinking or changing the emission color. For example, when a specific light emission color is selected and the light emitting element 35 emits light, the emitted light is introduced from the introduction light end face 31b, passes through the light guide rod 31 in the axial direction, and is emitted from the other light emission end face 31a. The emission color is clearly emitted from the operation element 30. Looking at this, the player visually recognizes that the game can be started and starts the game.

  As the game starts, when the player grabs the operation element 30 and tilts the operating lever 20 in an arbitrary tilting direction, the operating lever 20 is tilted against the urging force of the pressing spring 22 (FIG. 6). And FIG. 7). At this time, the pressing disk 21 allows the operating lever 20 to tilt by sliding while compressing the pressing spring 22 as the operating lever 20 tilts.

  When the operating lever 20 is tilted from the neutral position, the pressing disk 21 is tilted integrally therewith, and the movable cylinder 25 is pressed in the axial direction by the tilting of the pressing disk 21, and the tilting amount of the pressing disk 21 is increased. It is converted into a sliding amount in the axial direction of the movable cylinder 25. The movable cylinder 25 is slid to an axial detection position detected by the detection sensor S against the urging force of the return spring 26. Accordingly, the detection sensor S and the control unit detect that the operation lever 20 has been tilted.

  In this case, when the pressing disk 21 is tilted, one inclined point of the plane corresponding portion 42 abuts on the case inner end surface 40. As shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C, the pressing disk 21 The curved surface portion 44 of the flange portion 43 corresponds to the curved surface portion 46 of the movable cylinder 25 in an annular shape and is supported in an annular shape regardless of the tilting direction and tilting angle, so that stable movement is ensured.

  At this time, the pressing spring 22 is strongly compressed, the repulsive force is increased, and the operation feeling when the operation lever 20 is tilted is sufficiently obtained. Then, the operation shaft 32 abuts on the opening end portion of the shaft support hole 27 at the maximum tilt position and is tilted. When the operation lever 20 is tilted, the axial center of the light guide bar 31 is greatly inclined, the introduction light end face 31b of the light guide stick 31 is not opposed to the light emitting element 35, and light is introduced from the introduction light end face 31b. Disappear. For this reason, when the operation lever 20 tilts, the operation element 30 is turned off, and the operation element 30 does not emit light until the operation lever 20 returns to the neutral position.

  After that, when the load on the operation lever 20 is released, the return action of the springs 22 and 26 works to cancel the repulsive force of the press spring 22 and the return spring 26, and as shown in FIG. Returns from the tilted state to the plane-corresponding state, and the movable cylinder 25 also slides back to the original position. In conjunction with this, the operating lever 20 immediately returns to the original neutral position.

  As described above, since the pressing disk that supports the operation lever in the neutral position and the movable cylinder as the detection means can be stored in the hollow portion of the case, the tilting function in all directions and the illumination function can be achieved at the same time. It is possible to use the game with a high production effect.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment,
The illuminated lever switch of the present invention corresponds to the illuminated start lever 15 of the embodiment,
Similarly,
The neutral position support means corresponds to the shaft support hole 37,
The omnidirectional support means corresponds to the fulcrum sphere 33 and the spherical shaft support 36,
The detection means corresponds to the detection sensor S,
The case body corresponds to the case 28 and the cover 29,
The pressing disk urging means corresponds to the pressing spring 22,
The plane support means corresponds to the case inner end face 40 and the plane corresponding portion 42,
The movable cylinder biasing means corresponds to the return spring 26,
The slide position detecting means corresponds to the light shielding piece 48, the slide block 50, and the detection sensor S,
Although the gaming machine corresponds to the slot machine 11, the present invention can be applied based on the technical idea shown in the claims, and is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

The external appearance perspective view which shows a slot machine. (a) is the external appearance perspective view which looked at the illumination type start lever from the front side, (b) is the external appearance perspective view which looked at the illumination type start lever from the back side. The disassembled perspective view of an illumination type start lever. The side view of an illumination type start lever. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4. FIG. 7A is a side view showing a state in which the operation lever of the illumination type start lever is tilted, and FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. (a) is a top view which shows the state by which the operation lever of the illumination type start lever was tilted operation, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line of Fig.7 (a). (a) is a main part longitudinal perspective view in the neutral position where the operation lever is tilt-waiting, (b) is a main part vertical perspective view showing an intermediate tilt state of the pressing disk and a sliding state of the movable cylinder, (c). These are the principal part longitudinal cross-sectional perspective views which show the tilt limit state of a press disk, and the slide limit state of a movable cylinder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Slot machine 15 ... Illuminated start lever 20 ... Operation lever 21 ... Pressing disk 22 ... Pressing spring 25 ... Movable cylinder 26 ... Return spring 33 ... Supporting ball 35 ... Light emitting element 36 ... Spherical shaft support 40 ... Inner end face 42 ... Plane-corresponding portion 44, 46 ... curved surface portion S ... detection sensor

Claims (4)

A long operating lever that tilts with the middle as a fulcrum, has an operation element at one end, has an introduction light end face that introduces light at the other end, and passes the introduced light to one end in the axial direction When,
Neutral position support means for supporting the operating lever at a neutral position in the tilt direction;
When the operation lever is in a neutral position, a light emitting element disposed at a position facing the introduction light end face of the operation lever;
Detecting means for detecting that the operating lever is tilted;
Omnidirectional support means for freely tilting and supporting in all directions with the middle of the operation lever as a fulcrum;
A case body that internally configures these,
An illuminated lever switch that guides light emitted from the light emitting element from an introduction light end face of the operation lever to an end face on the operation element side, and causes the operation element to emit light,
A pressing disk that slides on the lever shaft of the operation lever in the hollow portion, provided with the end of the operation lever facing the hollow portion formed in the case body;
A pressing disk biasing means for biasing the pressing disk toward a case inner end surface formed on a fulcrum side of the hollow portion in the front-rear direction of the case;
When the end surface of the pressing disc urged by the pressing disc urging means is pressed against the inner end surface of the case to correspond to the plane, the operation lever is biased and supported with respect to the inner end surface of the case as a reference, and the pressing Planar support means for allowing the operation lever to tilt when the disk slides in the longitudinal direction of the case against the urging force of the pressing disk urging means;
A movable cylinder disposed in the hollow portion that is allowed to slide in the front-rear direction of the case facing the opposite side of the pressing disk.
Movable cylinder urging means for urging the movable cylinder toward the pressing disk in the longitudinal direction of the case;
When the operating lever is tilted from the neutral position, the movable cylinder is pushed in the longitudinal direction of the case due to the tilt of the pressing disk that is tilted integrally therewith, and the tilting amount of the pressing disk is adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the case of the movable cylinder. An illuminated lever switch configured to be converted into a slide amount and to slide the movable cylinder to a detection position in the case front-rear direction detected by the detection means against the urging force of the movable cylinder urging means. The illuminated lever switch according to claim 1, further comprising a slide position detecting means for detecting a position at which the movable cylinder slides at an outer peripheral portion of the movable cylinder. A smooth curved surface portion that smoothens the tilting of the pressing disk by providing the peripheral edge portions of the pressing disc and the movable cylinder facing each other in the axial direction and providing at least one of the peripheral edge portions of the pressing end discs. The illumination type lever switch according to claim 1 or 2 provided in.   A gaming machine comprising the illuminated lever switch according to claim 1, 2 or 3.

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