JP2009172168A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give strong influence or impression to a player by diversifying the kinds of presentation. <P>SOLUTION: In a slot machine 1, horizontally long light emitting parts 201-203 on the upper, center and lower stages and vertically long light emitting parts 204-207 in the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right sides function as segments of a 7-segment display, and a subordinate control board mounted on the rear side of a front door 3 selectively makes the horizontally long light emitting parts 201-203 on the upper, center and lower stages and the vertically long light emitting parts 204-207 in the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right sides emit light, by which Arabic numbers of approximately the same size as of the front door 3 can be expressed. With this structure, the kinds of presentation can be diversified, and strong influence and strong impression can be given to the player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that switches and displays a plurality of types of symbols.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in Patent Document 1, for example, a spinning cylinder type game machine called a pachislot machine or a slot machine has a box-shaped housing, and a front door attached to the housing and a hinge mechanism so as to be opened and closed. It has. On the side of the front door facing the player, an effect device such as an effect lighting unit including a liquid crystal display unit for displaying an image and a high-intensity light emitting diode is provided. Conventional spinning-type game machines perform effects according to the state of the game using these effect devices.

JP 2006-6715 A

  The types of effects that can be performed in the lighting unit for effects of the above-described conventional swivel-type game machine are such that the blinking cycle of the light source, the luminance and the emission color are changed, and there are few types of effects and the player's interest is maintained. It was getting difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of these conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can produce various effects and give a strong influence and impression to the player.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a gaming machine, which is a casing having an opening on the front, and is arranged inside the casing, and a plurality of types of symbols are drawn on the outer peripheral surface. A reel, a front door that is divided into an upper panel portion and a lower panel portion, and is pivotally attached to the housing to close the opening in an openable / closable state, and the front door A display window disposed in front of the reel in a state where the opening closes the opening, and provided on the upper side of the upper panel portion of the front door. Is provided between the upper horizontal light emitting portion formed substantially the same width as the upper side of the upper panel portion, and the upper panel portion and the lower panel portion of the front door. Horizontally long middle section formed with the same width as the lower side of the lower panel A light portion, a lower horizontal light emitting portion provided on the lower side of the lower panel portion of the front door, having a horizontally long shape and substantially the same width as the lower side of the lower panel portion, and an upper portion of the front door A first vertically long light emitting portion provided on one side of the panel portion, having a vertically long shape and having a longitudinal direction substantially the same as the left side of the upper panel portion; and the other side of the upper panel portion of the front door A vertically long shape and a vertically long shape that is provided on one side of the lower panel portion of the front door, and a second vertically long light emitting portion that is formed with a length substantially equal to the right side of the upper panel portion. The vertical direction is provided on the other side of the lower panel portion of the front door, the third vertical light emitting portion having a vertically long shape that is formed to have the same length as the left side of the lower panel portion, and the vertical direction is the vertical direction. Is a fourth vertically long light emitting portion formed substantially the same length as the right side of the lower panel portion, A start button for performing an operation for starting the rotation of the reel, a stop button for performing an operation for stopping the rotation of the reel, provided in the horizontally long light emitting unit, Middle and lower horizontal light emitting units, the first to fourth vertical light emitting units, and light emission control means for selectively emitting light from the start button and the stop button are provided.

Invention of Claim 2 is a gaming machine of Claim 1, Comprising: The said start button and the said stop button are provided in the horizontally long light emission part of the middle stage, and can perform pressing operation from the surface side A pressing member; a holding member that holds the pressing member in a reciprocating manner from a pressing standby position to a pressing position; a biasing unit that biases the pressing member toward the pressing standby position; and a position of the pressing member And a pressing member position detecting sensor for detecting the pressure and a pressing member illuminating means for illuminating from the back side of the pressing member.
The invention according to claim 3 is the gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the pressing member illumination means of the start button and the stop button is a light emitting color other than the pressing member of at least the middle horizontally long light emitting portion. It is possible to emit light by selecting the same color as the portion or a different color, and the light emission control means selects the light emission color according to the progress of the game and causes the pressing member illumination means to emit light.

  According to the gaming machine of the first to third aspects, the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting portions and the first to fourth vertical light emitting portions provided on the front door function as each segment of the 7-segment display. The light emission control means selectively emits the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light-emitting portions and the first to fourth vertical light-emitting portions to express Arabic numerals that are substantially the same size as the front door. Therefore, it is possible to make a variety of effects and give a strong influence and impression to the player.

According to the gaming machine of the second and third aspects, the pressing member provided in the middle horizontally long light emitting portion can be used as a start button and a stop button.
According to the gaming machine according to claim 3, since the light emission color can be selected according to the progress of the game and the pressing member illumination means of the start button and the stop button can emit light, the pressing operation according to the progress of the game It becomes possible to make the pressing member of the button that becomes necessary to stand out.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to make various types of effects and give a strong influence and impression to the player.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a slot machine as an example. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external structure of the slot machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the external structure of the slot machine 1. FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the slot machine 1 with the front door 3 opened. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the slot machine 1. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the front door 3. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the middle horizontally long light emitting portion 202 and its peripheral portion as seen from the upper front diagonally right side. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the middle horizontal light-emitting portion 202 and its peripheral portion as viewed from the upper right rear side. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the start button unit 400. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the stop button unit 500. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the sub control board 40 and the effect device.

  In FIG. 1, a slot machine 1 can be opened and closed by attaching a housing 2 that is a substantially rectangular box having an opening in the front, and a hinge mechanism that is pivotally attached to the housing 2. And a front door 3 that is closed in a state.

  1 and 2, the front side of the front door 3 is roughly divided into an upper panel portion 4 and a lower panel portion 5, which are formed as so-called decorative boards designed to enhance visual effects. Further, below the lower panel portion 5, a medal tray portion 6 is integrally formed with a medal tray 60 for storing medals (game media) to be paid out at the time of winning.

  An operation console 7 is integrally formed between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 so as to protrude toward the player and on which switches for performing game operations are arranged. In addition, the upper panel part 4, the console 7, the lower panel part 5, and the medal tray part 6 face the player side, and these constitute a "front panel part".

  On the upper side of the upper panel portion 4 of the front door 3, there is provided an upper horizontally elongated light emitting portion 201 which is horizontally long and has a length substantially the same width as the upper side of the upper panel portion 4. A console 7 is provided between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3. On the front surface of the console 7, a horizontally long light emitting portion 202 is provided that is horizontally long and has a length substantially the same width as the lower side of the upper panel portion 4. Below the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3, there is provided a horizontally long lower light emitting portion 203 having a horizontally long shape and a length substantially the same width as the lower side of the lower panel portion 5.

On the left side and the right side of the upper panel portion 4 of the front door 3, the upper left and upper right vertical light emitting portions each having a vertically long shape and having a vertical direction substantially the same length as the left and right sides of the upper panel portion 4. 204 and 205 are provided.
On the left side and the right side of the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3, the lower left and lower right vertical light emission each having a vertically long shape and the vertical direction being substantially the same as the left side and right side of the lower panel portion 5. Units 206 and 207 are provided.

  The upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right vertical light emitting units 204 to 207 function as each segment of a 7-segment display. The middle and lower horizontal light emitting portions 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right vertical light emitting portions 204 to 207 are selectively lighted to express Arabic numerals of the same size as the front door 3. be able to. Both longitudinal end surfaces of the horizontally long light emitting portions 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right light emitting portions 204 to 207 are in contact with adjacent light emitting portions on a wide contact surface, and these light emitting portions are continuous without gaps. Thus, the light emitting portions are formed so as to be appropriately inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the light emitting portion as if arranged in a figure eight shape.

  A panel surface 41 formed of a hard plastic plate or the like is provided at the center of the upper panel portion 4. A substantially rectangular transparent display window 42 is formed substantially at the center of the panel surface 41. In FIG. 1, the display window 42 is arranged in front of the three reels 101 a, 101 b, 101 of the reel unit 100 with the front door 3 closing the opening of the housing 2 so that the reel can be seen.

  Here, in the reel unit 100 installed in the housing 2, cylindrical reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in the rotation axis direction, respectively, and the outer circumferential surfaces of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in the circumferential direction. A plurality of types of symbols are drawn along. The player can visually check the three symbols in the vertical direction drawn on the three rows of reels 101a, 101b, and 101c through the display window.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, presentation sound emitting units 48 a and 48 b that incorporate speakers that generate sound effects related to the game are arranged near the upper ends of the upper panel unit 4.
In addition, a liquid crystal display device 49 is disposed between the production sound emitting portions 48a and 48b as a production device for a gaming machine facing a display window 49a formed by fitting a transparent hard plastic plate or the like. . In addition, the liquid crystal display device 49 mainly displays information relating to video and games (games) related to game effects.

  A medal insertion part 71 is provided on the upper right side of the console 7. The medal insertion unit 71 has a medal insertion slot 72 for inserting medals. In addition, two bet buttons 73 and 74 that are push button switches are provided on the left side of the upper surface.

  The bet buttons 73 and 74 are button switches for presenting the number of medals to bet on one game of the slot machine. In the slot machine 1, when the game is started, the bet button 73 is pressed, so that one medal is bet on the game from the stored medals. Similarly, when the bet button 74 is pressed, medals are bet on three corresponding games. The bet button 74 is particularly called a “max bet button” because it bets the maximum number of medals.

On the left side of the horizontally long light emitting unit 202 of the console 7, a start button 75 is provided for instructing start of rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c.
In addition, stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c for instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c correspond to the arrangement of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c at the center of the horizontally long light emitting unit 202 of the console 7. Are arranged side by side.

  Further, in the upper left corner of the front surface of the lower panel portion 5, an instruction is given to cancel and pay out medals bet on the game, and medals credited by a medal credit means 135 (see FIG. 4) described later is stored internally. A settlement button 77 is provided for instructing the settlement and payment.

  A key hole 78 into which a key for unlocking the front door 3 is inserted is provided in the upper right corner of the front surface of the lower panel portion 5. When an administrator or the like of the slot machine 1 inserts a predetermined key into the key hole 78 and performs an unlocking operation, the front door 3 attached to the housing 2 can be opened forward by a hinge mechanism, and the front door 3 can be opened. These are automatically locked when closed to the housing 2 side.

  The lower panel portion 5 is provided with a display panel 51 for displaying a picture of an appearing character and the like so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1.

  The medal tray 6 disposed below the lower panel 5 includes a medal payout opening 61 for paying out medals at the time of winning a prize, a medal tray 60 for storing the paid out medals, and a speaker for generating a production sound effect. And left and right effect sound emitting sections 62a and 62b are arranged.

Next, the internal structure of the housing 2 and the back surface structure of the front door 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 3, an opening 8 is provided in front of the housing 2. A main control board 20 housed in a hard plastic board case 80 is attached to the upper part of the opening 8. The main control board 20 includes a CPU (microcomputer) that centrally controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1.

  A reel unit 100 including reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is provided in the center of the housing 2. The reel unit 100 is positioned and attached to a predetermined frame so that the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c face the display window 42 of the front door 3 when the front door 3 is closed to the housing 2 side. Note that each of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is rotationally driven by a built-in stepping motor.

  Further, a reel substrate 110 for sending a four-phase drive pulse signal to the stepping motor that rotationally drives each reel is attached to the upper portion of the reel unit 100. The main control board 20 controls the rotation, braking, and stopping of each reel by sending the reel drive (excitation) pulse data to the reel board 110.

Below the reel unit 100, a hopper device 21, an auxiliary storage unit 23 for storing medals overflowing from the hopper device 21, and a main power supply device 24 are provided. A power supply board 25 corresponding to a so-called switchboard is provided on the right side inside the main power supply 24.
The power supply unit 24 is electrically connected to electrical components such as the hopper device 21 and the main control board 20 via a harness. The power supply unit 24 is supplied with electric power from the outside of the casing body 2 through a power cord 10 inserted through a through hole 9 formed in the wall surface of the casing body 2, and a predetermined amount of power is supplied from the supplied power. Electric power having a voltage value is generated and supplied to electrical components such as the hopper device 21 and the main control board 20. A medal discharge port 22 for discharging medals is provided on the front surface of the hopper device 21.
Further, an external concentration terminal board 26 that can be connected to a management computer called a “hall computer” installed in the game hall is attached to the inner wall on the upper right side of the housing 2.

  In addition, speakers 32 a and 32 b constituting the above-described sound emitting portions for production 48 a and 48 b are attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door 3. A liquid crystal display device 49 is attached between the speakers 32a and 32b. Further, a sub-control board 40 formed of an electric circuit board and housed in a hard plastic board case 90 is attached to the back side of the liquid crystal display device 49.

The main control board 20 and the sub control board 40 are control boards that control the operation of the slot machine 1.
Below the sub-control board 40, a panel plate 43 on which a transparent display window 42 for viewing the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is formed. Below the display window 42 is a relay board that transfers output signals of operation switches such as a start button 75 (see FIG. 1) and stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c (see FIG. 1) on the front side to the main control board 20. A central display substrate 33 that functions as

  A medal sorting device 34 is attached below the central display substrate 33. The medal sorting device 34 is a device that determines and distributes the suitability of medals inserted into the medal insertion unit 71. Further, the medal sorting device 34 has a built-in medal sensor, and when a normal medal is inserted in a standby state of the game or the like, and the medal sensor detects this medal, a signal indicating acceptance of medal insertion is sent to the main control board. 20 to send.

A guide member 35 and a cancel chute member 36 are provided below the main body of the medal sorting device 34. The guide member 35 guides regular medals distributed by the medal sorting device 34 to the hopper device 21 provided in the housing 2. The cancel chute member 36 guides medals (or foreign objects) removed by the medal sorting device 34 to the medal payout opening 61. In addition, a guide member 37 that guides the medals discharged from the hopper device 21 to the medal payout opening 61 is provided at the lower part on the back side of the front door 3.
Further, adjacent to the medal payout opening 61, speakers 38a and 38b constituting the above-described effect sound emitting portions 62a and 62b are attached.

  Note that the overall operation of the slot machine 1 is centrally controlled by the main control board 20 provided on the housing 2 side, and the sub-control board 40 includes the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and Luminous effect control by the vertically long light emitting units 204 to 207 at the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right, display control of effect image by the liquid crystal display device 49, and speakers 32a and 32b of the effect sound emitting units 48a, 48b, 62a and 62b. , 38a, 38b, etc., mainly control related to game effects.

  Next, a control system provided in the slot machine 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  4, the main control board 20 includes a main CPU 120, a storage unit 121, a random number generator 122, an I / F circuit 123, and a solenoid drive circuit 124 as main components.

  The storage unit 121 includes a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and includes a program ROM 131 and a control RAM 132 as main components. A system program 133 for slot machine games is stored in advance in the program ROM 131 of the storage unit 121. The main control board 20 performs overall control of the overall operation of the slot machine 1 by the main CPU 120 executing arithmetic processing in accordance with the system program 133 stored in the program ROM 131 of the storage unit 121.

  The control RAM 132 of the storage unit 121 is provided with medal credit means 135. The medal credit means 135 stores a credit that is the number of medals stored in the slot machine 1 in a memory.

  The main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 is connected to the central display board 33 and the I / F circuit 123 provided on the main control board 20 through the bet button sensors 173 and 174, the start button sensor 175, and the stop button sensor. 176 a, 176 b, 176 c, button operation detection signals from operation button sensors such as a settlement button sensor 177, and the medal sorting device via the central display board 33 and the I / F circuit 123 of the medal sorting device 34. The detection signal of 34 medal sensors 141 is received. In addition, a solenoid drive circuit 124 is connected to the main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 via an I / F circuit 123. The solenoid drive circuit 124 can supply drive power to the flapper type solenoid 142 of the medal sorting device 34 via the central display board 33. The bet button sensors 173 and 174, the start button sensor 175, the stop button sensors 176a, 176b and 176c, and the checkout button sensor 177 are the bet buttons 73 and 74, the start button 75, the stop button 76a shown in FIG. 76b, 76c, and a detection sensor for detecting the operation of the settlement button 77. In this embodiment, a photo sensor is used.

  In addition, a power supply board 25 is connected to the main control board 20. The power supply device board 25 drives the hopper device 21, which is a medal payout device, based on command data transmitted from the main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 via the I / F circuit 123.

  The flapper type solenoid 142 is for driving a medal blocker used for forcibly removing coins flowing down to the medal sorting device 34. The main CPU 120 controls the solenoid drive circuit 124 provided on the main control board 20 to turn on and off the solenoid 142.

  The main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 detects an operation related to the game based on output signals from the operation button sensors and the medal sensor 141 of the medal sorting device 34.

  When the operation mode is the medal bet standby state and the medal sensor 141 detects a medal, the main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 adds the detected medal to the bet number of the game. Here, the medal bet standby state indicates a state in which, after one game is finished, the player waits for a bet to bet on the game.

  Further, when the operation mode is the medal credit input standby state and the medal sensor 141 detects a medal, the main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 adds the detected medal to the credit of the medal credit means 135. The medal credit input standby state indicates a state after the medal bet on the game until the credit number of the medal credit means 135 reaches the maximum value (50).

On the other hand, reel sensors 103a, 103b, and 103c are provided on the left, middle, and right reels 101a, 101b, and 101c.
The main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 receives the detection signals of the reel sensors 103a, 103b, and 103c via the reel board 110 and the I / F circuit 123, grasps the rotation position that is the reference of each reel, and The reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are controlled to rotate and stop via the F circuit 123.

  Further, the main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 controls the hopper device 21 via the I / F circuit 123 and the power supply board 25 when a winning is confirmed, etc., so that a predetermined number of medals are placed on the medal tray 60. Pay out.

  Further, when the settlement button 77 is operated, the main CPU 120 of the main control board 20 cancels the medals bet on the game and pays them out to the hopper device 21, and settles the medals stored internally by the medal credit means 135. Then, the hopper device 21 is made to pay out medals for the number of credits before settlement.

  The sub control board 40 is provided with the effect device 50 such as the sub reel unit 200 (see FIG. 1) and the speakers 38a and 38b of the effect sound emitting sections 62a and 62b (see FIG. 1) based on a control signal from the main control board 20. By controlling and driving, an effect appealing to the visual and auditory sense of the player is performed according to the progress of the game.

  On the other hand, a winning lottery table 134 is stored in the program ROM 131 of the storage unit 121 of the main control board 20. In addition, in the control RAM 132 of the storage unit 121, an internal lottery flag storage area 136 for storing a flag corresponding to an internal winning winning combination is set.

  Further, in the control RAM 132 of the storage unit 121, a setting storage area 137 for storing a lottery probability setting for drawing the winning combination is set.

  The main control board 20 is provided with a random number generator 122 for generating random value data in a state connected to the main CPU 120. The random number generator 122 is connected to the I / F circuit 123, and the operation detection signal from the start button sensor 175 via the I / F circuit 123 indicates the detection of the operation of the start button 75 (see FIG. 1). A random number is generated at the same timing.

  The main CPU 120 acquires a random value from the random number generator 122 when the operation detection signal from the I / F circuit 123 indicates the detection of the operation of the start button 75 (see FIG. 1), and stores it in the setting storage area 137. By referring to the winning lottery table 134 corresponding to the stored setting, the winning combination or lose assigned to the obtained random number value is lottery. Then, if there is a winning combination corresponding to the random number value, the main CPU 120 wins the lottery result using that winning combination of the game, and turns on the winning winning combination flag in the internal lottery flag storage area 136 of the storage unit 121. To. Here, the lottery method of winning combination is called “internal lottery”.

Next, an outline of the game operation in the slot machine 1 will be described.
The slot machine 1 enters a standby state when a prize is won in a previous game and a medal payout is completed, or when a loss is confirmed in the previous game. Next, when the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion unit 71 or presses the bet button 74, the slot machine 1 can play a predetermined number (three) of the game from the medal (credit) stored inside. ) Medals bet and prepare the game.

  When the start button 75 is pressed in the game preparation state and the game is started, the main control board 20 starts rotating the three reels 101a, 101b, and 101c all at once and executes the internal lottery described above. The result of the internal lottery is stored in the internal lottery flag storage area 136.

  Next, when one of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c is pressed by the player, the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are stopped, and the main control board 20 displays the symbols displayed on the stopped reels and the above-described symbols. It is determined whether or not the combination of symbols related to the winning combination of the internal lottery stored in the internal lottery flag storage area 136 matches.

  When these symbol combinations match and the winning combination is confirmed, the slot machine 1 controls the medal credit means 135 by the main control board 20 until the number of credits of the internally stored medal reaches a predetermined number. Then, a medal with a predetermined number of payouts according to the type of the combination is added to the credit number. Further, when the addition result of the number of payouts and the number of credits exceeds the predetermined number, the slot machine 1 pays out the surplus number of medals to the medal tray 60.

  Next, the horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right light emitting units 204 to 207 as main parts of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 5, the upper horizontally long light emitting unit 201 includes a light emitting substrate 211 and a lamp cover 221. The middle horizontally long light emitting unit 202 includes light emitting substrates 311 and 312, lamp covers 321 and 322, a start button unit 400, and a stop button unit 500. The lower horizontal light emitting unit 203 includes a light emitting substrate 213 and a lamp cover 223. The vertically long light emitting unit 204 in the upper left is composed of a light emitting substrate 214 and a lamp cover 224. The vertically long light emitting unit 205 in the upper right is composed of a light emitting substrate 215 and a lamp cover 225. The lower left vertically long light emitting unit 206 includes a light emitting substrate 216 and a lamp cover 226. The vertically long light emitting unit 207 in the lower right is composed of a light emitting substrate 217 and a lamp cover 227.

  The light emitting substrate 211 is fixed to the upper mounting portion 181 of the upper panel portion 4 of the front door 3 with screws. The light emitting substrate 211 has a plurality of color light emitting diodes 230, 230,... The light emitting substrate 211 is connected to one end of the harness 231. The other end side of the harness 231 extends to the back side of the front door 3 through a long hole 191 formed in the upper mounting portion 181 and is connected to the central display substrate 33 shown in FIG.

  The lamp cover 221 is formed of a translucent material such as transparent plastic, has a semicircular cross-sectional shape when viewed from the longitudinal direction, and is screwed onto the upper mounting portion 181 of the upper panel portion 4 in a state of covering the light emitting substrate 211. It is fixed. The inner surface of the lamp cover 221 is a diffusion surface in which a plurality of minute lenses that diffuse light from the light emitting diodes of the light emitting substrate 211 are arranged.

The light emitting substrate 213 has a structure similar to that of the light emitting substrate 211.
The light emitting substrates 214 to 217 have the same structure as the light emitting substrate 211 except for the size in the longitudinal direction and the attachment position of the harness, which are different from the light emitting substrate 211.

  The light emitting substrates 311 and 312 of the horizontally long light emitting portion 202 are fixed by screws with a stop button unit 500 sandwiched between intermediate mounting portions 182 between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3. The light emitting substrates 311 and 312 are connected to one end side of the harnesses 335 and 345. The other ends of the harnesses 335 and 345 extend to the back side of the front door 3 through elongated holes 603 and 604 formed in the intermediate mounting portion 182 and are connected to the central display substrate 33 shown in FIG. The lamp covers 321 and 322 are formed of a light-transmitting material such as transparent plastic, have a semicircular cross-sectional shape when viewed from the longitudinal direction, and are screwed to the intermediate mounting portion 182 while covering the light emitting substrates 311 and 322. Fixed. The inner surface of the lamp cover 221 is a diffusion surface in which a plurality of minute lenses that diffuse light from the light emitting diodes of the light emitting substrate 211 are arranged.

  The light emitting substrate 213 of the horizontally long light emitting portion 203 is fixed to the lower mounting portion 183 of the lower panel portion 5 with screws. The light emitting substrate 213 is connected to one end side of the harness 233. The other end side of the harness 233 extends to the back side of the front door 3 through a long hole 193 formed in the lower mounting portion 183, and is connected to the central display substrate 33 shown in FIG. The lamp cover 223 is formed of a light-transmitting material such as transparent plastic, has a semicircular cross-sectional shape viewed from the longitudinal direction, and is screwed and fixed to the lower mounting portion 183 while covering the light emitting substrate 213. . The inner surface of the lamp cover 223 is a diffusion surface similar to the lamp cover 221.

  The light emitting substrates 214, 215, 216, and 217 of the vertically long light emitting units 204 to 207 at the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right are the left and right mounting portions 184 and 185 of the upper panel portion 4, and the left and right mounting portions of the lower panel portion 5, respectively. 186 and 187 are fixed with screws. The light emitting substrates 214, 215, 216, and 217 are connected to one ends of harnesses 234, 235, 236, and 237, respectively. The other ends of the harnesses 234, 235, 236, and 237 extend to the back side of the front door 3 through elongated holes 194, 195, 196, and 197 formed in the attachment portions 184, 185, 186, and 187, respectively. 3 is connected to the central display substrate 33 shown in FIG. The lamp covers 224 to 227 are formed of a light-transmitting material such as transparent plastic, have a semicircular cross-sectional shape when viewed from the longitudinal direction, and cover the light emitting substrates 214 to 217, respectively, and mounting portions 184 to 187, respectively. It is fixed with screws. The inner surfaces of the lamp covers 224 to 227 are diffusion surfaces similar to the lamp cover 221.

  In the following, the middle horizontally long light emitting unit 202 will be described in more detail.

  In FIG. 6, the intermediate mounting portion 182 of the front door 3 has a screw insertion hole 621, a screw hole 622, a start button unit mounting portion 601, a long hole 603, a screw hole 623, a screw insertion hole 624, and a stop button in order from the left side. A unit mounting portion 602, a screw insertion hole 625, a screw hole 626, a long hole 604, a screw hole 627, and a screw insertion hole 628 are formed.

Screw portions of screws 701, 702, 703, and 704 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 621, 624, 625, and 628 from the back side of the intermediate attachment portion 182.
In the screw holes 622, 623, 626, and 627, screw portions of screws 705, 706, 707, and 708 inserted into the screw insertion holes 331, 332, 341, and 342 of the light emitting substrates 311 and 312 from the front side of the intermediate mounting portion 182. Is screwed in. A step portion is provided around the screw holes 622, 623, 626, and 627 on the surface of the intermediate mounting portion 182. This step portion is for preventing the terminal protruding from the back side of the light emitting substrates 311 and 312 from contacting the intermediate mounting portion 182.

The light emitting substrate 311 of the horizontally long light emitting unit 202 is obtained by mounting a plurality of light emitting diodes 334 on the surface of the printed wiring board 330.
Screw insertion holes 331 and 332 are formed on the left and right sides of the printed wiring board 330 of the light emitting substrate 311. Screw portions of screws 705 and 706 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 331 and 332, respectively.

  A start button unit insertion through portion 333 is formed on the left side of the surface of the printed wiring board 330. One end of the harness 335 is connected to the upper right of the surface of the printed wiring board 330. The other end side of the harness 335 extends to the back side of the front door 3 through a long hole 603 formed in the intermediate mounting portion 182 and is connected to the central display substrate 33 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 6, a start button unit insertion through portion 351 that penetrates in the front-rear direction is formed on the left side of the lamp cover 321 of the horizontally long light emitting unit 202.

  In FIG. 7, the inner surface 352 of the lamp cover 321 is a diffusion surface in which a plurality of minute lenses that diffuse light are arranged. On the inner surface 352, left and right screwing portions 353 and 354 are formed to protrude. Screw holes 355 and 356 are formed in the left and right screwing portions 353 and 354. The screw portions of the screws 701 and 702 inserted through the screw insertion holes 621 and 624 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 are screwed into the screw holes 355 and 356.

  Further, a wall portion 357 is formed on the inner side surface 352 of the lamp cover 321 so as to surround the start button unit insertion through portion 351 vertically and horizontally.

In FIG. 6, a light emitting substrate 312 of the horizontally long light emitting unit 202 is obtained by mounting a plurality of light emitting diodes 344 on the surface of a printed wiring board 340.
Screw insertion holes 341 and 342 are formed on the left and right sides of the printed wiring board 340 of the light emitting substrate 312. Screw portions of screws 707 and 708 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 341 and 342, respectively.

  One end side of the harness 345 is connected to the upper left of the surface of the printed wiring board 340. The other end side of the harness 345 extends to the back side of the front door 3 through a long hole 604 formed in the intermediate mounting portion 182 and is connected to the central display substrate 33 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 7, the inner surface 362 of the lamp cover 322 is a diffusion surface in which a plurality of minute lenses that diffuse light are arranged. In addition, left and right screwing portions 363 and 364 protrude from the inner surface 362. Screw holes 365 and 366 are formed in the left and right screwing portions 363 and 364. Screw portions of screws 703 and 704 inserted through the screw insertion holes 625 and 628 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 are screwed into the screw holes 365 and 366, respectively.

  In FIG. 7, the start button unit mounting portion 601 includes a through portion 610 into which the start button unit 400 is inserted, and upper, lower, left, and right wall portions 611, 612, 613, and 614 that surround the through portion 610 on the back surface of the intermediate mounting portion 182. I have. Groove portions 615 and 616 extending in the front-rear direction are formed in the left and right wall portions 613 and 614. Step portions 617 and 618 are formed at the rear ends of the groove portions 615 and 616, and screw insertion holes 619 and 620 are formed in the step portions 617 and 618. Screw portions of screws 709 and 710 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 619 and 620 from the back side of the intermediate mounting portion 182, respectively.

  The start button unit 400 is formed with screwing portions 421 and 422 to be inserted into the groove portions 615 and 616. Screw holes 423 and 424 are formed in the screwing portions 421 and 422. Screw portions of screws 709 and 710 inserted through the screw insertion holes 619 and 620 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 are screwed into the screw holes 423 and 424, respectively.

  In FIG. 7, the stop button unit mounting portion 602 includes a through portion 630 into which the stop button unit 500 is inserted, and upper, lower, left and right wall portions 631, 632, and 633 that surround the through portion 630 at the center of the back surface of the intermediate mounting portion 182. , 634. Grooves 635 and 636 extending in the front-rear direction are formed in the left and right walls 633 and 634. Step portions 637 and 638 are formed at the rear ends of the groove portions 635 and 636, and screw insertion holes 639 and 640 are formed in the step portions 637 and 638. Screw portions of screws 711 and 712 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 639 and 640 from the back side of the intermediate attachment portion 182.

  The stop button unit 500 is formed with screwing portions 521 and 522 to be inserted into the groove portions 635 and 636. Screw holes 523 and 524 are formed in the screwing portions 521 and 522. Screw portions of screws 711 and 712 inserted through the screw insertion holes 639 and 640 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 are screwed into the screw holes 523 and 524, respectively.

Hereinafter, the start button unit 400 will be described in detail.
In FIG. 8, the start button unit 400 includes a start button 75, a coil spring 401, a main body block 402, a sensor substrate 403, a back cover 404, and screws 405 and 406.

  The start button 75 is formed of a translucent material such as transparent plastic, and includes a pressing portion 450 whose surface is pressed by a finger. The pressing part 450 is formed in a shape in which the upper side and the lower side are curved toward the rear. An insertion portion 460 is formed in the center of the back surface of the pressing portion 450 so as to protrude rearward in a substantially rectangular tube shape. Plate-like portions 451, 452, 453, and 454 are formed on the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the back surface of the pressing portion 450 so as to protrude rearward in a substantially rectangular tube shape.

The insertion part 460 includes upper, lower, left and right plate-like parts 461, 462, 463, and 464. The upper and lower plate-like portions 461 and 462 are formed with locking claws 465 and 466 that are elastically deformable toward the inner peripheral side of the insertion portion 460.
In the left and right plate-like portions 463 and 464, slits 467 and 468 are formed from the rear end to the intermediate portion.

  The insertion portion 460 is formed with an opening 469 into which the coil spring 401 is inserted on the rear side. An inner flange portion 470 that locks the coil spring 401 inserted from the opening 469 is formed on the inner periphery of the intermediate portion of the insertion portion 460. Further, the plate-like portion 461 of the insertion portion 460 is provided with black paint for enabling detection by a start button sensor 175 described later.

  The main body block 402 includes upper, lower, left, and right plate-like portions 411, 412, 413, and 414, and a through portion 410 that penetrates from the front surface to the back surface is formed.

  The upper and lower plate-like portions 411 and 412 are formed with slits 415 and 416 into which the locking claws 465 and 466 of the insertion portion 460 are inserted from the left and right intermediate portions at the rear end to the center portion of the plate surface. A slit 417 into which a light emitting unit 434 of a start button sensor 175 described later is inserted is formed at the left end of the rear end of the upper plate-like portion 411.

  The left and right plate-like portions 413 and 414 are formed with screwing portions 421 and 422 so as to protrude outward in the left and right directions. Screw holes 423 and 424 are formed in the screwing portions 421 and 422, respectively.

  Screw holes 425 and 426 into which screw portions of screws 405 and 406 inserted through screw insertion holes 446 and 447 of the back cover 404 are respectively formed in the left and right plate-like portions 413 and 414. Protrusions 427 and 428 that are inserted into the slits 467 and 468 of the start button 75 and engage the rear side of the coil spring 401 are formed on the inner side surfaces of the left and right plate-like portions 413 and 414.

  The sensor substrate 403 is obtained by mounting a start button sensor 175, a plurality of color light emitting diodes 432, and a connector 433 on a printed wiring board 431. The start button sensor 175 and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 are electrically connected to the connector 433. The connector 433 is connected to a harness connector connected to the central display substrate 33.

  The start button sensor 175 is a U-shaped photosensor including a light emitting unit 434 and a light receiving unit 435, and is attached to the upper right corner of the surface of the printed wiring board 431. The start button sensor 175 is configured such that the rear end portion of the plate-like portion 461 painted black above the start button 75 is inserted between the light emitting portion 434 and the light receiving portion 435.

A plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 are attached to the center of the surface of the printed wiring board 431. A connector 433 is attached to the upper part of the back surface of the printed wiring board 431.
The back cover 404 is formed as a box having a front surface opened by upper, lower, left and right plate-like portions 441, 442, 443, 444 and a back-side plate-like portion 445. An opening 440 on the front surface of the back cover 404 is inserted behind the sensor substrate 403 and the main body block 402.

Screw insertion holes 446 and 447 into which the screw portions of the screws 405 and 406 are inserted are formed in the left and right plate-like portions 443 and 444, respectively.
Between the upper plate-like portion 441 and the back-side plate-like portion 445, a through portion 448 for exposing the connector 433 of the sensor substrate 403 to the outside is formed. On the front surface of the plate-like portion 445, a step portion 449 for forming a gap between the sensor substrates 403 is formed.

Hereinafter, a method for assembling the start button unit 400 will be described.
First, the operator inserts the sensor substrate 403 into the opening 440 of the back cover 404 and then inserts the rear of the main body block 402, and the screw portions of the screws 405 and 406 into the screw insertion holes 446 and 447 of the back cover 404. The back cover 404, the sensor substrate 403, and the main body block 402 are integrated by inserting and screwing into the screw holes 425, 426 of the main body block 402 and tightening the screws 405, 406.

Next, the operator inserts the coil spring 401 into the opening 469 of the insertion portion 460 of the start button 75.
Next, the operator inserts the insertion portion 460 into which the coil spring 401 is inserted into the through portion 410 from the front side of the main body block 402, and inserts the locking claws 465 and 466 of the insertion portion 460 into the slits 415 and 416 of the main body block 402. As a result, the start button unit 400 is completed.

  In this state, the coil spring 401 has the front side locked to the inner flange portion 470 of the start button 75 and the rear side locked the main body block 402 to the protrusions 427 and 428. Is energized forward.

  In a state where no external force is applied to the start button 75, the locking claws 465 and 466 of the insertion portion 460 are locked to the slits 415 and 416 of the main body block 402, and the start button 75 stops at the frontmost position. In this state, the rear end portion of the plate-like portion 461 of the start button 75 is not inserted between the light emitting portion 434 and the light receiving portion 435 of the start button sensor 175, and the start button sensor 175 is turned off. Become.

  When the pressing portion 450 of the start button 75 is pressed with a finger, the insertion portion 460 is pushed into the penetration portion 410 of the main body block 402, and the ends of the slits 467 and 468 of the insertion portion 460 are the protrusion portions 427 of the main body block 402, It stops at the position where 428 abuts.

  In this state, the rear portion of the plate-like portion 461 of the start button 75 is inserted between the light emitting portion 434 and the light receiving portion 435 of the start button sensor 175, and the start button sensor 175 is turned on. The ON signal of the start button sensor 175 is transmitted to the main control board 20 via the connector 433, the harness connected thereto, and the central display board 33.

Hereinafter, the stop button unit 500 will be described in detail.
In FIG. 9, the stop button unit 500 includes stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c, coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c, a main body block 502, a sensor board 503, a back cover 504, and screws 505 and 506. ing.

  The stop button 76a is formed of a translucent material such as transparent plastic, and includes a pressing portion 550 whose surface is pressed by a finger. The pressing part 550 is formed in a shape in which the upper side and the lower side are curved toward the rear. An insertion portion 560 is formed in the center of the back surface of the pressing portion 550 so as to protrude rearward in a substantially rectangular tube shape. Plate-shaped portions 551 and 552 are formed on the left and right edges of the back surface of the pressing portion 550 toward the rear.

  The insertion portion 560 includes upper, lower, left and right plate-like portions 561, 562, 563, and 564. The upper and lower plate-like portions 561 and 562 are formed with locking claws 565 and 566 that are elastically deformable toward the inner peripheral side of the insertion portion 560. The plate-like portion 561 of the insertion portion 560 is painted black to enable detection by the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, and 176c.

In the left and right plate-like portions 563 and 564, slits 567 and 568 are formed from the rear end to the intermediate portion.
The remaining stop buttons 76b and 76c have the same structure as the stop button 76a.

  An opening 569 into which the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c are inserted is formed in the insertion portion 560 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c. An inner flange portion 570 (see FIGS. 10 and 11) that locks the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c inserted from the opening 569 is formed on the inner periphery of the intermediate portion of the insertion portion 560. The plate-like portion 561 of the insertion portion 560 is painted black to enable detection by the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, and 176c.

  The main body block 502 is formed with three penetrating portions 510a, 510b, and 510c penetrating from the front surface to the back surface in the horizontal direction. Insertion portions 560 of stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are inserted into the through portions 510a, 510b, and 510c, respectively.

  In the upper plate-like portion 511 of the main body block 502, slits 515a and 515b into which the locking claws 565 of the insertion portions 560 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b and 76c are inserted from the rear end to the front and rear intermediate portions of the plate surface. 515c is formed. Locking claws 566 of the insertion portions 560 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are inserted into the lower plate-like portion 512 of the main body block 502 from the left and right intermediate portions at the rear end to the front and rear intermediate portions of the plate surface. Slits 516a, 516b, and 56c are formed. Slits 517a, 517b, and 517c into which the light emitting portions 534 of the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, and 176c are inserted are formed on the left side of the slits 515a, 515b, and 515c at the rear end of the upper plate-like portion 511.

  In FIG. 11, screw insertion holes 546 and 547 of the back cover 504 and screw insertion holes 536 and 537 of the sensor substrate 503 are inserted into the partition walls 518 a and 518 b between the through portions 510 a, 510 b and 510 c on the back surface of the main body block 502. Screw holes 519a and 519b into which the screw portions of the screws 505 and 506 are screwed are formed.

  In FIG. 9, left and right plate-like portions 513 and 514 are formed with screwing portions 521 and 522 that protrude outward in the left and right directions. Screw holes 523 and 524 are formed in the screwing portions 521 and 522, respectively.

  11, protrusions 527a and 527b that are inserted into the slits 567 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c and are engaged with the rear sides of the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c are provided on the left inner surface of the through portions 510a, 510b, and 510c. 527c is formed.

  Protrusions 528a, 528b, and 528c that are inserted into the slits 568 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c and engage the rear sides of the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c are formed on the inner surface on the right side of the through portions 510a, 510b, and 510c. Has been.

  9 and 11, between the through portions 510a, 510b, 510c on the front surface of the main body block 502, groove portions 529 into which the adjacent plate-like portions 552, 551 of the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, 176c are inserted, 530 is formed.

  In FIG. 9, a sensor substrate 503 is obtained by mounting a stop button sensor 176 a, 176 b, 176 c, a plurality of color light emitting diodes 532 a, 532 b, 532 c and a connector 533 on a printed wiring board 531. The printed wiring board 531 is formed with screw insertion holes 536 and 537 into which the screw portions of the screws 505 and 506 are inserted.

  The stop button sensors 176a, 176b, 176c are mounted on the upper surface of the printed wiring board 531 side by side at equal intervals.

  Stop button sensors 176 a, 176 b, and 176 c are U-shaped photosensors that include a light emitting unit 534 and a light receiving unit 535, and are arranged side by side near the upper side of the surface of the printed wiring board 531. In the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, 176c, the rear end portion of the plate-like portion 561 painted in black above the stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c is inserted and removed between the light emitting portion 534 and the light receiving portion 535. It has become.

  A plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c are attached to positions on the surface of the printed wiring board 531 that correspond to the centers of the through portions 510a, 510b, and 510c of the main body block 502. A connector 533 is attached to the upper part of the back surface of the printed wiring board 531. The connector 533 is connected to a harness connector connected to the central display board 33. The stop button sensors 176a, 176b, 176c and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, 532c are electrically connected to the connector 533.

  The back cover 504 is formed as a box whose front surface is opened by the plate-like portions 541, 542, 543, and 544 on the top, bottom, left and right, and the plate-like portion 545 on the back side. The rear side of the sensor board 503 and the main body block 502 is inserted into the opening 540 on the front surface of the back cover 504.

  Screw insertion holes 546 and 547 into which the screw portions of the screws 505 and 506 are inserted are formed in the plate-like portion 545 on the back side.

  Between the upper plate-like portion 541 and the back-side plate-like portion 545, a through portion 548 for exposing the connector 533 of the sensor substrate 503 to the outside is formed. On the front surface of the plate-like portion 545, a step portion 549 for providing a gap between the sensor substrates 503 is formed.

  Hereinafter, a method for assembling the stop button unit 500 will be described.

  First, the operator inserts the sensor substrate 503 into the opening 540 of the back cover 504 shown in FIG. 9, then inserts the back of the main body block 502, and inserts the screw portions of the screws 505 and 506 into the screw of the back cover 504. By inserting into the holes 546 and 547 and the screw insertion holes 536 and 537 of the sensor substrate 503 and screwing into the screw holes 519a and 519b of the main body block 502 and tightening the screws 505 and 506, the back cover 504, the sensor substrate 503, and The main body block 502 is integrated.

  Next, the operator inserts the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c into the openings 569 of the insertion portions 560 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c.

  Next, the operator inserts the insertion portions 560 into which the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are inserted into the through portions 510a, 510b, and 510c from the front side of the main body block 502, respectively. Are inserted into the slits 515a, 515b, 515c, 516a, 516b, and 516c of the main body block 502, thereby completing the stop button unit 500.

  In this state, the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c are engaged with the inner flange portions 570 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c on the front side, and the projections 527a, 527b, 527c, 528a, 528b, and 528c on the main body block 502 on the rear side. The stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are urged forward with respect to the main body block 502.

  In a state where no external force is applied to the stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c, the locking claws 565, 566 of the insertion portion 560 are locked to the slits 515a, 516a, 515b, 516b, 515c, 516c of the main body block 502, The stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are stopped at the frontmost position. In this state, the rear end portions of the plate-like portions 561 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are not inserted between the light emitting portions 534 and the light receiving portions 535 of the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, and 176c. The button sensors 176a, 176b, 176c are turned off.

  When one of the pressing portions 550 of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c is pressed with a finger, the inserted stop portion 560 of the pressed stop button is pressed through the penetrating portion of the main body block 502 (in the through portions 510a, 510b, and 510c). The closed end of the slits 567 and 568 of the insertion portion 560 is pushed into the protruding portion (the protruding portions 527a, 527b, 527c, 528a, 528b, 528c). , And stops at a position where the projection corresponding to the pressed stop button abuts.

  In this state, a pressing operation is performed between the light emitting unit 534 and the light receiving unit 535 of the stop button sensor (the stop button sensor corresponding to the pressed stop button among the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, and 176c). The rear portion of the plate portion 561 of the stop button is inserted, and the corresponding stop button sensor is turned on. An on signal of the stop button sensor is transmitted to the main control board 20 via the connector 533, the harness connected thereto, and the central display board 33.

  Hereinafter, a method of assembling the middle horizontally long light emitting unit 202 will be described in more detail.

When assembling the horizontally long light emitting portion 202 in the middle stage, first, the operator inserts the rear of the start button unit 400 into the through portion 610 of the start button unit mounting portion 601 from the front side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. The screw portions of screws 709 and 710 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 619 and 620 of the step portions 617 and 618 from the back side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. 6, and the screw holes 423 and 424 of the screw fixing portions 421 and 422 of the start button unit 400. The screw portions of the screws 709 and 710 are screwed into the screws and the screws 709 and 710 are tightened.
Thereby, the start button unit 400 is fixed to the start button unit mounting portion 601 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 with screws.

  Next, the operator inserts the back of the stop button unit 500 into the through portion 630 of the stop button unit mounting portion 602 from the front side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. 6, and from the back side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. The screw portions of the screws 711 and 712 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 639 and 640 of the step portions 637 and 638, and the screw portions of the screws 711 and 712 are inserted into the screw holes 523 and 524 of the screw fixing portions 521 and 522 of the stop button unit 500. Screw in and tighten the screws 711 and 712.

  As a result, the stop button unit 500 is fixed to the stop button unit mounting portion 602 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 with screws.

  Next, the operator inserts the front side of the start button unit 400 into the start button unit insertion through portion 333 of the light emitting substrate 311 on the front side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. The end side is inserted into the long hole 603 formed in the intermediate mounting portion 182, the screw portions of the screws 705 and 706 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 331 and 332 of the light emitting substrate 311, and the screw holes 622 of the intermediate mounting portion 182 are inserted. The light emitting board 311 is screwed and fixed to the intermediate mounting portion 182 by screwing the screw portions of the screws 705 and 706 into 623 and tightening the screws 705 and 706.

  Next, the operator inserts the start button 75 of the start button unit 400 into the start button unit insertion through portion 351 of the lamp cover 321 on the front side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG.

  Next, the operator inserts the screw portions of the screws 701 and 702 into the screw insertion holes 621 and 624 (see FIG. 6) from the back side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. The lamp cover 321 is fixed to the intermediate mounting portion 182 by screwing the screw portions of the screws 701 and 702 into the screw holes 355 and 356 of the inner surface 352 of the 321 and tightening the screws 701 and 702.

  Next, the operator inserts the other end side of the harness 345 of the light emitting board 312 into the long hole 604 formed in the intermediate mounting part 182 from the front side of the intermediate mounting part 182 shown in FIG. The screw portions of the screws 707 and 708 are inserted into the holes 341 and 342, respectively, the screw portions of the screws 707 and 708 are screwed into the screw holes 626 and 627 of the intermediate mounting portion 182, and the screws 707 and 708 are tightened. The light emitting substrate 312 is fixed to the mounting portion 182 with screws.

  Next, the operator inserts the screw portions of the screws 703 and 704 into the screw insertion holes 625 and 628 from the back side of the intermediate mounting portion 182 shown in FIG. 7, and enters the screw holes 365 and 366 on the inner surface 362 of the lamp cover 322. The lamp cover 322 is fixed to the intermediate mounting portion 182 by screwing and tightening the screw portions of the screws 703 and 704.

  The assembly of the middle horizontally long light emitting unit 202 is completed by the following operations.

Next, the sub control board 40 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.
In FIG. 12, the sub-control board 40 includes a CPU 920, a storage unit 921, a random number generator 922, an I / F circuit 923, a sound source IC 924, a sound source ROM 925, an amplifier 926, an image control IC 927, and an image ROM 928. And a video RAM 929.

  The storage unit 921 includes a ROM 931 and a RAM 932 as main components. The ROM 931 of the storage unit 921 stores an effect program for a slot machine game in advance. The sub control board 40 acquires a random number from the random number generator 922 at the timing when the command data is received from the main control board 20, and the CPU 920 executes arithmetic processing according to the data corresponding to the random number stored in the ROM 931 of the storage unit 921. By doing so, the effect of the slot machine 1 is controlled.

  Further, speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b and a liquid crystal display device 49 are connected to the sub-control board 40 via a harness. Further, the central display board 33 is connected to the I / F circuit 923 of the sub-control board 40 via a harness. The central display board 33 includes a plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 provided on the sensor board 403 of the start button unit 400, a plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c provided on the sensor board 503 of the stop button unit 500. The plurality of color light emitting diodes 334 and 344 on the substrates 311 and 312 and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 230 on the light emitting substrates 211, 213 and 214 to 217 are connected.

  The CPU 920 of the sub-control board 40 transmits command data for light emission control to the central display board 33 via the I / F circuit 923 in accordance with the data of the effect content corresponding to the acquired random number. The central display board 33 is driven by supplying power to the plurality of color light emitting diodes 334, 344, 532a, 532b, 532c, 230 based on command data from the sub control board 40, and the color light emitting diodes 334, 344, 532a. 532b, 532c, and 230 emit light with brightness and color balance corresponding to the command data.

  Further, the CPU 920 of the sub-control board 40 transmits a command to the sound source IC 924 according to the effect content data corresponding to the acquired random number, and the sound source IC 924 reads out the data stored in the sound source ROM 925 based on the received command and outputs the sound. A signal is generated and transmitted to the amplifier 926. The amplifier 926 amplifies the audio signal received from the sound source IC 924 and outputs the audio from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b.

  Further, the CPU 920 of the sub-control board 40 transmits a command to the image control IC 927 according to the effect content data corresponding to the acquired random number, and the image control IC 927 reads out the data stored in the image ROM 928 based on the received command. Are temporarily stored in the video RAM 929 and synthesized, and transmitted to the liquid crystal display device 49 as a video signal.

  The liquid crystal display device 49 displays the video signal received from the sub-control board 40 on its screen.

  Hereinafter, specific operations of the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right vertical light emitting units 204 to 207 will be described.

  When the slot machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is in a standby state, the CPU 920 of the sub control board 40 shown in FIG. 12 performs the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right. The plurality of color light emitting diodes 230, 334, 344, 432, 532 a, 532 b, and 532 c of the vertically long light emitting units 204 to 207 are turned off.

  When a medal is inserted into the medal insertion unit 71, the CPU 920 of the sub-control board 40 causes the plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the start button unit 400 to emit light in a first color (for example, green), thereby generating a plurality of color light emission. The light from the diode 432 is diffused on the inner surface of the start button 75, and the start button 75 shines with a first color (for example, green).

  In this state, when the start button 75 is pressed and the game is started, the CPU 920 of the sub control board 40 shown in FIG. 12 uses the internal lottery and lottery results of the main control board 20 and the random numbers acquired by the sub control board 40. In response, various rendering states including the first and second rendering states are selected.

  The first effect state is an effect with a relatively low expectation of the big hit, and the sub-control board 40 includes the color light emitting diodes 230 of the light emitting substrates 211, 213, 214 to 217 of the light emitting units 201, 203, and 204 to 207, and The plurality of color light emitting diodes 334 and 344 of the light emitting unit 202 and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the start button unit 400 emit light in the second color (for example, blue), and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a and 532b of the stop button unit 500 are emitted. 532c is caused to emit light in a third color (for example, red). Accordingly, the lamp covers 221, 223, 224 to 227 of the light emitting units 201, 203, 204 to 207, the lamp covers 321, 322 of the light emitting unit 202, and the start button 75 of the start button unit 400 are in the second color (for example, blue). The front door 3 as a whole is displayed with a numeral of 8, and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c of the stop button unit 500 are shined with a third color (for example, red).

  Thereafter, when the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are pressed, the sub control board 40 causes the stop button that is pressed among the plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c on the back side of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c. Is switched to the same second color (for example, blue) as the lamp covers 321 and 322 of the light emitting unit 202.

  The second effect state is an effect with a relatively high expectation of jackpot, and the sub-control board 40 causes the color light emitting diode 230 of the light emitting units 201, 205, and 207 to emit light in a third color (for example, red), The plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c of the stop button unit 500 emit light with a third color (for example, red), and the color light emitting diodes 230 and the light emitting diodes 213, 224, and 216 of the light emitting units 203, 204, and 206 are emitted. The plurality of color light emitting diodes 334 and 344 of the light emitting substrates 311 and 312 of the unit 202 and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the sensor substrate 403 of the start button unit 400 are turned off.

  Thereby, the lamp covers 221, 225, and 227 of the light emitting units 201, 205, and 207 shine with the third color (for example, red), and the lamp covers 223, 224, 226 of the light emitting units 203, 204, and 206 and the light emitting unit 202 are illuminated. The lamp cover 321, 322, the start button 75 of the start button unit 400 is turned off, the number 7 is displayed for the front door 3 as a whole, and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c of the operable stop button unit 500 are the first ones. Shines in three colors (for example, red).

  Thereafter, when the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are pressed, the sub control board 40 causes the stop button that is pressed among the plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c on the back side of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c. The corresponding color light emitting diodes are turned off in the same manner as the lamp covers 321 and 322 of the light emitting unit 202.

  As described above, on / off of light emission of the color light emitting diodes corresponding to the lamp covers 221, 223, 224 to 227 of the light emitting units 201, 203, 204 to 207 and the lamp covers 321, 322 of the light emitting unit 202, and selection of the light emitting color. Thus, numbers and characters from 0 to 9 can be displayed as the entire front door 3 according to the expected value of the jackpot.

  The configuration and operation of the present embodiment described above will be described together. The upper horizontally light emitting portion 201 is provided below the upper panel portion 4 of the front door 3 and is horizontally long and has a length. It is formed to have substantially the same width as the upper side of the portion 4.

  The middle horizontally long light emitting portion 202 is provided between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3 and is horizontally long and has a length substantially equal to the lower side of the upper panel portion 4 or the lower panel portion 5. Is formed.

The lower horizontal light emitting portion 203 is provided on the lower side of the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3 and has a horizontal shape and a length substantially equal to the lower side of the lower panel portion 5.
The upper left vertically elongated light emitting portion 204 is provided on one side of the upper panel portion 4 of the front door 3, and is a first elongated shape having a longitudinal direction substantially the same length as the left side of the upper panel portion 4. It is a vertically long light emitting part.

  A vertically long light emitting portion 205 on the upper right is provided on the other side of the upper panel portion 4 of the front door 3, and is a vertically long second shape whose vertical direction is substantially the same as the right side of the upper panel portion 4. It is a vertically long light emitting part.

  The lower left vertically long light emitting portion 206 is provided on one side of the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3, and is a third shape that is vertically long and has a vertical direction substantially the same length as the left side of the lower panel portion 5. It is a vertically long light emitting part.

The lower right vertically long light emitting portion 207 is provided on the other side of the lower panel portion 5 of the front door 3, and is a vertically long shape whose vertical direction is substantially the same as the right side of the lower panel portion 5. This is a vertically long light emitting part.
The start button 75 is for performing an operation for starting the rotation of the reels 101 a, 101 b, and 101, and is provided in the middle horizontally long light emitting unit 202.
The stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are for performing an operation of stopping the rotation of the three reels 101a, 101b, and 101, and are provided in the horizontally long light emitting unit 202 in the middle stage.

  The main control board 20 and the sub-control board 40 include the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting sections 201 to 203, the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right vertical light emitting sections 204 to 207, a start button 75 and a stop button 76a, The light emission control means selectively emits light 76b and 76c.

The start button 75 and stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c are provided in the middle horizontally long light emitting portion 202, and are pressing members that can be pressed from the front side.
The main body block 402 of the start button unit 400 is a holding member that holds the start button 75 in a freely reciprocating manner from the pressing standby position to the pressing position.

  The main body block 502 of the stop button unit 500 is a holding member that holds the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c in a reciprocable manner from the pressing standby position to the pressing position.

  The coil spring 401 of the start button unit 400 and the coil springs 501a, 501b, and 501c of the stop button unit 500 are urging means that urge the start button 75 and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c, respectively, toward the pressing standby position. .

  The start button sensor 175 of the start button unit 400 and the stop button sensors 176a, 176b, 176c of the stop button unit 500 are pressing member position detection sensors for detecting the positions of the start button 75 and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c, respectively. It has become.

  The plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the start button unit 400 and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c of the stop button unit 500 are illuminated from the back side of the start button sensor 175 and stop button sensors 176a, 176b, and 176c, respectively. It is a pressing member illumination means for performing

  The plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the start button unit 400 and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c of the stop button unit 500 are at least the lamp cover 321 other than the pressing member of the horizontally long light emitting unit 202 as the emission color, The same color as 322 or a different color can be selected to emit light.

  The main control board 20 and the sub control board 40 select a light emission color according to the progress of the game, and a plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the start button unit 400 and a plurality of color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c of the stop button unit 500. To emit light.

  According to the slot machine 1 configured as described above, the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right light emitting units 204 to 207 provided on the front door 3 are respectively The main control board 20 and the sub-control board 40 function as each segment of the 7-segment display, and the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units 201 to 203 and the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right vertical light emitting units 204 to 207. By selectively emitting light, it is possible to express Arabic numerals of approximately the same size as the front door 3, so that the types of effects can be varied and a strong influence and impression can be given to the player. In addition to this, a plurality of slot machines 1 configured as described above are arranged side by side in a gaming facility, and the light emitting units 201, 202,... Can give influence and impression.

  Further, according to the slot machine 1, the pressing member provided in the middle horizontally long light emitting unit 202 can be used as the start button 75 and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c.

  Further, according to the slot machine 1 configured as described above, the main control board 20 and the sub control board 40 select the light emission color according to the progress of the game, and the plurality of color light emitting diodes 432 of the start button unit 400, the stop button unit. Since the plurality of 500 color light emitting diodes 532a, 532b, and 532c can emit light, among the start button 75 and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c, the button that needs to be pressed according to the progress of the game is conspicuous. It becomes possible to do so.

  Further, according to the slot machine 1, the medal tray 60 of the medal tray 6 can be illuminated by the horizontally long light emitting unit 203 at the lower stage.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 12, the present invention is applied to the slot machine. However, the present invention can be applied to other gaming machines such as an arrangement ball using a medal and a sparrow ball gaming machine.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external structure of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the external structure of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view showing the internal structure of the slot machine in a state where the front door 3 is opened according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a slot machine control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a front door according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the middle horizontal light-emitting portion and its peripheral portion as viewed from the front right upper side of the embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the middle horizontal light-emitting portion and the peripheral portion thereof as viewed from the rear right upper side according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a start button unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of a stop button unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a sub control board and a rendering device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... slot machine, 2 ... housing, 3 ... front door, 4 ... upper panel,
5 ... Lower panel part, 6 ... Medal tray part,
7 ... console, 8 ... opening, 20 ... main control board, 21 ... hopper device,
23 ... Auxiliary storage part, 24 ... Main power supply device, 25 ... Power supply device substrate,
26 ... External concentration terminal board, 30 ... Light emission drive part,
32a, 32b ... speaker, 33 ... central display board,
34 ... Medal sorting device, 35 ... Guide member,
36 ... cancel chute member, 37 ... guide member,
38a, 38b ... speakers,
40: Sub-control board, 41: Panel surface,
42 ... display window, 43 ... panel board, 48a, 48b ... sound emission part for production,
49 ... Liquid crystal display device, 49a ... Display window, 50 ... Production device,
51 ... Display panel, 60 ... Medal tray, 61 ... Medal payout exit,
62a, 62b ... right and left production sound emission unit, 71 ... medal insertion unit,
72: medal slot, 73, 74 ... bet button,
75 ... Start button, 76a, 76b, 76c ... Stop button,
77 ... Checkout button, 78 ... Keyhole, 100 ... Reel unit,
101a, 101b, 101c ... reel,
102a, 102b, 102c ... reel motor,
103a, 103b, 103c ... reel sensor, 110 ... reel substrate,
120 ... main CPU, 121 ... storage unit, 122 ... random number generator,
123 ... I / F circuit, 124 ... solenoid drive circuit,
131: Program ROM, 132: Control RAM,
133 ... system program, 134 ... winning lottery table,
136 ... Internal lottery flag storage area, 137 ... Setting storage area,
135: Medal credit means 141: Medal sensor
142 ... Flapper type solenoid,
173, 174 ... Bet button sensor, 175 ... Start button sensor,
176a, 176b, 176c ... Stop button sensor,
177 ... Check button sensor,
181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187... Mounting portion,
191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 ... slot,
201, 202, 203 ... Horizontal light emitting part,
204, 205, 206, 207 ... vertically long light emitting section,
211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217 ... light emitting substrate,
221,223,224,225,226,227 ... lamp cover,
230 ... color light emitting diode,
231,233,234,235,236,237 ... harness,
311, 312 ... light emitting substrate, 321, 322 ... lamp cover,
331, 332, 341, 342 ... screw insertion hole,
333 ... start button unit insertion penetration,
334, 344 ... light emitting diode, 335, 345 ... harness,
351 ... start button unit insertion through-hole, 352 ... inner surface,
353, 354 ... screw fixing part, 355, 356 ... screw hole,
357 ... wall part, 362 ... inner surface, 363, 364 ... screwing part,
365, 366 ... screw holes, 400 ... start button unit,
401 ... Coil spring, 402 ... Main body block, 403 ... Sensor substrate,
404 ... back cover, 405, 406 ... screw, 410 ... penetrating part,
411, 412, 413, 414 ... Plate-like part, 415, 416,
417 ... slit, 421, 422 ... screw fixing part,
423, 424 ... screw holes, 425, 426 ... screw holes,
427, 428 ... projection, 431 ... printed wiring board,
432 ... Color light emitting diode, 433 ... Connector,
434 ... Light emitting part, 435 ... Light receiving part, 432 ... Color light emitting diode,
441, 442, 443, 444 ... plate-like portion, 445 ... plate-like portion,
446, 447 ... screw insertion hole, 448 ... penetrating part, 449 ... step part,
450 ... Pressing part, 460 ... Inserting part,
451, 452, 453, 454 ... plate-like part,
461, 462, 463, 464 ... plate-like portion, 465, 466 ... locking claw,
467, 468 ... slit, 469 ... opening,
470 ... inner flange, 500 ... stop button unit,
501a, 501b, 501c ... coil spring, 502 ... main body block,
503 ... sensor substrate, 504 ... back cover,
505, 506 ... screw, 510a, 510b, 510c ... penetrating part,
511, 512, 513, 514 ... plate-like portion, 515a,
515b, 515c ... slits,
516a, 516b, 516c ... slit,
517a, 517b, 517c ... slits,
518a, 518b ... partition walls, 519a, 519b ... screw holes,
521, 522 ... screw fixing part, 523, 524 ... screw hole,
527a, 527b, 527c ... projections,
528a, 528b, 528c ... projection, 529, 530 ... groove,
531 ... Printed wiring board,
532a, 532b, 532c ... color light emitting diodes,
533 ... Connector, 536, 537 ... Screw insertion hole,
540 ... opening, 541, 542, 543, 544 ... plate-like part,
545 ... plate-like part, 546, 547 ... screw insertion hole, 548 ... penetrating part,
549 ... step part, 550 ... pressing part, 551, 552 ... plate-like part,
560 ... Insertion part, 561, 562, 563, 564 ... Plate-like part,
565, 566 ... locking claw, 567, 568 ... slit, 568 ... opening 570 ... inner flange, 567, 568 ... slit,
601 ... Start button unit mounting portion,
602 ... Stop button unit, 603, 604 ... Long hole,
610 ... penetrating part, 611, 612, 613, 614 ... wall part,
615, 616 ... groove, 617, 618 ... step, screw insertion hole,
621, 624, 625 ... screw insertion hole,
622, 623, 626, 627 ... screw hole, 626 ... screw hole,
627 ... screw hole, 628 ... screw insertion hole, 630 ... penetrating part,
631, 632, 633, 634 ... wall portion, 635,636 ... groove portion,
637, 638 ... step, 639, 640 ... screw insertion hole,
701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706 ... screws,
707, 708 ... screw, 711, 712, 709, 710 ... screw,

Claims (3)

A housing having an opening on the front;
A reel disposed inside the housing and having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface;
The front door is divided into an upper panel portion and a lower panel portion, and is attached so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing, thereby closing the opening in a state where the opening can be opened and closed,
A display window provided on the front door, the front door being disposed in front of the reel in a state where the opening is closed, and the reel being visible.
An upper horizontal light emitting portion provided on the upper panel portion of the front door and having a horizontally long shape and a length substantially the same width as the upper side of the upper panel portion;
A middle horizontally long light emitting portion provided between the upper panel portion and the lower panel portion of the front door, having a horizontally long shape and a length substantially the same as the lower side of the upper panel portion or the lower panel portion;
A lower horizontal light-emitting portion provided on the lower side of the lower panel portion of the front door and having a horizontally long shape and a length substantially the same width as the lower side of the lower panel portion,
A first vertically light emitting portion provided on one side of the upper panel portion of the front door, and having a vertically long shape and having a longitudinal direction substantially the same length as the left side of the upper panel portion;
A second vertically elongated light emitting portion provided on the other side of the upper panel portion of the front door, having a vertically long shape and having a longitudinal direction substantially the same length as the right side of the upper panel portion;
A third vertically elongated light emitting portion that is provided on one side of the lower panel portion of the front door and is vertically long and has a longitudinal direction substantially the same length as the left side of the lower panel portion;
A fourth vertically long light emitting portion provided on the other side of the lower panel portion of the front door, having a vertically long shape and having a longitudinal direction substantially the same length as the right side of the bottom panel portion;
A start button provided in the horizontally long light emitting section in the middle stage for performing an operation of starting rotation of the reel;
A stop button for performing an operation of stopping rotation of the reel, provided in the middle horizontally long light emitting section;
Light emission control means for selectively emitting light from the upper, middle, and lower horizontal light emitting units, the first to fourth vertical light emitting units, the start button, and the stop button;
A gaming machine comprising: The start button and the stop button are
A pressing member that is provided in the middle horizontally long light emitting portion and capable of performing a pressing operation from the surface side;
A holding member that holds the pressing member in a freely reciprocating manner from a pressing standby position to a pressing position;
Biasing means for biasing the pressing member toward the pressing standby position;
A pressing member position detection sensor for detecting the position of the pressing member;
Pressing member illumination means for illuminating from the back side of the pressing member;
The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: The pressing member illuminating means of the start button and the stop button can emit light by selecting the same color or a different color as the light emitting color other than the pressing member of at least the middle horizontally long light emitting portion,
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the light emission control means selects a light emission color according to the progress of the game and causes the pressing member illumination means to emit light.

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