JP2010220973A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine that a game ball running down on a passage can be satisfactorily visualized by the passage having no influence from packaged parts and a printed-circuit part of a light emitting board even when the passage is disposed behind the board. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine includes the passage 30 provided on a predetermined place in a game region formed on a game board and making a game ball run into an inlet 30a provided in an upstream side to allow the running ball run out of an outlet provided in a downstream side and the light emitting board 42 disposed in the front of the passage 30, the front being the side of a game player, and having see-through properties such as transparency or translucency and a packaged light-emitting part 41 to enable the ball running through the passage 30 to be visualized through the board 42, and a light emitting state of the part 41 changes to decorate the passage 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  In a conventional gaming machine, a game ball flow-down area is arranged behind a game component for electrical decoration in which a light-emitting board (light-emitting board) on which a light source is arranged and a lens member facing the light source are integrated. There is one in which a game ball flowing down the game ball flow area (passage portion) can be visually recognized while ensuring the size of the ball flow area (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-180 A

  According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, through holes are provided in each of the lens member and the electric decoration board at positions avoiding the mounting parts and the printed wiring portion of the electric decoration board, and the game ball flows down through the through holes. The game ball flowing down the area is made visible.

  However, in order to visually recognize a game ball flowing down through the through-holes, a plurality of through-holes are required. However, the formation positions of these through-holes avoid mounting components (light sources) and printed wiring parts of the electric circuit board. Therefore, it is not always possible to dispose a sufficiently large through hole at a position where the interest of the game can be secured. On the other hand, the formation of the through hole may hinder the degree of freedom of arrangement of the mounting component (light source) and the printed wiring portion.

  Therefore, even if the game ball flow-down area (passage part) is arranged behind the game part for electric decoration, the game ball flow-down area (passage) is not affected by the mounted parts or the printed wiring part of the electric decoration board (light-emitting board). Development of a gaming machine that can see the game balls flowing down the section) well and that can further enhance the interest is demanded.

  An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and even if a passage portion is disposed behind the light emitting substrate, the passage portion flows down without being affected by the mounted components and the printed wiring portion of the light emitting substrate. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a gaming ball can be visually recognized.

In order to solve the above problems, the gaming machine of the present invention is:
A passage portion that is provided at a predetermined position of a game area formed on the game board, allows a game ball to flow in at an upstream inlet portion, and allows the flowed game ball to flow out from a downstream outlet portion;
With the player side as the front side, disposed on the front side of the passage portion, and having transparency such as transparent or translucent, and a light emitting substrate on which the light emitting portion is mounted,
The game ball passing through the passage portion can be visually recognized through the light emitting substrate, and the light emission mode of the light emitting portion is changed to decorate the passage portion.
In addition, the upstream side and the downstream side here are not those in which the upper side in the game area is the upstream side and the lower side is the downstream side, the inlet side is the upstream side with respect to the flow direction of the game ball in the passage part, The outlet side is the downstream side.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the light-emitting substrate having transparency that has the light-emitting portion mounted on the front side of the passage portion through which the game ball can pass is disposed. According to this, since the light emitting substrate has transparency, the game ball passing through the inside of the passage portion is not shielded by the light emitting substrate, and the player can visually recognize the game ball well without losing sight of the game ball in the passage portion. be able to. That is, it is not necessary to provide a through hole in the light emitting substrate for visually recognizing a game ball passing through the inside of the passage portion. And since there is no restriction on the arrangement of the mounting parts and the printed wiring portion on the light emitting substrate, the light emitting portion can be widely arranged with respect to the passage portion, and the passage portion can be effectively changed by changing the light emission mode of the light emitting portion. It can be decorated. As a result, the interest of the game can be improved. In addition, in a channel | path part, you may form by the cylindrical channel | path part which has translucency, such as transparent or translucent, and may be formed in the form which the front side opened.

In addition, a reflector that reflects light is disposed on the rear side of the passage portion,
The light emitting portion emits light toward the reflector with the passage portion interposed therebetween, and the reflector reflects the light and irradiates the light forward through the light emitting substrate.

  According to this, since the light emitting part arranged on the front side of the passage part emits light toward the rear reflector, and the reflector reflects the light and irradiates it forward, the transparency such as transparent or translucent is provided. In the light emitting substrate, the passage portion can be made to emit light in a state where the irradiation area is efficiently expanded without hindering the reflected light. And even if a game ball flows down inside the passage part and blocks the light of the light emitting part, the light will irradiate the game ball directly from the front side, as when the light emitting part irradiates from the rear side There is no shadow by the game ball. As a result, the light irradiated by the game ball can be diffused forward, and it is possible to produce a light emission mode that cannot be predicted by the player, which can further enhance the interest.

It is a front view which shows an example of the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part enlarged view of the gaming machine of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a channel | path part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a gaming machine 2 (hereinafter also referred to as a pachinko machine) 1 is provided with a gaming board 2. A circular game area 2b is formed on the board surface 2a (front surface) of the game board 2, and this game area 2b is formed by two guide rails 2c inside and outside. In the center of the game area 2b, a center accessory 3 on which a liquid crystal display unit 3a is mounted is disposed, and an attacker 4 serving as a big prize opening is located below the center accessory 3 (lower center of the game area 2b). Is arranged. In addition, an electric tulip (electric Chu) 5 serving as a start winning opening is disposed between the center accessory 3 and the attacker 4.

  The center accessory 3 is formed with a stage 3s capable of guiding a game ball to the start winning opening of the electric chew 5 on the front side of the liquid crystal display unit 3a. The left side) is formed with a passage portion 30 for guiding the game ball to the stage 3s.

  In the present specification, the vertical direction in the pachinko machine 1 means the direction (vertical direction) in which the game ball flows down in a manner along the board surface 2a of the game board 2. Further, the left-right direction means a direction (horizontal direction) orthogonal to the up-down direction in a mode along the board surface 2 a of the game board 2. Further, the front-rear direction means a direction (horizontal direction) orthogonal to the board surface 2a of the game board 2, and the player side of the board surface 2a is the front side, and the back side of the board surface 2a is the rear side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game ball P flowing in from the upstream entrance 30 a flows down (passes) at a predetermined position in the game area 2 b formed on the game board 2. Thus, it can flow out from the outlet 30b on the downstream side. Specifically, the passage portion 30 receives the game ball P flowing into the inlet portion 30a that opens to the left side (outside) of the game balls flowing down the left side of the center accessory 3 and It flows out toward the stage 3s from the outlet 30b that opens to the inside. The passage portion 30 may not only flow from the upper side to the lower side due to the weight of the game ball, but also may be forced to flow from the lower side to the upper side by a spiral or the like.

  And the decoration part 40 which decorates this channel | path part 30 is formed in the channel | path part 30, for example in the entrance part 30a vicinity. The decorative portion 40 has transparency such as transparent or translucent, has a light emitting substrate 42 on which the light emitting portion 41 is mounted, a reflector 43 that reflects light, and has transparency such as transparent or translucent. And a lens member 44 for diffusing the light.

  The light emitting substrate 42 is disposed on the front side of the passage portion 30, and the lens member 44 is disposed on the front side of the light emitting substrate 42. In addition, the reflector 43 is disposed on the rear side of the passage portion 30 so as to sandwich the light emitting substrate 42 and the passage portion 30 therebetween. Therefore, since the light emitting substrate 42 and the lens member 44 disposed on the front side of the passage portion 30 have transparency, the game ball P flowing down the passage portion 30 can be visually recognized through the light emitting substrate 40. Furthermore, the light emission part 41 emits light on the front side of the passage part 30, and the light emission mode can be changed to decorate the passage part 30. In addition, although the decoration part 40 in this embodiment is provided with the reflector 43 as another member of the channel | path part 30, surface treatments, such as plating and mirror surface processing, are given to the rear side of the channel | path part 30, and the reflector 43 is substituted. Is also possible.

  Further, the light emitting part 41 is mounted on the rear side surface of the light emitting substrate 42 facing the passage part 30, and can emit light toward the reflector 43 through the passage part 30. Accordingly, when the light emitting unit 41 emits light, the reflector 43 can reflect the light and irradiate the light forward through the light emitting substrate 42 and the lens member 44. Then, when the game ball P flows down through the passage portion 30, the light emitted from the light emitting unit 41 by the game ball P is diffused forward.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the light emitting substrate 42 can be formed of a transparent flexible substrate having flexibility. Thereby, for example, the light emitting substrate 42 can be arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the curved passage portion 30, so that a plurality of light emitting portions 41 are arranged even on a small number (for example, one) of the light emitting substrates 42. Therefore, the passage 30 can be irradiated from various angles.

  The decorative portion 40 may be mounted on the front side of the light emitting substrate 42 like the light emitting portion 41A. In that case, the light can be irradiated forward without being blocked by the game ball flowing down the passage portion 30. Furthermore, a detection switch (for example, a proximity switch, not shown) that detects the inflow of a game ball is disposed at the entrance 30a (upstream side) of the passage portion 30, and based on the detection of the game ball by the detection switch, The light emitting unit 41 can be interlocked to emit light to notify the passing of the game ball. In addition, a plurality of light emitting portions 41A are arranged along the passage portion 30, and light is emitted sequentially in accordance with the passage (flow) of the game ball P, so that the interest can be further enhanced.

  Although the pachinko machine has been described as an example of the gaming machine in the present invention, it can be applied to other gaming machines such as an arrangement ball gaming machine and a sparrow ball gaming machine.

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
2 gaming board 2a board surface 2b gaming area 2c guide rail 3 center accessory 3a liquid crystal display part 3s stage 30 passage part 30a inlet part 30b outlet part 40 decoration part 41, 41A light emitting part 42 light emitting substrate 43 reflector 44 lens member

Claims (2)

A passage portion that is provided at a predetermined position of a game area formed on the game board, allows a game ball to flow in at an upstream inlet portion, and allows the flowed game ball to flow out from a downstream outlet portion;
With the player side as the front side, disposed on the front side of the passage portion, and having transparency such as transparent or translucent, and a light emitting substrate on which the light emitting portion is mounted,
A gaming machine in which a game ball passing through the passage portion can be visually recognized through the light emitting substrate, and a light emission mode of the light emitting portion is changed to decorate the passage portion. On the rear side of the passage portion, a reflector that reflects light is disposed,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit emits light toward the reflector with the passage portion interposed therebetween, and the reflector reflects the light and irradiates forward through the light emitting substrate.

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