JP2010259708A - Performance generator of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily attain both of the improvement in the design flexibility of portions emitting lights by light emitting elements, of a performance generator and miniaturization of the performance generator, and to improve the workability in assembling the performance accessory in a case where providing an illumination board mounted with the light emitting elements in the interior of the performance accessory. <P>SOLUTION: A front-side body frame 601 is mounted with an illumination flexible board 701 in such manners as curving an extension section 704 of the illumination flexible board 701 and mounting a board face 710 for mounting a connector female section 721 of the extension section 704, with its facing in a substantially inverse direction with respect to a mounting face 710 for mounting a plurality of color light emitting diodes 713 of the light emitting element mounting section 703, so as to easily attain the both of the improvement in the design freedom degree of the portions emitting the lights by the light emitting elements, of the performance accessory and the miniaturization of the performance accessory, and to improve the workability in assembling the performance accessory, in the case where the illumination flexible board 701 as the illumination board for mounting the light emitting elements is provided in the interior of the performance accessory. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a director of a gaming machine that is provided in a gaming machine and performs lighting for performing.

  Conventionally, a game machine called a pachinko machine has a game ball sent out one by one on a launch rail by a ball feeder, and the sent game ball is launched into a hit ball launcher along the outer rail of the guide rail of the game board. The game balls are guided to the game area, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out when the game balls guided to the game area win a prize opening.

  A pachinko machine that has been put into practical use in recent years, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a game board in which a game area is formed, a center accessory disposed almost at the center of the game area, and a lower part of the center accessory And a variable display device that is arranged on the back side of the center accessory and that displays a variation of the symbol when a game ball is received by the start ball entering device. Such a center accessory is generally provided with a director that can perform lighting with an electric decoration board on which a light emitting element is mounted.

JP 2009-45494 A (paragraphs 0011 to 0014, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  As described above, in a conventional pachinko machine, when a complex electrical decoration structure is used for the center actor's director, and the light emitting portion of the director is made to emit light, the board that mounts the light emitting element is produced. Although it is provided inside the accessory, it is structurally impossible to mount a lamp on both sides of the position where the connector female part is mounted on such an electrical circuit board, so what is the position where the light emitting element is mounted? The connector female part will be mounted at a different position. At this position, no light can be emitted, and there are design restrictions on the light emitting part of the director, or the area where the connector female part is mounted is the director. Since it is necessary to provide the light emitting part at a position protruding from the region where the light emitting part is provided, it is difficult to improve both the degree of freedom in design and the compacting of the directing effect in the light emitting part of the directing effect. In addition, the wiring structure of the harness connected to the connector female part inside the director is complicated, and the workability when assembling the director is reduced. Such a problem is that when a plurality of light emitting elements are provided in the director and light is emitted with a complicated light emitting pattern, or when a color light emitting diode is used for the light emitting element, the number of harness cords becomes large, It was remarkable.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention improves the design freedom and effects of the portion that emits light by the light-emitting element of the director when the lighting board on which the light-emitting element is mounted is provided inside the director. An object of the present invention is to provide a game director for an amusement machine that makes it easy to reduce the size of a bonus and can improve the workability when assembling the director.

The gaming machine according to claim 1 is an effect object that is provided in the gaming machine and performs illumination for effect, and has a light emitting element mounting portion that mounts a light emitting element that emits illumination light on one substrate surface. The connector female portion is mounted on one substrate surface of the extending portion that has an extending portion that extends from the light emitting element mounting portion and is on the same surface as the light emitting element mounting surface of the light emitting element mounting portion. The board surface for mounting the connector female part of the extension part in a different direction with respect to the board surface for mounting the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting part by bending the extension part and the flexible board for electrical decoration It is characterized by having a production | presentation actor main body which attaches the flexible board for electrical decorations.
The gaming machine according to claim 2 is an effect object that is provided in the gaming machine and performs illumination for effect, and has a light emitting element mounting portion that mounts a light emitting element that emits illumination light on one substrate surface. The connector female portion is mounted on the substrate surface of the extending portion on the surface opposite to the surface on which the light emitting element is mounted of the light emitting element mounting portion. The board surface for mounting the connector female part of the extension part in a different direction with respect to the board surface for mounting the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting part by bending the extension part and the flexible board for electrical decoration It is characterized by having a production | presentation actor main body which attaches the flexible board for electrical decorations.

  In any case, the extension body of the flexible board for electric decoration is curved with respect to the board surface on which the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting part is mounted in the production actor main body. It is attached.

When a complicated lighting structure is adopted for a conventional director, the lighting board on which the light emitting element is mounted has a connector female portion mounted at a position different from the position where the light emitting element is mounted. Because there is a design restriction on the light emitting part of the object, or it is necessary to provide an area where the connector female part is mounted at a position protruding from the area where the light emitting part of the effecting object is provided. In addition, it was difficult to improve both the degree of freedom in design and the compactness of the director. In addition, the wiring structure of the harness connected to the connector female part inside the director is complicated, and the workability when assembling the director is reduced.
On the other hand, in the present invention, for the lighting effect body, the extending portion of the flexible board for electric decoration is curved with respect to the substrate surface on which the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting portion is mounted for electric decoration. Since the flexible board is attached, it is possible to achieve both improvement in design freedom of the portion that emits light by the light emitting element of the director and the miniaturization of the director, and the flexible board for lighting in the director The amount of wiring harnesses connected to the connector female portion can be reduced, and the workability when assembling the production effect can be improved.

  According to the present invention, when a flexible board for electric decoration is provided as an electric decoration board on which a light emitting element is mounted inside the director, the degree of freedom in design of the portion that emits light by the light emitting element of the director is improved. In addition, it is possible to improve the workability at the time of assembling the production features.

It is the front view which showed the structural example of the gaming machine of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram of the control means of a 1st embodiment concerning the present invention. 1 is a front view showing a game board according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view showing a game board according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the production | presentation actor of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the front side part of the production | presentation actor of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the state which extended | stretched the flexible substrate for electrical decoration of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the flexible substrate for electrical decoration to the front side main body frame of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the connector female part of the state which attached the flexible substrate for electrical decorations to the front side main body frame of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention, and the back side of the peripheral part. It is sectional drawing of the connector female part of the state which attached the flexible substrate for electrical decoration to the front side main body frame of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention, and its peripheral part. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the flexible substrate for electrical decoration to the front side main body frame of 2nd Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the connector female part of the state which attached the flexible substrate for electrical decorations to the front side main body frame of 2nd Embodiment which concerns on this invention, and the back side of the peripheral part. It is sectional drawing of the connector female part of the state which attached the flexible board for electrical decoration to the front side main body frame of 2nd Embodiment which concerns on this invention, and its peripheral part.

  The first embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration example of a gaming machine.

First, the entire gaming machine will be described.
In FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 is provided as a machine frame or a machine body or a fixed outer frame 11 having a predetermined rectangular frame size, and is provided on the front side of the outer frame 11. And a front frame 12 having a rectangular frame size.

  The front frame 12 is assembled to the outer frame 11 so as to be openable and closable (cantilevered laterally open) via the open / close connection support mechanisms 13a and 13b provided on the upper left and upper parts of the front left side, and is locked on the inner side of the front right side. The device 14 is used to maintain the closed state.

  On the front side of the front frame 12, a rectangular glass door 15 and a tray unit 16 that match the front side area of the front frame 12 are assembled so as to be able to be opened and closed sideways and attached and detached. It is held in a closed state that covers the front surface of the front frame 12 using a locking mechanism that does not.

  The tray unit 16 is provided with a ball tray portion 17 for storing and aligning game balls paid out from the ball payout outlet.

  A game board 101 capable of developing a pachinko game is set and held in the front frame 12 so as to be detachable and replaceable. The game board 101 has the front game area 103 facing the front surface of the glass door 15.

  An operation handle 113 having a launching part 292 (see FIG. 2) is disposed below the glass door 15 in the front frame 12, and a game ball launched by driving the launching part 292 rises between the rails 102a and 102b. Then, after reaching the upper position of the game board 101, the game area 103 is dropped. In the game area 103, in addition to a plurality of nails for dropping a game ball in an unspecified direction, a windmill and a entrance for changing the fall direction of the game ball are arranged.

  In the central portion of the game area 103, the center accessory 2 is arranged. The center accessory 2 is provided with a symbol display unit 104 using, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD).

  A first start port 105 capable of receiving a game ball is disposed below the symbol display unit 104, and a second start port 120 having a pair of movable pieces 120a (see FIG. 3) is disposed below the first start port 105. Is arranged. The second starting port 120 makes it difficult to receive the game ball when the pair of movable pieces 120a (see FIG. 3) is closed, and makes it easier to receive the game ball than the first starting port 105 when the pair is open. .

  On the left side of the symbol display unit 104, a winning gate 106 for detecting the passing of a game ball and performing lottery of a normal symbol for opening the second start port 120 for a predetermined time is arranged. In the lower position of the winning gate 106, etc., normal winning ports 107a, 107b, 107c for obtaining a predetermined number (for example, ten) of paying out prize balls when a game ball enters are arranged. At the bottom of the game area 103, a collection port 108 for collecting game balls that have not entered any of the entrances is disposed.

  On the lower right side of the symbol display section 104, a normal winning opening 107d for obtaining a predetermined number (for example, ten) of paying out prize balls when a game ball enters is arranged.

  Furthermore, below the normal winning opening 107d, a first special symbol display 82 (see FIG. 3) for displaying a lottery result by the first special symbol lottery means provided on the main control board 201 (see FIG. 2), and A second special symbol display 83 (see FIG. 3) for displaying the lottery result by the second special symbol lottery means provided on the main control board 201 (see FIG. 2) is arranged. These two indicators 82 and 83 display special symbols in a variable manner, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the predetermined symbols are stopped and displayed, and the results of a lottery triggered by the entry of a game ball into the starting port are displayed. ing. A plurality of LEDs are used for both indicators 82 and 83, and the LED blinks as the special symbol variation display starts, giving the player the impression that the lottery is currently being drawn. After a predetermined time has elapsed, an LED preset according to the lottery result is lit up and the lottery result is notified to the player.

  If a game ball enters the first starting port 105 or the second starting port 120 during the special symbol variation display, the right to display the special symbol variation display (hereinafter referred to as “reserved ball”) reserved by the entry is reserved. Has been. The number of reserved balls reserved is displayed on the first special symbol hold indicator 84 (see FIG. 3) and the second special symbol hold indicator 85 (see FIG. 3).

  When a game ball enters the winning gate 106 during the special symbol variation display, the normal symbol lottery means draws a lottery, and the normal symbol display 81 (see FIG. 3) for displaying the lottery result displays the above two indicators. 82 and 83 are arranged in the vicinity. The right of the normal symbol change display obtained by the game ball entering the winning gate 106 during the normal symbol change display, that is, the number of reserved balls is displayed on the normal symbol hold indicator 86 (see FIG. 3). Yes.

  When the game ball enters the first start port 105 or the second start port 120, the symbol display unit 104 starts a variation display of a plurality of decorative symbols, and stops the variation of the decorative symbol after a predetermined time has elapsed. If a specific symbol (for example, “777”) is prepared at the time of stoppage, it means that the right to execute the jackpot game (long win game) is acquired, and then the jackpot game (long hit game) is started. When the big hit game (long win game) is started, the opening / closing door 91 in the big winning opening unit 9 located below the game area 103 is opened for a predetermined time repeatedly for a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times). Prize balls corresponding to game balls are paid out.

  The big prize opening unit 9 supports an open / close door 91 that opens and closes the big prize opening 93 provided on the game board 101 so as to freely open and close, and the open / close door 91 is located on the front (front) side of the big prize opening 93, It is installed on the back of the game board 101. The open / close door 91 is normally closed to close the grand prize opening 93, thereby preventing a game ball from entering the big prize opening 93. When the big hit game is started, the open / close door 91 is opened by energizing the special winning opening / closing solenoid 43 and the special winning opening 93 is opened. When the big prize opening 93 is opened, the open / close door 91 functions as a tray for guiding the game ball into the big prize opening 93, so that the game ball can enter the big prize opening 93.

  An effect light 111 (lamp unit) having a plurality of lights 112 is installed on the upper and lower sides of the front frame 12.

  A tray unit 16 is installed below the front frame 12, and the above-described operation handle 113 is disposed. The operation handle 113 protrudes from the game board 101 to the player side, and is operated by the player when the game ball is fired by driving the launching portion.

  The operation handle 113 includes a firing instruction member 114 that drives the launching portion to launch a game ball. The firing instruction member 114 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the operation handle 113 so as to rotate clockwise as viewed from the player, and gives a launching command to the launching portion when being directly operated by the player. The operation handle 113 incorporates a sensor or the like that detects that the player directly operates the firing instruction member 114.

  On the upper side and the side (right side of the drawing in FIG. 1) of the symbol display portion 104 in the center accessory 2, effects for the effect (hereinafter referred to as “direction effects”) 115 and 116 are arranged. The directors 115 and 116 are driven by a motor, for example.

  A chance button 117 for accepting an operation by the player is also disposed below the front frame 12. The operation of the chance button 117 is effective while guidance for prompting the operation of the chance button 117 is displayed, for example, in a specific reach effect during the game.

  The front frame 12 incorporates a speaker 277 (see FIG. 2) that outputs a production effect sound or a sound that informs fraud. The speaker 277 has a function capable of outputting high, medium, and low sound areas, and outputs a high sound, medium sound, and low sound in a well-balanced manner during normal production, but in the case of special production described later or when there is fraud, etc. Is controlled to output a high treble region so that it can be heard well.

(Internal structure of control means)
FIG. 2 shows the internal configuration of the control means of the gaming machine 1. As shown here, the control means 200 mainly includes a plurality of main control boards 201, sub-control boards 202, prize ball control boards 203, and lamp control boards 206. It is comprised from the control board.

  The main control board 201 controls basic operations related to the game of the gaming machine 1, and based on a program stored in the ROM 201b, executes a basic process associated with the progress of the game content, and a work area for data during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 201a RAM 201c or the like functioning as The main control board 201 performs lottery lottery triggered by a game ball entering the first start port 105 or the second start port 120, and commands related to effects stored in the ROM 201b based on the lottery result Make a selection.

  On the input side of the main control board 201, a first start port detecting unit 221 that detects that a game ball has entered the first start port 105 and a game ball that has entered the second start port 120 are detected. The second start opening detection unit 225, the gate detection unit 222 for detecting that the game ball has passed through the winning gate 106, and the normal winning port detection for detecting the game ball that has entered the normal winning ports 107a, 107b, 107c. The unit 223 is connected to a special winning opening detection unit 224 that detects a game ball that has entered the special winning opening unit 9.

  An accessory operating device 231 is connected to the output side of the main control board 201. In the first embodiment, the accessory actuating device 231 is constituted by a large winning opening / closing solenoid (driving device) for opening / closing the open / close door 91 and a second starting opening / closing solenoid for opening / closing the second starting opening 120. ing.

  The accessory actuating device 231 is controlled by the main control board 201 and energizes the big prize opening / closing solenoid 97 to open the open / close door 91 in the big hit game (long win game, short win game), and by the winning of the above normal symbol The second start port 120 is opened and closed by energizing the second start port opening / closing solenoid.

  Connected to the input side of the sub-control board 202 is a chance button detection unit 220 that detects that the chance button 117 has been operated. The sub-control board 202 mainly controls the effects during the game, and stores a program 202 and past effect patterns, and a CPU 202a that executes effect lottery and effect processing based on commands transmitted from the main control board 201. A ROM 202b and a RAM 202c functioning as a data work area when the CPU 202a performs arithmetic processing are provided.

  When the sub-control board 202 receives a command related to the effect transmitted from the main control board 201, the sub-control board 202 performs a lottery based on the command, determines the effects such as the effect background pattern, the reach effect pattern, the appearance character, and the like. The finalized production is controlled. The symbol display unit 104 is connected to the output side of the sub-control board 202, and the decorative symbol effect is developed in the symbol display unit 104 according to the contents determined by the lottery. The sub-control board 202 is also provided with a VRAM 202 d for writing image data to be displayed on the symbol display unit 104.

  At normal times, the CPU 202a reads a program stored in the ROM 202b, executes various image processing such as background image display processing, symbol image display and variation processing, and character image display processing, and reads necessary image data from the ROM 202b to the VRAM 202d. Write. The background image, the symbol image, and the character image are superimposed on the symbol display unit 104 on the display screen. That is, the pattern image and the character image are displayed so as to be seen in front of the background image. At this time, if the background image and the design image overlap at the same position, the design image is preferentially stored in the VRAM 202d by referring to the Z value of the Z buffer of each image data by a known hidden surface removal method such as the Z buffer method. Let

  A speaker 277 is connected to the output side of the sub control board 202 and outputs sound as determined in the sub control board 202. Also connected to the output side of the sub control board 202 is a lamp control board 206 for controlling the lamp 262, the effect light 111, and the effect agent actuating device 254. The production actor actuating device 254 is constituted by a motor or the like that activates the production actors such as the production actors 115 and 116. The lamp control board 206 operates a program based on a command transmitted from the sub-control board 202 to execute an effect process, a ROM 206b that stores various effect pattern data, and a data work area at the time of arithmetic processing by the CPU 206a. RAM 206c or the like functioning as

  The lamp control board 206 performs lighting control for various lamps 262 provided on the game board 101, the base frame, and the like, and performs lighting control for a plurality of lights 112 in the effect light 111, so that light from each light 112 is transmitted. In order to change the irradiation direction, drive control for the motor is performed. The lamp control board 206 also performs drive control and the like for various motors that operate the effect actors 115 and 116 based on the command transmitted from the sub-control board 202.

  A prize ball control board 203 is connected to the main control board 201 so as to be capable of bidirectional transmission. The prize ball control board 203 includes a CPU 203a that executes a program for prize ball control by operating a program stored in the ROM 203b, a RAM 203c that functions as a work area for data during arithmetic processing of the CPU 203a, and the like. The prize ball is controlled based on the program.

  The prize ball control board 203 performs control for paying out the number of prize balls at the time of entering the connected payout unit 291. In addition, an operation of launching a game ball with respect to the launch unit 292 is detected, and the launch of the game ball is controlled. The payout unit 291 includes a motor for paying out a predetermined number from the game ball storage unit.

  The prize ball control board 203 enters the entrances (first start opening 105, second start opening 120, normal winning openings 107a, 107b, 107c, 107d, large winning opening 93) with respect to the payout unit 291. Control is performed to pay out the number of prize balls corresponding to the played game balls. The launcher 292 includes a sensor (not shown) that detects a game operation by the player, a solenoid (not shown) that launches a game ball, and the like, and launches a game ball for gaming. When the game operation is detected by the sensor of the launching unit 292, the prize ball control board 203 drives the solenoid or the like in response to the detected game operation to intermittently fire the game ball, and enters the game area 103 of the game board 101. Send out a game ball.

  3 and 4 are a front view and a perspective view showing the game board 101.

  3 and 4, the game board 101 has a game board 300 having a structure in which a resin sheet is attached to the front surface of a plywood, and various features such as the center accessory 2 and game nails 303 are arranged.

  In the center of the game area 103 of the game board 101, a center accessory 2 is provided.

  The center accessory 2 is provided at the center of the game area 103, and has a front unit 3 mainly composed of a frame member 21 in which an opening 22 is formed, and a symbol display unit 104 on the back side of the opening 22 is provided. Is arranged. A portion exposed from the opening 22 of the symbol display unit 104 is a screen 400. On the surface of the frame member 21, a gold plating is applied.

  A curved surface portion 23 is provided slightly to the left of the upper center of the frame member 21 of the center accessory 2, and the game area 103 branches left and right from the curved surface section 23 to gain momentum from the left-handed game area 301. It is divided into the track | truck 302 which decelerates the game ball to which too much was attached, and guides it to the collection port 108.

  In the left-handed game area 301, there are a large number of game nails 303, a winning gate 106, ordinary winning holes 107a, 107b, 107c, a windmill 109, a first starting opening 105, a second starting opening 120, and a big winning opening unit. 9 etc. are arranged.

  On the other hand, the left side wall 31 of the frame member 21 is provided with a warp path 32 through which a game ball falling in the left-handed game area 301 enters with a relatively low probability by the guidance of a nearby game nail 303.

  On the upper surface on the front side of the lower wall 33 of the frame member 21, a stage surface 34 on which the game ball that has passed through the warp path 32 rolls is formed. In the center of the stage surface 34, an entrance 35a (see FIG. 4) of a guide hole 35 that guides the game ball to the first starting port 105 is provided. The outlet 35 b of the guide hole 35 is located above the first starting port 105. In front of the stage surface 34, a stage surface 36 is formed on which the game ball that has fallen from the stage surface 34 rolls. In the center of the stage surface 36, a guide groove 37 for guiding the game ball to the first starting port 105 is formed.

  A region surrounded by the left side wall 31, the lower wall 33, the right side wall 38, and the upper wall 39 of the frame member 21 is the above-described opening 22.

  In a normal gaming state, the game ball falls to the lower left side with respect to the curved surface portion 23 and is guided to the left-handed game area 301, and while hitting the game nail 303 and the windmill 109, there is a warp path 32. , Passing through the stage surface 34 and the guide hole 35 and falling to the first start port 105, and some passing through the stage surface 36 and the guide groove 37 and falling to the first start port 105, and some , And falls directly downward without going through the warp path 32 and wins the general prize-winning tool 20 or the first starting port 105, and some gathers at the recovery port 108 as an out ball and passes through the out ball path hole. It is discharged to the back side of the game board 3.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the stage effect 115 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, the director 115 includes a main body case 501, a front decoration portion 502, an upper left front transparent plate 503, an upper left rear transparent plate 504, an upper right front transparent plate 505, and an upper right rear side. A transparent plate 506, left and right lamp substrates 507, 508, left and right drive mechanisms 509, 510, a plurality of cylinders 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, a movable support 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, heart-shaped movable parts 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, and a front main body frame 601.

  The main body case 501 has a shape opened to the upper surface and the rear surface. Left and right drive mechanisms 509 and 510 are arranged inside the main body case 501. A front main body frame 601 is disposed in front of the drive mechanisms 509 and 510. Left and right lamp substrates 507 and 508 are respectively arranged on the upper side of the front body frame 601. Light emitting diodes 541, 542, 543, and 544 are provided on the upper surface of the left lamp substrate 507. Light emitting diodes 545, 546, 547, 548, and 549 are provided on the upper surface of the right lamp substrate 508.

  The upper side of the left lamp substrate 507 is covered with an upper left front transparent plate 503 and an upper left rear transparent plate 504.

  The upper side of the right lamp substrate 508 is covered with an upper right front transparent plate 505 and an upper right rear transparent plate 506.

  Convex lens surfaces 551, 552, 553, and 554 are formed at positions on the upper surface of the upper left front transparent plate 503 corresponding to the light emitting diodes 541, 542, 543, and 544, respectively.

  Convex lens surfaces 555, 556, 557, 558, and 559 are formed on the upper surface of the upper right front transparent plate 505 corresponding to the light emitting diodes 545, 546, 547, 548, and 549.

  A plurality of cylinders 511, 512, 513, 514 and corresponding movable support portions 521, 522, 523, 524 are inserted between the upper left front transparent plate 503 and the upper left rear transparent plate 504, respectively. Opening portions 561, 562, 563, and 564 are formed.

  Between the upper right front transparent plate 505 and the upper right rear transparent plate 506, there are a plurality of columns 515, 516, 517, 518, 519 and corresponding movable support portions 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, respectively. A plurality of opening portions 565, 566, 567, 568, and 569 to be inserted are formed.

  The movable support portions 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529 are a plurality of cylinders 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518 by the left and right drive mechanisms 509, 510. 519. Heart-shaped movable parts 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, and 539 are attached to the front upper portions of the movable support parts 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, and 529. ing.

  The light emitting diodes 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, and 549 and the convex lens surfaces 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, and 559 are the heart-shaped movable parts 531 and 532, respectively. 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539 are provided on an extension line in the moving direction of the reciprocating motion. The illumination light emitted from the light emitting diodes 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549 is refracted by the convex lens surfaces 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, respectively. They are guided below the heart-shaped movable parts 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, respectively. The heart-shaped movable parts 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539 are made of a transparent material. The heart-shaped movable parts 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539 diffuse and emit the illumination light guided downward in the vertical and horizontal directions and forward.

  FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the front side portion 600 of the director role 115. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which the electrical decoration flexible substrate 701 is stretched.

  In FIG. 6, the front side portion 600 of the director 115 (see FIG. 5) includes a front decoration portion 502, a top left front transparent plate 503, a top right front transparent plate 505, left and right lamp substrates 507 and 508, The front body frame 601, an electric decoration flexible substrate 701, left and right substrate mounting members 751 and 752, and screws 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, and 806 are configured.

  In the flexible substrate for electrical decoration 701, a polyimide film or a photo solder resist film is used as the insulator 702, and copper is used as a conductor. As shown in FIG. 7, the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 is a light emitting element mounting portion for mounting a plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 as light emitting elements that emit illumination light on one substrate surface 710. 703 and a band-like extension part 704 extending from the light emitting element mounting part 703, and the extension part 704 on the same surface as the surface on which the light emitting element is mounted of the light emitting element mounting part 703. The connector female part 721 is mounted on one board surface 710. The plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 and the connector female portion 721 are electrically connected by the conductor described above.

  In FIG. 7, the light emitting element mounting portion 703 is formed in a horizontally long belt shape. Through holes 731 and 732 are formed on the left and right sides of the light emitting element mounting portion 703. Four color light emitting diodes 711 are arranged vertically and horizontally on the right side of the left side through-hole 731 on one substrate surface 710 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703. A horizontally long slot 733 is formed on the right side of the mounting position of the color light emitting diode 711 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703. On the right side of the long hole 733 on one substrate surface 710 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703, four color light emitting diodes 712 are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions. Four color light emitting diodes 713 are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions and mounted on the central portion of one substrate surface 710 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703.

  Four color light emitting diodes 715 are arranged vertically and horizontally on the left side of the right side through-hole 732 on one substrate surface 710 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703. A horizontally long slot 734 is formed on the left side of the mounting position of the color light emitting diode 715 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703. On the left side of the long hole 734 on one substrate surface 710 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703, four color light emitting diodes 714 are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  On the upper side of the central portion of the light emitting element mounting portion 703, an extending portion 704 as a flexible substrate is provided extending upward. Notches 735 and 736 are formed on both sides of the extended portion 704 on the upper side of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 to prevent the light emitting element mounting portion 703 from cracking when the extended portion 704 is bent. Has been. A connector mounting portion 705 for mounting the connector female portion 721 on one substrate surface 710 is formed on the distal end side of the extending portion 704. On the left and right sides of the connector mounting portion 705, screw fastening extensions 707 and 708 in which screw insertion holes 737 and 738 are formed are provided. A reinforcing insulating plate 709 is bonded and fixed to the other board surface side of the connector mounting portion 705 and the screwing extension portions 707 and 708. The insulating plate 709 is formed with screw insertion holes that communicate with the screw insertion holes 737 and 738.

  In FIG. 6, the front main body frame 601 includes a central board mounting part 611, a front left board mounting part 612, a front right board mounting part 613, an upper left board mounting part 614, an upper right board mounting part 615, and a lower plate shape. The part 616 is integrally formed.

  On the rear side of the central board mounting part 611, the connector mounting part 705 of the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 is screwed and fixed by screws 801 and 802.

  The left side of the light emitting element mounting part 703 of the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 is attached to the front right side board attaching part 612 by the left board attaching member 751.

  The right side of the light emitting element mounting part 703 of the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 is attached to the front right side board attaching part 613 by a right board attaching member 752.

  The top left front transparent plate 503 and the left light emitting element substrate 507 are screwed to the top left substrate mounting portion 614 by screws 803.

  The upper surface right front transparent plate 505 and the right light emitting element substrate 508 are screwed to the upper surface right substrate mounting portion 615 with screws 804.

  The central substrate mounting portion 611 has a plate-like portion 621 whose plate surface faces the front, and an upper wall portion 622 and left and right wall portions 623 and 624 that extend forward from the upper side and the left and right sides of the plate-like portion 621. Is provided. A cylindrical portion 625 is integrally provided on the right surface of the left wall portion 623. A screw hole 627 into which the screw portion of the screw 801 is screwed is formed inside the cylindrical portion. The screw hole 627 is formed so as to penetrate to the rear surface of the plate-like portion 621. A cylindrical portion 626 is integrally provided on the left surface of the right wall portion 624. A screw hole 628 into which the screw portion of the screw 802 is screwed is formed inside the cylindrical portion 626. The screw hole 628 is formed so as to penetrate to the rear surface of the plate-like portion 621.

  The front left substrate mounting portion 612 is provided to extend to the left from the front end of the left wall portion 623, and is curved toward the rear as it goes to the left. A fitting portion 631 into which the left substrate pressing member 751 is fitted is provided at the left end of the front left substrate mounting portion 612.

  The front right substrate mounting portion 613 is provided to extend to the right side from the front end of the right wall portion 624 and is curved rearward as it goes to the right side. A fitting portion 632 into which the right substrate pressing member 752 is fitted is provided at the right end of the front right substrate mounting portion 613.

  Protrusions 753 and 754 to be inserted into the left and right through holes 731 and 732 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 are provided on the back surfaces of the left and right substrate pressing members 751 and 752, respectively. The left and right substrate pressing members 751 and 752 are respectively attached to the fitting portions 631 and 632 in a state where the respective protrusions 753 and 754 are inserted into the left and right through holes 731 and 732 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703, respectively. The light emitting element mounting portion 703 is attached in a curved state along the front left substrate attaching portion 612 and the front right substrate attaching portion 613.

  Screw insertion holes 633 and 634 through which screw portions of screws 805 and 806 are inserted are formed in the front left substrate mounting portion 612 and the front right substrate mounting portion 613, respectively. Screws 805 and 806 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 633 and 634 from the back side of the front left substrate mounting portion 612 and the front right substrate mounting portion 613, respectively, and the screw portions are elongated holes 733 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703. 734, respectively, and are screwed into a screw hole formed on the back surface of the front decoration portion 502 and tightened to emit light between the front left substrate attachment portion 612 and the front right substrate attachment portion 613 and the front decoration portion 502. With the element mounting portion 703 sandwiched therebetween, the front decoration portion 502 is fixed to the front body frame 601 with screws. The front decoration portion 502 is provided with light transmitting portions 651, 652, 653, 654, and 655 that transmit a plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 mounted on the light emitting element mounting portion 703 to the front side. ing.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the electric decoration flexible board 701 is attached to the front body frame 601, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a connector female portion 721 in a state in which the electric decoration flexible board 701 is attached to the front body frame 601. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the connector female portion 721 in a state where the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 is attached to the front main body frame 601 and the peripheral portion thereof.

  In FIG. 8, when attaching the connector mounting portion 705 of the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 to the front main body frame 601, the extension portion 704 is bent to the rear side and detoured to the upper side of the upper side wall portion 622 of the central substrate attachment portion 611. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the connector mounting portion 705 is screwed and fixed to the rear side of the plate-like portion 621 of the central substrate mounting portion 611 with screws 801 and 802. In this case, the screws 801 and 802 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 737 and 738 (see FIG. 7) of the screwing extension portions 707 and 708 of the electric decoration flexible board 701 from the rear side of the front body frame 601. Then, the connector mounting portion 705 is screwed and fixed to the rear side of the plate-like portion 621 of the central substrate mounting portion 611 by being screwed into the screw holes 627 and 628 (see FIG. 6) of the central substrate mounting portion 611 and tightened. is doing.

  In a state where the electrical decoration flexible board 701 is completely attached to the front body frame 601, as shown in FIG. 10, the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 (FIG. 7) is disposed on the front body frame 601 so that the board surface 710 on which the connector female part 721 of the extending part 704 is mounted is directed substantially in the opposite direction.

  When describing such a structure as a whole, the production actor 115 is provided in the gaming machine 1 and performs illumination for production.

  The electric decoration flexible substrate 701 has a light emitting element mounting portion 703 for mounting a plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, and 715, which are light emitting elements that emit illumination light on one substrate surface 710. The light emitting element mounting portion 703 has an extending portion 704 extending on the same surface as the surface on which the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 are mounted. A connector female portion 721 is mounted on one board surface 710 of the extension portion 704.

  The front-side main body frame 601 bends the extending portion 704 with respect to the substrate surface 710 on which the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 are mounted. The board body 710 on which the connector female portion 721 is mounted is directed to the effect actor body to which the flexible board for electric decoration 701 is attached in a substantially opposite direction as another direction.

  The front decoration portion 502 is a cover member that covers the light emitting element mounting portion 703 and transmits illumination light from the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, and 715 to the outside.

  According to the first embodiment of the invention, the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 are curved on the front body frame 601 by bending the extending portion 704 of the flexible board for electrical decoration 701. , 712, 713, 714, 715 are mounted on the substrate surface 710 on which the connector female portion 721 of the extension portion 704 is directed in a substantially opposite direction with respect to the substrate surface 710 on which the electrical connector is mounted. Therefore, while improving both the degree of freedom in the design of the portion that emits light by the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, and 715 of the director 115 and making the director 115 compact, the director 115, the amount of wiring harness that is connected to the connector female portion 721 of the flexible board for electrical decoration 701 is reduced. It can, it is possible to improve the workability during assembly of the effect role 115. In the first embodiment, since the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 and the connector female portion 721 are mounted on the same substrate surface 710, the color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, Mounting work is easier than in the case where 714, 715 and connector female portion 721 are provided on different board surfaces, and the number of work steps and parts are also reduced. In the first embodiment, the connector female portion 721 is directly mounted on the flexible board for electrical decoration 701, thereby reducing the number of work steps and the number of parts compared to the manufacturing method in which the harness is directly connected to the flexible board for electrical decoration. is doing.

  The light transmitting portions 651, 652, 653, 654, 655 provided in the front decoration portion 502 may be transparent or translucent.

  Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where a flexible board for electric decoration 951 is attached to the front main body frame 901 of the second embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a front main body of the second embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the connector female portion 971 with the electrical decoration flexible board 951 attached to the frame 901 and the rear side of the peripheral portion thereof, and FIG. 13 shows the front body frame 901 of the second embodiment according to the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the connector female part 971 of the state which attached the flexible board | substrate 951 for electrical decoration, and its peripheral part. In FIGS. 11 to 13, the same components as those in the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 11, the front body frame 901 of the front side portion of the director is provided with a central portion 910, a central upper substrate mounting portion 911, a front left substrate mounting portion 612, a front right substrate mounting portion 613, an upper surface left substrate mounting portion 614, An upper surface right side substrate mounting portion 615 and a lower plate-shaped portion 916 are integrally formed.

  The central portion 910 is provided between the front left substrate mounting portion 612 and the front right substrate mounting portion 613.

  The center upper substrate mounting portion 911 is provided between the upper surface left substrate mounting portion 614 and the upper surface right substrate mounting portion 615. In front of the center upper substrate mounting portion 911, a cutout portion 917 for inserting an extension portion 954 described later of the flexible board for electric decoration 951 is provided.

  In FIG. 12, screw holes 927 and 928 into which the screw portions of the screws 801 and 802 are screwed from the lower side are formed in the center upper substrate mounting portion 911.

  On the lower surface of the central upper substrate mounting portion 911, a connector mounting portion 955 of the flexible board for electric decoration 951 is screwed and fixed by screws 801 and 802.

  A through-hole 918 is formed in the lower plate-shaped portion 916. A connector male portion connected to a later-described connector female portion 971 of the flexible substrate 951 and a harness connected thereto are inserted into the through-hole 918.

  In FIG. 11, a flexible substrate 951 for electrical decoration uses a polyimide film or a photo solder resist film as an insulator 952, and copper as a conductor. The electrical decoration flexible substrate 951 includes a light emitting element mounting portion 703 for mounting a plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, and 715 as light emitting elements that emit illumination light on one substrate surface 960, and the light emission A band-like extension part 954 extending from the element mounting part 703 is provided.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the flexible board for electric decoration 951 has a connector female portion 971 on the board surface 961 of the extension portion 954 on the surface opposite to the surface on which the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 is mounted. Implement. A plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 shown in FIG. 11 and the female connector portion 971 shown in FIG. 13 are electrically connected by the conductor described above.

  Hereinafter, the extension portion 954 will be described in more detail.

  In FIG. 13, a connector mounting portion 955 for mounting the connector female portion 971 is formed on the other board surface 961 at the distal end side of the extending portion 954. In FIG. 12, left and right of the connector mounting portion 955 are provided with screwing extensions 957 and 958 in which screw insertion holes 987 and 988 are formed. A reinforcing insulating plate 959 is bonded and fixed to one board surface 960 side of the connector mounting portion 955 and the screwing extension portions 957 and 958. The insulating plate 959 is formed with screw insertion holes that communicate with the screw insertion holes 987 and 988.

  When attaching the connector mounting part 955 of the flexible board for electric decoration 951 to the front main body frame 901 of the front side part of the director, the extension part 954 is bent rearward and moved to the lower side of the central upper board attaching part 911. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the connector mounting portion 955 is screwed and fixed to the lower surface of the central upper board mounting portion 911 with screws 801 and 802. In this case, the screws 801 and 802 are inserted into the screw insertion holes 987 and 988 of the screwing extending portions 957 and 958 of the flexible board for electric decoration 951 from the lower side of the front main body frame 901, and the central upper substrate. By screwing into the screw holes 927 and 928 of the mounting portion 911 and tightening, the connector mounting portion 955 is fixed to the lower surface of the central upper board mounting portion 911 with screws.

  In a state where the electric decoration flexible board 951 is completely attached to the front body frame 901, as shown in FIG. 13, the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 (FIG. 11), the board surface 961 for mounting the connector female part 971 of the extending portion 954 is arranged on the front main body frame 901 in a substantially vertical downward direction as another direction.

  According to the second embodiment of the invention, the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711 of the light emitting element mounting portion 703 are curved on the front main body frame 901 by bending the extending portion 954 of the flexible board for electric decoration 951. , 712, 713, 714, 715, and the board surface 961 for mounting the connector female portion 971 of the extension portion 954 with respect to the board surface 960 for mounting the flexible board 951 for electrical decoration. In the structure in which the extension portion 954 of the flexible board for electric decoration 951 is extended upward and then the connector female portion 971 is directed downward, a plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713 serving as a director are provided. , 714, 715 and improving the degree of freedom in the design of the part that emits light and making the director a compact The harness connected to the connector female portion 971 of the inside conductive decorative flexible substrate 951 of the effect combination 115 can reduce the amount to be laid, it is possible to improve the workability during assembly of the effect won game.

  In the second embodiment, since the plurality of color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714, 715 and the connector female portion 971 are mounted on different board surfaces, the color light emitting diodes 711, 712, 713, 714 are mounted. , 715 and the connector female portion are more complicated than the case where the connector female portion is provided on the same board surface, and the number of work steps and the number of parts increase. However, as in the second embodiment, In the structure in which the extension female portion 971 is directed downward after extending the extension portion 954 upward, the length of the extension portion 954 is shortened and when the front body frame 901 is attached to the flexible board for electric decoration 951 Workability is improved.

1 …… Machine machine, 2 …… Center character, 15 …… Glass door, 21 …… Frame member,
101 …… Game board, 115 …… Director, 300 …… Game board,
501 …… Main body case, 502 …… Front decoration part,
509, 510... Drive mechanism,
511, 512, 513, 514 ... cylinder,
515, 516, 517, 518, 519 ... cylinder,
521, 522, 523, 524... Movable support part,
525, 526, 527, 528, 529... Movable support part,
531, 532, 533, 534... Heart-shaped movable part,
535, 536, 537, 538, 539... Heart-shaped movable part,
531, 532, 533, 534... Heart-shaped movable part,
535, 536, 537, 538, 539... Heart-shaped movable part,
541, 542, 543, 544... Light emitting diode,
545, 546, 547, 548, 549... Light emitting diode,
551, 552, 553, 554... Convex lens surface,
555, 556, 557, 558, 559 ... convex lens surface,
601, 901 ... front body frame,
701, 951 …… Flexible substrate for electrical decoration,
702... Light emitting element mounting portion, 704 and 954.
710, 960, 961 ... substrate surface,
711, 712, 713, 714, 715 ... Color light emitting diodes,
721, 971. Connector female part,

Claims (2)

It is a director that is provided in a gaming machine and performs lighting for the director,
A light emitting element mounting portion for mounting a light emitting element that emits illumination light is mounted on one substrate surface, and has an extending portion that extends from the light emitting element mounting portion, and the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting portion is mounted. A flexible board for electrical decoration that mounts a connector female part on the board surface of the extension part on the same surface as the surface;
A flexible board for electric decoration with the board surface on which the connector female part of the extension part is mounted in a different direction with respect to the board surface on which the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting part is mounted by bending the extension part A director of a gaming machine, characterized by comprising a director of the director. It is a director that is provided in a gaming machine and performs lighting for the director,
A light emitting element mounting portion for mounting a light emitting element that emits illumination light is mounted on one substrate surface, and has an extending portion that extends from the light emitting element mounting portion, and the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting portion is mounted. A flexible board for electrical decoration that mounts a connector female part on the board surface of the extension part on the surface opposite to the surface;
A flexible board for electric decoration with the board surface on which the connector female part of the extension part is mounted in a different direction with respect to the board surface on which the light emitting element of the light emitting element mounting part is mounted by bending the extension part A director of a gaming machine, characterized by comprising a director of the director.

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