JP2012081171A - Decoration unit, game board unit, and pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a member to emit light, while preventing the member projecting from a decoration from interfering with and being damaged by an outer frame, in the case of a configuration in which the decoration is caused to move back and forth between a position in which it projects onto the center portion of a game board surface and a position in which it retreats from the center portion of the board surface.SOLUTION: A decoration unit includes a decoration 31 moving back and forth between a position in which it projects into the game board surface and a retreat position in which it retreats from within the game board surface, and a drive mechanism 70 for causing the decoration to move back and forth. The decoration includes a printed board 35 having a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon; a decoration body 40 that emits light produced by the LEDs; a retractable decoration 45 projecting from an outer peripheral edge of the decoration body and supported in such a manner as to freely move back and forth in an inside and outside direction; an elastic member 50 for biasing the retractable decoration outward; and a light guide member 51 for guiding the light from the particular LED mounted on the printed board to the retractable decoration.

Description

  The present invention relates to a decorative body unit, a game board unit, and a pachinko gaming machine capable of exhibiting a characteristic effect in the progress of the game by causing the decorative body to appear and disappear on the surface of the game board constituting the pachinko gaming machine. About.

In pachinko machines, various board parts such as a prize opening, windmill, variable display device, and lighting device are provided on the board surface of the game board in order to diversify the contents of the game, winning prizes during the game, and other situation changes The stage effect is enhanced by moving the movable panel surface parts in various directions.
For example, when a game ball wins a start winning opening provided on the game board, the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the variable display device in the game board start to fluctuate, and the symbols that have been stopped after a predetermined time have been determined in advance. When it becomes a jackpot symbol, it becomes a jackpot state, and the player can acquire a large number of balls. In such a gaming machine, various display effects are performed in order to enhance the interest of the game.
For example, Patent Document 1 relating to the proposal of the present applicant includes a first movable accessory that reciprocates in the left-right direction parallel to the board surface of the game board, and a second movable accessory that reciprocates in the front-rear direction of the game board. , An accessory device including the above is disclosed. According to this, it is possible to realize an effect corresponding to the complexity and sophistication of game contents.

Next, FIGS. 11A, 11 </ b> B, and 11 </ b> C are a front view, an enlarged view of a main part, and a rear view showing a configuration example of a conventional movable panel surface component. This movable panel surface component has a movable accessory 110 attached to the tip of one long arm 100 that rotates in a direction parallel to the panel surface around a rotation axis (not shown) provided at one end. By moving from a position outside the gaming board surface indicated by a solid line to a position closer to the center of the liquid crystal screen 130 on the gaming board surface indicated by a broken line, an effect of collaboration with an image on the screen is exhibited.
The movable accessory 110 includes a printed circuit board 111 on which a plurality of LEDs are mounted, a decorative body 115 that is disposed on the front surface of the printed circuit board 111 and emits light emitted from each LED, and an outer peripheral direction of the decorative body 115 from the outer periphery. A plurality of projecting members 120 projecting from the head and a light emitting decorative body 125 fixed to the tip of each projecting member 120. The printed circuit board 111 includes a printed circuit board body 111A located on the back surface of the decorative body 115, and a printed circuit board branch part 111B connected to the printed circuit board body 111A and extending in the outer diameter direction along the protruding member 120. An LED (not shown) is mounted on the front surface of the printed circuit board branch 111B extending to the back surface side of the light emitting decorative body 125, and this LED supplies power from a wiring pattern (not shown) formed on the printed circuit board branch 111B. Receives light.

Reference numeral 140 denotes an outer frame disposed along the outer periphery of the liquid crystal screen 130.
The movable accessory 110 moves back and forth between an outward retracted position indicated by a solid line and an inwardly protruded position indicated by a broken line as the long arm 100 swings left and right. Since the movable accessory 110 has the light emitting decorative body 125 protruding to the outer frame 140 side, the swinging outward is stopped when the light emitting decorative body 125 contacts the outer frame 140 at the retracted position indicated by the solid line. To do.
However, the light-emitting decorative body 125 repeatedly contacts the outer frame 140 repeatedly, so that the contact portion between the light-emitting decorative body 125 and the outer frame 140 or the light-emitting decorative body protrudes over time as shown in FIG. Damage and cracks were likely to occur at the connecting portion with the member 120, and the durability was significantly reduced.

On the other hand, in order to enhance the production effect, when the movable object protrudes toward the center, the area of the movable object is shown as large as possible. There is a demand to conceal an accessory with another decorative body so that it cannot be seen as much as possible.
However, as long as the configuration in which the light emitting decorative body 125 protrudes from the decorative main body 115 to the outer frame 140 side is adopted, the majority of the decorative main body and the other light emitting decorative body are concealed when the movable accessory 110 is in the retracted position. It becomes difficult to let them. Also, in order to reduce the area that can be seen from the front when in the retracted position, the entire area of the movable accessory must be reduced, but in that case, a powerful effect by collaboration with the image on the LCD screen There was a problem that could not be realized.
Temporarily, it is possible to make the light emitting decorative body 125 protrude and retract in the inner and outer diameter directions with respect to the decorative main body 115 so that the light emitting decorative body 125 is pressed and retracted when it contacts the outer frame 140. In this case, since the printed circuit board branch part 111B cannot be extended from the printed circuit board body 111A toward the light emitting decorative body 125 on the outer frame side, the light emitting decorative body 125 cannot emit light. Become.

JP 2007-029255 A

As described above, in the conventional movable panel surface part that moves the movable accessory (decorative body) forward and backward between the position protruding from the center of the game board surface and the position retracted outward, the member protruding from the movable accessory is There was a problem that it was easily damaged by interference with a part of the outer frame. Further, if this member is configured so that it can be protruded and retracted in order to prevent the protruding member from being damaged, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to mount the LED on the tip of the member to emit light. Furthermore, if the front shape of the movable accessory is made large in order to enhance the production effect, there is a problem that the most of the movable accessory is visually recognized from the front when moved to the retracted position, thereby reducing the interest of the game. .
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when the decorative body is configured to advance and retreat between a position protruding from the center of the game board surface and a position retracted from the center of the board surface, the decorative body protrudes from the decorative body. While eliminating the problem that the member interferes with the outer frame and breaks it, it is possible to make this member emit light, and while maintaining the front shape of the decorative body located at the center of the panel sufficiently large, the center of the panel The purpose is to prevent a problem in which most of the decorative body is visually recognized from the front when it is retracted from the front.

In order to achieve the above object, a decorative body unit according to the invention of claim 1 includes a decorative body that advances and retreats between a protruding position protruding into the game board surface and a retracted position retracted from the game board surface, and the decorative body. A decorative mechanism unit comprising: a decorative body unit comprising: a printed circuit board on which a plurality of LEDs are mounted; a decorative body that emits light by light emission from the LEDs; and an exterior of the decorative body. A protruding / decorating body that protrudes from the periphery and is supported so as to be able to protrude / decrease in / out, an elastic member that urges the protruding / decorating body to the outside, and light emitted from a specific LED mounted on the printed circuit board And a light guide member for guiding.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the light guide member is a rod-shaped light guide member having an incident surface opposed to an emission surface of a lateral light emitting LED mounted on the printed board, and the protruding and decorative body is the rod-shaped decorative body. The light guide member is slidably supported in the inner and outer directions and is urged outward by the elastic member.
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the elastic member is a coil spring disposed on an outer periphery of the rod-shaped light guide member.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the driving mechanism includes an arm that supports the decorative body at a distal end portion and a rotation shaft at a proximal end portion, and a plurality of gears that are sequentially assembled to the arm proximal end portion. A gear group and a motor that rotates the gear group in a direction parallel to the game board surface about the rotation axis by rotating the gear group.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the drive mechanism includes a biasing member that biases the arm in the protruding position in the retracting direction when the arm is moved to the retracted position.
The invention according to claim 6 is provided with a support member that supports the decorative body and the drive mechanism, and the support member is configured such that when the decorative body moves to the retracted position, the protrusion / decoration decorative body is disposed outside the support member. An opening for passing through is formed, and a stopper is provided outside the opening so as to come into contact with the protruding / decorating decorative body and immerse it.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a game board unit includes the decorative body unit according to any one of the first to sixth aspects and the game board.
A pachinko gaming machine according to an invention of claim 8 is provided with the game board unit according to claim 7.

  According to the present invention, when the decorative body is configured to advance and retreat between the position protruding from the central portion of the game board surface and the position retracted from the central portion of the board surface, the member protruding from the decorative body interferes with the outer frame. This member can be made to emit light while eliminating the problem of being damaged. Furthermore, while maintaining the front shape of the decorative body located at the center of the panel surface sufficiently large, it is possible to prevent a problem that the majority of the decorative body is visually recognized from the front when retracted from the center of the panel surface.

1 is an overall front view of a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a decorative body unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a partial front view of a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a decorative body unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a game board front view which shows the retracted state of a decoration body unit. (A) And (b) is a principal part enlarged view which shows the protrusion state of the decoration body which comprises the decoration body unit which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and a retracted state. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the decoration body protruded. It is a disassembled perspective view of a decoration body unit. (A) And (b) is the front view and back view which show the state where the appearance decoration body contacted the outer frame. (A) And (b) is the front view and back view which show the state where the appearance decoration body contact | abutted with the outer frame and was immersed. (A) And (b) is a partial cross section figure which shows the protrusion state and immersion state of the intrusion decoration body. (A) And (b) is a principal part enlarged view which shows the structural example which light-emits a decorative ornament. (A) (b) And (c) is the front view which shows the structural example of the conventional movable panel surface components, the principal part enlarged view, and a rear view.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
1 and 2 are an overall front view and a partial front view of a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a decorative body unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a game board showing a retracted state of the decorative body unit. FIG.

The pachinko gaming machine has a rectangular frame (not shown), and the game board 1 is detachably attached to the window hole of the frame from the back side.
A glass frame (not shown) is attached to the front side of the game board 1 so as to be openable and closable. A lower part of the game board 1 is provided with a tray part 2 for storing game balls, and a launch lever 3 for launching game balls in the tray part 2. In addition, a button switch for gaming machines, a purchase button for game balls, and a purchase cancel button (none of which are shown) are provided on the top surface of the tray.
On the back side of the game board 1, a synthetic resin mechanism board (none of which is shown), which is assembled with back parts related to the progress and production of the game, such as a liquid crystal screen, main control board and sub-control board, can be freely opened and closed. Has been. Around the game area 1a of the game board 1, an outer rail that guides a game ball launched from the launch device by operating the launch lever 3 to the upper part of the game area 1a, or guides it to an out port (not shown), and An inner rail is provided.
A center member 5 having an opening at the center is disposed at a substantially central portion of the game board 1. A symbol display device 6 is arranged inside the center member 5. The symbol display device 6 is constituted by a liquid crystal display panel such as a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays a special symbol image (not shown) in a normal operation state. In the so-called special game state, an effect image indicating the special game state is displayed.

The center member 5 is provided with a decorative body unit 30. In this example, the decorative body unit 30 includes a decorative body 31 that embodies a transformation item gimmick of a character (character) involved in the progress of the game, and a drive mechanism 70 that drives the decorative body 31 forward and backward. Yes.
Below the center member 5 is provided a variable winning device (not shown) for variably displaying a special symbol of the symbol display device 6. On the left side of the center member 5, a gate for operating a normal symbol displayed on a normal symbol display device (not shown) is provided. Further, below the variable winning device, there is provided a large winning opening having an open / close door that is opened in a big hit state which is one of the special gaming states.
The variable winning device includes an upper start pocket for variably displaying the symbol display device 6 and an electric tulip having a pair of left and right opening / closing claws (movable pieces).

In addition, the game board 1 is provided with a normal winning port, an out port, and the like, and a windmill and a number of game nails (not shown) project. The game nail slows down the falling speed of the game ball and changes the falling direction in a complicated manner to enhance the interest in game progression.
A normal symbol displayed on a normal symbol display device (not shown) can display one or a plurality of symbols in a variable manner, and the symbol is a random number on the condition that the gate as a normal symbol start port detects a game ball. It is variable and stopped for a predetermined time by control or the like.
As a normal symbol, a numerical symbol, an alphabet symbol, a character symbol, and other appropriate game symbols are used. Then, when the normal symbol is in a predetermined mode by random number control on the condition that the game ball has passed through the gate, the movable piece made of the electric tulip provided in the variable winning device is opened for a predetermined time. It is configured.

  The special symbol displayed on the symbol display device 6 is configured to be in a big hit state when the stop symbol is a predetermined symbol combination, for example, the same symbol combination. The special symbol is displayed by random number control, etc., on condition that the game ball is detected at the upper start pocket of the variable winning device or the lower start port (not shown) where the game ball is guided by the opening operation of the electric tulip. A predetermined fluctuation pattern is varied (variable) for a predetermined time, such as by scrolling, and stopped at a symbol. At that time, when two stop symbols become the same on the active line, a reach state occurs, and in this reach state, the last stop symbol on the active line is already stopped. A jackpot condition occurs when they are the same. In addition, as a special symbol, a numerical symbol, an alphabet symbol, a character symbol, etc. can be used.

  4 (a) and 4 (b) are enlarged views of main parts showing the protruding state and retracted state of the decorative body constituting the decorative body unit according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows the decorative body protruding. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the decorative body unit, and FIGS. 7A and 7B are a front view and a rear view showing a state in which the decorative body touches the outer frame. 8 (a) and 8 (b) are a front view and a rear view showing a state in which the appearance decorative body is in contact with the outer frame and is immersed, and FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b) are views of the appearance decorative body. FIGS. 10A and 10B are partial cross-sectional views showing a protruding state and an immersion state, and FIGS. 10A and 10B are enlarged views of a main part showing a configuration example for causing the decorative ornament to emit light.

The decorative body unit 30 protrudes into the board surface of the game board 1, specifically, the center member 5 disposed in the center part of the game board (the front surface of the symbol display device 6) (FIGS. 1 and 2). And a decorative body 31 that moves along the game board surface between a retreat position (outside of the game board surface, FIG. 3) retracted from the inside of the game board surface to the outside, a drive mechanism 70 that moves the decorative body 31 forward and backward, and And a supporting member 80 for supporting.
The decorative body 31 is an image of a transformation item (transformation badge) of a character appearing in a drama.
The decorative body 31 is fixed to a printed circuit board 35 on which a plurality of LEDs are mounted, a decorative body 40 that is disposed on the front surface side of the printed circuit board 35 and emits light by light emitted from the LEDs, and a back surface side of the decorative body 40. Thus, a back plate 44 that accommodates the printed circuit board 35, a protruding / decorating decorative body 45 supported so as to be able to protrude and retract from the outer peripheral edge of the decorative main body, and an outer peripheral edge of the decorative main body 40 are integrally projected in the outer diameter direction. The light emitting decorative body 46, the elastic member 50 that urges the appearance decorative body 45 to the outside, and the light guide member 51 that guides light emitted from the other LEDs 55 mounted on the printed circuit board 35 to the appearance decorative body. .

The drive mechanism 70 has a decorative body 31 fixed to the distal end portion, an arm 71 having a rotation shaft 71a at the proximal end portion, a gear group 73 including a plurality of gears sequentially assembled to the arm proximal end portion, and a gear. A motor 75 that rotates (swings) the arm 71 around the rotation shaft 71a in a direction parallel to the board surface by rotating the group and a control means (not shown) are provided.
A disc-shaped member 71b is integrated with the base end portion of the arm 71, and this member 71b is integrated with a large-diameter gear member 73a by screws. The rotation shaft 71a passes through the center hole 73a ′ of the gear member 73a. The gear portion on the outer periphery of the gear member 73a meshes with the other gears 73b, 73c, 73d sequentially. The shaft center of the gear 73 d is fixed to the output shaft of the motor 75.
The drive mechanism 70 and the decorative body 31 are supported by a support member 80. The support member 80 includes a front wall member 81, a rear wall member 83, and an intermediate wall member 85, and supports the drive mechanism 70 so as to sandwich the drive mechanism 70 between the rear wall member 83 and the intermediate wall member 85. Yes. The front wall member 81, the rear wall member 83, and the middle wall member 85 are connected and integrated with each other by screws.

  The rotation shaft 71a is fixed by fitting one end into a shaft support portion 83a that is a hole provided in the rear wall member 83 and fitting the other end into a hole provided in the middle wall member 85. The shaft 71a is loosely fitted in the center hole 73a ′ of the gear member 73a to rotatably support the gear member 73a. The other gears 73b, 73c, 73d are pivotally supported by the rear wall member 83 and the middle wall member 85 so as to be rotatable. The motor 75 is disposed and fixed between the rear wall member 83 and the middle wall member 85. By driving the motor 75 forward and backward by control from a control means (not shown), the driving force is transmitted to the arm 71 via the gear group 73 and swings with the decorative body 31.

  In this example, the decorative body 31 is formed by using an urging member 78 including a box 76 having a rack gear 76a meshing with the gear 73c on the outer surface and a weight member 77 accommodated in the box 76. The speed when moving from the protruding position shown in FIG. 4A to the retracted position shown in FIG. 4B is increased. That is, the urging member 78 is supported in the support member 80 so as to advance and retreat in the vertical direction, and the vertically extending rack gear 76a is always meshed with the gear 73c at the intermediate position. For this reason, when the motor 75 rotates in the direction to move the decorative body 31 to the protruding position in FIG. 4A, the gear 73c rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. . On the other hand, if the driving of the motor 75 is turned off and the output shaft of the motor is shifted to a free state when the decorative body 31 is in the protruding position of FIG. 4A, the weight of the weight member 77 in the urging member 78 As a result, the gear 73c is rotated in the counterclockwise direction a in FIG. 6, and the urging member 78 is rapidly lowered. For this reason, the gear member 73a also rapidly rotates in the counterclockwise direction a, and the arm 71 and the decorative body 31 are quickly moved to the retracted position.

In this example, the weight of the weight member 77 is used as the urging member, but an elastic member (not shown) may be used instead of the weight member. That is, the arm 71 may be urged in the retracting direction by using an urging member made of a torsion spring, a coil spring or the like.
Thus, by using the urging member 78, it is possible to speed up the retracting operation of the decorative body and to change the game content.
Further, a photo interrupter 87 is fixed to the front wall member 81, and the photo interrupter detects the detected piece 71b 'protruding from the disk-like member 71b at the base end of the arm, so that the arm and the decorative body The position is detected.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5, an opening 86 a is formed at a portion corresponding to the decorative body 45 of the decorative body on the side wall 86 of the support member 80. When the decorative body 31 moves to the retracted position shown in FIG. 4B, the decorative body 31 is configured to come into contact with the frame body (stopper) 5a of the center member 5 located outside the side wall 86. That is, when the support member 80 is assembled to one side (in this example, the left side edge) of the center member 5, a gap G is formed between the frame 5 a and the side wall 86, and the decorative body that appears and disappears from the opening 86 a. 45 is configured to project outward and to contact the frame 5a.

Next, the structure of the printed circuit board and the ornamental body will be described with reference to FIGS.
The printed circuit board 35 includes a printed circuit board body 41 located on the back surface of the decorative body 40 and a printed circuit board branch 42 connected to the printed circuit board body 41 and extending in the outer diameter direction along the light emitting decorative body 46. . An LED (not shown) is mounted on the front surface of the printed circuit board branch 42 that extends to the back side of the light emitting decorative body 46, and this LED supplies power from a wiring pattern (not shown) formed on the printed circuit board branch 42. Receives light.

The light guide member 51 is a rod-shaped body (rod-shaped light guide member) that is fixed in a state in which one end is brought close to the emission surface of the lateral light emitting LED 55 provided on a corresponding side of the printed circuit board body 41, and the other end portion. Protrudes in the outer diameter direction (outside). The ornamental body 45 includes a circular electric decoration part 45a made of a translucent material and a block-shaped slide member 45b fixed to the electric decoration part 45a, and is led into a through hole provided in the slide member 45b. By the insertion of the optical member 51, the appearance decoration body 45 is configured to advance and retreat in the inner and outer diameter directions. In addition, an elastic member 50 made of a coil spring is disposed on the outer periphery of the light guide member 51, and the elastic member 50 constantly urges the slide member 45b to protrude outward.
One end (incident end portion) of the light guide member 51 faces the lateral light emitting LED 55 fixed to the printed circuit board 35 and enters the light emitted from the LED 55, and the incident light is guided in the longitudinal direction inside the light guide member. And reaches the illumination part 45a to emit light (FIG. 10). In the state of FIG. 9A, the light emitted from the other end of the light guide member can cause the electric decoration 45a to emit light.

  The slide member 45b inserts and supports other parts of the light guide member in a slidable manner. By configuring the slide member 45b with a light-shielding member or with a member coated with a light-shielding paint, it is possible to prevent a loss of light guided through the light guide member, and to efficiently illuminate the illumination part 45a. Can emit light. Further, light loss may be prevented by applying a light-shielding paint to the outer surface of the light guide member that is not involved in the incidence of light from the lateral light emitting LED 55 and the light emission to the electric decoration 45a.

Since the opening 86a for projecting the appearance ornamental body 45 outward is formed on the side wall 86 of the support member 80, the appearance ornamental body 45 is moved when the ornamental body 31 is moved to the retracted position shown in FIG. Is configured to abut against the frame (stopper) 5a of the center member 5 located further outside the side wall without abutting against the side wall 86 of the support member. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 4B, the decorative body 31 can be further hidden behind the support member 80 by the dimension of the gap G and the length of the protrusion / depression decorative body 45.
When the configuration in which the arm and the decorative body are quickly returned to the retracting direction using the biasing member 78 as described above is adopted, the impact when the electric decoration portion 45a collides with the frame body 5a becomes strong. Since the electrical decoration part 45a is buffered by the cushioning action of the elastic member 50, damage can be significantly reduced and durability can be enhanced.

Next, a procedure for moving the decorative body unit having the above configuration between the retracted position and the protruding position will be described.
When the decorative body unit 30 is in the projecting position of FIG. 4A, the LED 45 on the printed circuit board 35 is caused to emit light so that the illumination part 45a and the light-emitting decorative body 46 can emit light. It is possible to realize an effect by collaboration with the video on the screen of the symbol display device 6.
When the decorative body unit 30 in the protruding position is moved to the retracted position shown in FIG. 4B, the driving force is transmitted to the arm 71 via the gear group 73 by the control means rotating the motor 75 in the retracted direction. As a result, the arm 71 moves to the retracted position. At this time, the arm 71 and the decorative body 31 move quickly due to the biasing force of the biasing member 78. The appearance decorative body 45 projecting from the decorative main body 40 reaches the position where the decorative body 45 abuts the frame body 5a beyond the opening 86a, and the electric decoration portion 45a is relatively pressed by the frame body 5a, thereby elastic member 50. It sunk to the decoration main body 40 side along the light guide member 51, resisting. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3, most of the decorative body 31 is concealed by the support member 80 and other decorative members arranged on the left edge of the game board (FIGS. 7 and 8).
In addition, you may comprise so that an electrical decoration part may be immersed by making the electrical decoration part 45a contact | abut with the side wall (stopper) 86, without providing the opening 86a.

Even if the electric decoration part 45a collides with the frame 5a or the side wall 86 vigorously, the impact is alleviated by the cushioning action by the elastic member 50, so that the decorative body 45 and the decorative body 40 that supports the decorative body 45 are provided. The damage received can be greatly reduced.
As described above, according to the present invention, when the decorative body is located at the center of the game board surface or near the center, it is desired to make the decorative body appear as large as possible to enhance the effect, while the decorative body retracts to the side of the game board surface. In this case, it is suitable when it is desired to conceal it with another member so that it is not visually recognized as much as possible.
By providing the decorative body 31 with the in / out decorative body 45 biased in the protruding direction by the elastic member 50, the frame body 5a with which the in / out decorative body abuts when the decorative body moves to the retracted position, and other stopper portions It is possible to increase the durability of each member by absorbing and mitigating the impact between the members.

When the decorative body 45 is configured so as to be able to appear and retract from the decorative body 40, the decorative decoration body is arranged so that the LED lights on the printed circuit board main body arranged corresponding to the decorative main body are spaced apart in the horizontal direction. However, in the present invention, the light emitted from the lateral light emitting LED 55 provided on the printed board in the lateral direction is received by the light guide member, and the electrical decoration portion is interposed through the light guide member. Since the light is guided to 45a so as to emit light, it is possible to effectively emit light from the electrical decoration portions that are spaced apart from each other (lateral direction) other than the front surface of the printed circuit board.
In addition, while the electric decoration part is slidably supported by the rod-shaped light guide member, the electric decoration part is urged in the protruding direction by the coil spring provided on the outer periphery of the light guide member, so the number of parts is reduced. The light guide member and the cushion mechanism can be combined in a compact manner.

In this example, the decorative body is configured to advance and retract in the lateral direction from the center of the game board, but may be configured to advance and retract in the vertical direction or in an oblique direction. Further, although the decorative body is moved by the arm while drawing an arcuate trajectory, the present invention can also be applied to a case where the decorative body is moved along a linear trajectory.
The decorative body unit and the game board shown in the above embodiment constitute a game board unit.
Further, although the detailed configuration of the pachinko gaming machine is not illustrated and described, there is no doubt that the pachinko gaming machine is included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game board, 1a ... Game area, 2 ... Dish part, 3 ... Launch lever, 5 ... Center member, 5a ... Frame body (stopper), 30 ... Decoration body unit, 31 ... Decoration body, 35 ... Printed circuit board, 40 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Decoration body, 41 ... Printed circuit board main body, 42 ... Printed circuit board branch part, 44 ... Back plate, 45 ... Intrusion decoration body, 45a ... Electric decoration part, 45b ... Slide member, 46 ... Light emission decoration body, 50 ... Elastic member, 51 ... light guide member, 55 ... LED, 70 ... drive mechanism, 71 ... arm, 71a ... rotating shaft, 71b ... member, 71b '... detected piece, 73 ... gear group, 73a ... gear member, 73a' ... center Hole, 73b ... Gear, 73c ... Gear, 73d ... Gear, 75 ... Motor, 76 ... Box, 76a ... Rack gear, 77 ... Weight member, 78 ... Biasing member, 80 ... Support member, 81 ... Front wall member, 83a ... Spindle support, 85 ... Inner wall member, 86 Side wall, 86a ... opening, 87 ... the photo-interrupter

Claims (8)

A decorative body unit comprising: a decorative body that moves back and forth between a protruding position that protrudes into the game board surface and a retracted position that retreats from within the game board surface; and a drive mechanism that advances and retracts the decorative body,
The decorative body includes a printed circuit board on which an LED is mounted, a decorative main body that emits light by light emission from the LED, a protruding and decorative body that protrudes from the decorative main body and is supported so as to freely protrude in and out, and the decorative body. An ornamental body unit comprising: an elastic member that biases outward; and a light guide member that guides light emitted from a specific LED mounted on the printed circuit board to the ornamental body.   The light guide member is a rod-shaped light guide member having an incident end opposed to an emission surface of a lateral light emitting LED mounted on the printed circuit board, and the protruding / decorating body is formed by the rod-shaped light guide member. The decorative body unit according to claim 1, wherein the decorative body unit is slidably supported in a direction and is urged outward by the elastic member.   The decorative body unit according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a coil spring disposed on an outer periphery of the rod-shaped light guide member.   The drive mechanism includes an arm that supports the decorative body at a distal end portion and a rotation shaft at a proximal end portion, a gear group that includes a plurality of gears that are sequentially assembled to the arm proximal end portion, and the gear group. And a motor for rotating the arm in a direction parallel to the game board surface about the rotation axis by rotating the arm. unit.   5. The drive mechanism includes a biasing member that biases the arm in the projecting position in the retracting direction when the arm is moved to the retracted position. The decorative body unit described in 1.   The decorative body and a support member that supports the drive mechanism are provided, and the support member is formed with an opening that allows the decorative body to pass outside the support member when the decorative body moves to the retracted position. The decorative body unit according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a stopper is provided outside the opening so as to contact with and retract the decorative body.   A game board unit comprising the decorative body unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and the game board.   A pachinko gaming machine comprising the gaming board unit according to claim 7.

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