JP2014083214A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine including a decoration part having a three-dimensional outline of a transparent member that a player is easily recognizable.SOLUTION: The game machine includes: an upper-side cover member 251 that has a circular character surface part 271 facing a front face side where a player is located, and a cylindrical wall surface part 272 extending rearward from a peripheral edge of the character surface part 271, and that has translucency such that the surface side is visibly provided from the player; and left-side LEDs 212L that output light to a back side of the upper-side cover member 251. The wall surface part 271 of the upper-side cover member 251 includes, at an inner surface thereof, inner peripheral irregularity parts 293, the intervals of which are set shorter than intervals of recesses of outer peripheral irregular parts 292 located in the back side of the character surface part 271. This configuration makes it easy for the player to recognize a boundary between the inner peripheral irregular part 293 and the outer peripheral irregular part 292 so as to highlight a corner part 283 equivalent to an end face circumferential edge of a column.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

  As a kind of gaming machine, for example, in a slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to a lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that makes the player expect a lottery result is performed. As a part of this effect, a decoration part is arranged fixedly or operable separately from the reel and the liquid crystal display device, and an effect of causing the decoration part to emit light is performed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-173166 A

  However, when a three-dimensional shape is formed of a transparent member as the decoration portion, the contour of the three-dimensional shape is difficult to visually recognize, and there is a problem that it is difficult for the player to recognize the three-dimensional shape.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine provided with a decorative portion that allows a player to easily recognize the outline of the transparent member in the three-dimensional shape. .

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1
It has a facing surface portion facing a predetermined direction side where the player is located, and a wall surface portion having a shape extending from the peripheral portion of the facing surface portion to the side opposite to the predetermined direction, and is provided so that the surface side can be visually recognized by the player. In a gaming machine comprising a decorative member having translucency, and a light emitting means provided on the back side of the decorative member and outputting light incident from the back side,
On the back surface side of the facing surface portion of the decorative member, a plurality of recessed portions having apexes at a part with a predetermined interval and a predetermined amount of depth are formed adjacent to each other at least at the outer peripheral portion along the boundary with the wall surface portion. The opposite surface back side undulations are provided,
On the inner surface side of the wall surface portion of the decorative member, a recessed portion having a smaller interval than the opposed surface back side undulating portion continues in the extending direction of the wall surface portion, and surrounds the outer edge of the opposed surface back side undulated portion. It is characterized in that undulations are provided.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the game machine provided with the decoration part which a player can recognize easily the outline in the three-dimensional shape of a transparent member can be provided.

It is a front view of the slot machine in one embodiment. It is a perspective view of the slot machine in the state where the front door is closed. It is a perspective view of the slot machine in a state where the front door is opened. It is a front view of the housing | casing in the state which removed the front door. (A) is a front view of the upper side display unit in the state which saw through the upper panel part, (b) is a front view which shows the state which removed the one part member of the upper side display unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper side display unit seen from the front side. It is a disassembled perspective view of a left unit. It is sectional drawing of the upper side display unit in the AA line of Fig.5 (a). (A) is a rear view of an upper cover member, (b) is sectional drawing of the upper cover member in the CC line of Fig.9 (a). (A) is a side view of an upper cover member, (b) is sectional drawing of the upper cover member in the DD line of Fig.10 (a). It is a disassembled perspective view of the left unit seen from the left front side. It is sectional drawing of the upper side display unit in the BB line of Fig.5 (a). (A) is the rear view of a rear side plate-shaped member, (b) is the perspective view which looked at the rear side plate-shaped member from the back side. (A) is sectional drawing of the back side plate-shaped member 352 in the EE line | wire of Fig.13 (a), (b) to (d) typically shows the advancing direction of the light irradiated to the back side plate-shaped member. FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a slot machine which is a kind of gaming machine will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the slot machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the slot machine 10 with the front door 21 closed, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the slot machine 10 with the front door 21 open. FIG. 4 is a front view of the housing 11 with the front door 21 removed.

  A front door 21 is attached to the front side of the housing 11. The front door 21 is supported by the casing 11 so that the inner space of the casing 11 can be opened and closed with the left side portion as a rotation axis. Specifically, a housing side support member 17 is provided on the left side plate portion 14 of the housing 11, and a door side support member 22 is provided on the left side portion of the front door 21. Each of these support members 17 and 22 is made of metal, and a pair of upper and lower support shaft portions 17a are integrally formed on the housing side support member 17, and the door-side support member 22 has one support shaft portion 17a. A support hole 22a is formed corresponding to the pair. The front door 21 is supported by the housing 11 so as to be openable and closable by the support holes 22a being inserted into the corresponding support shafts 17a and supported at the lower side.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure by which a spindle part is formed in the door side support member 22, and a support hole part is formed in the housing | casing side support member 17, and in this case, each spindle part is inserted in each support hole part to which it corresponds. The lower side is supported.

  When the front door 21 is closed with respect to the housing 11, the back surface of the front door 21 comes into contact with the entire periphery of the front opening of the housing 11 from the front. Therefore, when the front door 21 is in a closed state, the entire front opening of the housing 11 is covered with the front door 21. A locking device 23 is provided on the right side of the front door 21, that is, on the opening / closing front end side, and a metal locking receiving member 18 is provided on the right side plate 15 of the housing 11 as shown in FIG. ing. When the front door 21 is in the closed state, the locking device 23 is in a locked state with respect to the lock receiving member 18 and the opening operation of the front door 21 is prevented.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a plurality of electric devices are mounted in the housing 11. Specifically, a power supply device 31 and a hopper device 32 are provided side by side on the bottom plate portion 12 of the housing 11. The power supply device 31 is connected to the power supply of the game hall, and generates and supplies the operating power necessary for the hopper device 32 and various devices to be described later, based on the power supplied from the power supply. Further, the power supply device 31 changes to a power switch operated at power-on or power-off, a reset button for resetting various states of the slot machine 10, and a medal grant rate (for example, winning probability in internal lottery) Is provided with a setting key insertion hole that is operated to change the setting state to “6” from “setting 1” (lowest grant rate) to “setting 6” (highest grant rate). Yes. The hopper device 32 includes a storage tank 32a for storing medals in a space opened upward, and a payout device 32b for paying out medals stored in the storage tank 32a. The medal is stored and the medal is paid out to the player according to the game result.

  In the housing 11, a reel unit 101 is provided above the power supply device 31 and the hopper device 32. The reel unit 101 includes a left reel 102L, a middle reel 102M, and a right reel 102R formed in a cylindrical shape as a plurality of rotating bodies. Each of the reels 102L to 102R is rotatably supported so that the central axis thereof is the rotation axis of the reels 102L to 102R. The rotation axes of the reels 102L to 102R are arranged on the same axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction. Each of the reels 102L to 102R is connected to a reel drive motor including a stepping motor, and the reels 102L to 102R can be individually rotated, that is, independently driven by the drive of the reel drive motor. It has a configuration.

  As shown in FIG. 3, belt-like belts 103L, 103M, and 103R are wound around the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 102L to 102R. A plurality of types of symbols are attached to the peripheral surfaces of the belt-like belts 103L to 103R (for example, 21 pieces each), and each reel drive motor is driven to rotate, and each reel 102L to 102R rotates. The position of the symbol will change continuously.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the symbols attached to the reels 102 </ b> L to 102 </ b> R are visible from the front of the slot machine 10 through the transparent resin window panel 131 provided in the upper half of the front door 21. Yes. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, a horizontally elongated display window 27 is formed in the lower portion of the area overlapping the window panel 131 on the rear surface of the front door 21 so as to surround the upper, lower, left and right sides. The display unit 111 is mounted, and the range of the reel unit 101 that can be viewed from the front of the slot machine 10 is limited to the range of the display window 27 surrounded by the broken line on the lower side of FIG. That is, the display window 27 is partitioned by using the window panel 131 and the display unit 111. The range in which the display window portion 27 is formed is set such that the number of symbols that can be visually recognized as a whole is three in each of the reels 102L to 102R in the vertical direction. When each of the reels 102L to 102R rotates forward, the image is displayed as if the symbol is moving from the top to the bottom through the display window 27. In addition, when all the reels 102L to 102R are stopped, a total of nine symbols, three in the vertical direction and three in the horizontal direction, are visible to the player.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a predetermined number of combination lines L <b> 1 to L <b> 5 are set in a range where nine symbols visible from the display window 27 are arranged. Specifically, a total of five combination lines L1 to L5 are set, with three parallel in the horizontal direction and two in the diagonal direction. These combination lines L1 to L5 are activated by the number corresponding to the bets of medals and virtual medals, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the internal lottery is stopped and displayed on the activated combination lines. As a result, a privilege is given to the player. The number of combination lines may be 6 or more, or may be less than 5, and the maximum number of combination lines may be changed according to a predetermined condition such as a game state.

Each of the reels 102L to 102R is provided with a small role symbol, a replay symbol, and a special symbol. For example, the “Watermelon”, “Bell”, and “Cherry” symbols exist as small roles, and the “Watermelon” symbol is aligned with the left, middle, and right on one of the active lines. In this case, 15 medals are paid out, and when the “bell” symbol is aligned with any of the left, middle and right on any of the active lines, 8 medals are paid out and “ When the “cherry” symbol stops on the active line, two medals are paid out. In addition, if the re-game symbols are aligned with any of the left, middle and right on any active line, no medal will be paid out, but a new game can be started without requiring a new betting operation. Become.

  As special symbols, for example, there are “7” symbols and “BAR” symbols. If “7” symbols are aligned to the left, middle, and right on any active line, the first special gaming state When the “BAR” symbol is aligned with any of the left, middle, and right on any of the active lines, the state shifts to the regular bonus state as the second special gaming state. The big bonus state and the regular bonus state are states in which the payout rate of medals and virtual medals at each game round is improved compared to the normal game state. Specifically, when winning is made by internal lottery, each reel 102L ~ This is a state in which the winning of the “bell” combination that is stopped and displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L5 occurs more frequently than in the normal gaming state regardless of the stop timing of 102R. The big bonus state is a state that ends when the total number of medals and virtual medals paid out to the player in the state exceeds a first predetermined number (for example, 350), and the regular bonus state is This state is terminated when the total number of medals and virtual medals paid out to the player in this state becomes equal to or greater than a second predetermined number (for example, 150) smaller than the first predetermined number.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an area above the display window 27 in the window panel 131 is an area where the display surface 112 a of the display device 112 provided in the display unit 111 can be viewed from the front of the slot machine 10. That is, the window panel portion 131 includes an upper panel portion 131a that allows the display surface 112a to be visually recognized, and a lower panel portion 131b that allows the symbols of the reels 102L to 102R to be visually recognized. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the window panel part 131 is provided with a partition part 134 so as to partition the upper panel part 131a and the lower panel part 131b vertically.

  In the front door 21, an effect light emitting unit 133 and a notification light emitting unit 132 are provided around the window panel unit 131. The effect light-emitting unit 133 performs light effects according to the game situation, and the notification light-emitting unit 132 performs light emission control according to the occurrence of an abnormality.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the front door 21, an area below the window panel portion 131 bulges forward of the slot machine 10 from the window panel portion 131 to form an operation area 24. Are provided with various operation units. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a start lever 151 that is operated to start rotation of each reel 102 </ b> L to 102 </ b> R is provided on the left side of the front surface of the operation area 24. When the start lever 151 is operated in a situation where at least one of a medal and a virtual medal is betted, the reels 102L to 102R start to rotate all at once.

  As shown in FIG. 2, stop buttons 153L, 153M, and 153R that are operated to individually stop the rotating reels 102L to 102R are provided on the right side of the start lever 151. The stop buttons 153L to 153R are respectively disposed directly below the reels 102L to 102R to be stopped when viewed from the front. The stop operation of each of the stop buttons 153L to 153R is validated when a predetermined time elapses after the left reel 102L starts to rotate.

On the right side of the upper surface of the operation area 24, as shown in FIG. 2, an insertion member 155 provided with a medal insertion slot 155a for inserting a medal is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, a selector 113 is provided on the rear surface of the front door 21, and a medal inserted into the medal slot 155a is guided by the selector 113 to the hopper device 32 when it can be inserted. If it cannot be inserted, the medal outlet 25a provided at the lower front of the front door 21 is led to the medal tray 25.

  On the left side of the upper surface of the operation area 24, a credit insertion button 152 that is operated to insert a credited virtual medal is provided. By operating the credit insertion button 152, virtual medals are inserted within the range of the number of virtual medals credited and the maximum number of bets.

  A settlement button 156 is provided below the start lever 151 in front of the operation area 24. By operating the settlement button 156, the hopper device 32 is driven and controlled, and the credited virtual medal is paid out to the medal tray 25 as an actual medal. The medal tray 25 is formed at the lower end of the front door 21 so as to protrude forward of the slot machine 10 and has a medal storage area opened upward.

  The operation area 24 and the medal tray 25 are spaced apart in the vertical direction, and a decorative panel portion 26 is provided between them. The decoration panel unit 26 is provided with decorations such as characters and patterns corresponding to the model of the slot machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of left and right audio output units 157 with built-in speakers for notifying the player of the game state and the like are provided on the left and right sides of the operation area 24 and the left and right sides of the medal outlet 25a. It is provided so as to be separated, and sound can be output from a total of four places.

  On the upper side of the operation area 24, an operation button 154 that is operated to switch the content of the effect on the display device 112 is provided to the left of the medal slot 155a. As a mode of switching the effect contents by operating the operation button 154, when a predetermined display effect is executed on the display device 112 in the middle of one game, the display on the display device 112 is performed in accordance with the operation of the operation button 154. Examples include a mode in which the performance progresses to a specific performance and a mode in which a predetermined image is displayed. As another aspect, there is an aspect in which the mode is switched in accordance with the operation of the operation button 154 in a situation where there are a plurality of modes in which the contents of the selected effects are different as the display effects of one game. It is done. In addition, the operation of the operation button 154 is not executed as an effect. For example, a configuration in which the game content of the slot machine 10 is explained on the display device 112 in accordance with the operation of the operation button 154, or the slot machine A configuration in which the contents of ten game histories are displayed is exemplified.

  A game flow of the slot machine 10 configured as described above will be briefly described.

  First, at least one of a medal and a virtual medal is inserted based on at least one of a medal insertion operation to the medal insertion slot 155a and a pressing operation of the credit insertion button 152. In this case, when one medal or one virtual medal is inserted, the center line L1 is set as an effective line, and when the total number of inserted medals and virtual medals is 2, the center line is set. When L1, upper line L2, and lower line L3 are set as active lines and the total number of medals and virtual medals inserted is 3, the center line L1, the upper line L2, the lower line L3, and a pair of diagonal lines L4 , L5 is set to the active line.

  In addition, when the total number of medals and virtual medals is already three, if a medal is further inserted into the medal insertion slot 155a, the inserted medal is credited as a virtual medal.

  When the start lever 151 is pushed down in a situation where the total number of medals and virtual medals inserted is a predetermined number (for example, three), an internal lottery is executed and rotation of the reels 102L to 102R is started. Thereafter, the respective stop buttons 153L to 153R are sequentially pressed to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels 102L to 102R. In this case, pull-in control on the active line is executed for the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in the internal lottery. Specifically, at a timing when a predetermined stop button is pressed, even if the symbol corresponding to the winning combination does not exist on the active line for the target reel, the symbol is in the active line. If it is included in a predetermined number (for example, four) of symbols existing on the upstream side, it is configured to be drawn on the effective line and stopped. In the configuration, the “bell” symbol and the replay symbol are set so that the arrangement interval in each reel 102L to 102R is within the above-mentioned pull-in control range, whereas the “watermelon” symbol, “cherry” The “symbol”, “7” symbol, and “BAR” symbol are set so that the arrangement interval on each of the reels 102L to 102R can be out of the range of the pull-in control.

  When all the reels 102L to 102R are stopped, a winning determination is made on whether or not the winning combination in the internal lottery is established on any of the effective lines L1 to L5, and the winning is established. When it is determined that the player has played, a privilege corresponding to the winning is given to the player. For example, when a prize for a predetermined small role is established, the number of medals corresponding to the small role is controlled to be paid out to the player. In this case, when the number of credited virtual medals is less than the maximum number (for example, 50), the virtual medals are credited within the range of the maximum number. On the other hand, when the maximum number has been reached, the hopper device 32 is driven and controlled and paid out to the player as an actual medal. Further, when the re-game winning is established, the re-game is controlled to be given to the player, and when the big bonus winning is established, the gaming state shifts to the big bonus state. When the regular bonus winning is established, the gaming state is controlled to shift to the regular bonus state.

  The internal lottery and various controls are executed by the main controller 41. As shown in FIG. 4, the main control device 41 is provided above the reel unit 101 in the housing 11. The main control device 41 includes a main control board 42 on which one of the CPU 43, ROM 44 and RAM 45 for executing the internal lottery and various controls is mounted, a board box 46 for housing the main control board 42, It has. The board box 46 includes a pair of case bodies 47 (one case body is not shown), and the pair of case bodies 47 are combined so that the main control board 42 is sandwiched in the thickness direction. The main control board 42 is accommodated in the board box 46. Each case body 47 is formed of a transparent (or colorless and transparent) resin so that the main control board 42 can be visually confirmed through the case body 47 from the outside of the board box 46. In addition, a plurality of coupling structures 48 for coupling the case bodies 47 are provided at the edge portion of each case body 47, and the coupling structures 48 are configured to require partial destruction when the coupling is released. Therefore, when the internal space of the substrate box 46 is illegally opened, the broken portion remains in the coupling structure 48, so that the trace of the unauthorized opening remains.

  In addition, as a structure for leaving an open trace on the substrate box 46, a sealing seal that leaves a trace that the adhesive layer has been peeled off by leaving the adhesive layer on the adhesion target is to be straddled across the boundaries between the plurality of case bodies. In this case, an adhesive may be applied to the boundary between a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box, or these structures and the coupling structure 48 may be combined.

  The main control device 41 is fixed to the back plate portion 13 of the housing 11. Specifically, the main control device 41 has a substantially rectangular front and back surfaces and is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, corresponding to the shape of the main control board 42 having a substantially rectangular shape. Further, the wall portion for generating the surface in the substrate box 46 is opposed to the element mounting surface on which the CPU 43, ROM 44 and RAM 45 are mounted in the main control substrate 42.

  The main control device 41 is fixed to the back plate portion 13 via the support unit 51. Although not described in detail in the drawings, the support unit 51 is supported by a support pedestal 52 fixed to the back plate portion 13 and is rotatable with respect to the support pedestal 52 in the front-rear direction with a lower end portion as a rotation axis. And a supporting member 53. A pair of left and right support hooks 54 are integrally formed on the support pedestal 52. When the support member 53 is superimposed on the support pedestal 52 from the front, the support member 53 is fixed to the support pedestal 52. Forward displacement is regulated. The releasing operation of the state fixed by the support hook 54 can be performed by elastically deforming the support hook 54 from the front opening side of the housing 11 when the front door 21 is opened. It is not necessary to destroy the member during the release operation.

  The main control device 41 has a lower region inserted into the support member 53 from above and is fixed to the support member 53. The fixing requires a predetermined member to be broken when it is released and leaves a trace of the releasing of the fixing. However, it is possible to use a screw or the like so as not to break when releasing the fixing. In the configuration in which the main control device 41 is fixed to the support member 53, the region of the surface portion of the substrate box 46 that faces the element mounting surface of the main control substrate 42 is not covered by the support member 53. Therefore, even when the main control device 41 is fixed to the support member 53, the visibility of the element mounting surface from the outside of the substrate box 46 is ensured. In a state where the support member 53 in which the main control device 41 is integrated is superimposed on the support base 52 and the main control device 41 is disposed at the initial position, the back surface of the main control device 41 is the back plate portion of the housing 11. 13 and the main control device 41 is in an upright state.

  Since the main control device 41 is fixed to the back plate portion 13 as described above, the main control device 41 exists at a position far from the front opening portion of the housing 11, and unauthorized tampering is performed from the front opening portion. Even if a tool is inserted to try to cheat the main control device 41, it is difficult to do so. In addition, since the element mounting surface of the main control board 42 faces the front of the slot machine 10, it is possible to easily visually check the element mounting surface when the front door 21 is in an open state, thereby facilitating confirmation of fraud. Is planned.

  On the other hand, when the support member 53 integrated with the main control device 41 is rotated forward so as to be separated from the support pedestal 52, the upper end of the main control device 41 is set to the front opening side of the housing 11. It can be pulled out. In this state, the main control device 41 is positioned such that the upper end position is in front of the front-rear direction center of each of the reels 102L to 102R and behind the front opening of the housing 11. The device 41 can be pulled out forward. As a result, the main controller 41 can be visually confirmed at a closer position.

  Next, the overall configuration of the upper display unit 200 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 5 and 6, and then the details of each unit will be individually described. 5A is a front view of the upper display unit 200 in a state where the upper panel portion 131a is seen through, and FIG. 5B is a part of the left and right character display portions 201 to 204 in the upper display unit 200. It is a front view which shows the state which removed the member.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper display unit 200 is a member that is provided on the upper side of the display window portion 27 and that forms part of the display unit 111 together with the members that form the left and right sides and the lower portion of the display window portion 27. is there. The upper display unit 200 is provided on the front side of the display device 112, and is attached so that the display device 112 and the display control device 114 that controls the display content of the display device 112 overlap on the back side. As shown in FIG. 1, the display surface 112a of the display device 112 is disposed so as to be visible from the front side at the center portion of the upper panel portion 131a, and the upper display unit 200 is visually recognized by the player on the front side of the display surface 112a. An effect using a three-dimensional decorative member is added to the front side of the two-dimensional effect provided on the display surface 112a of the display device 112.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the upper display unit 200 is provided with a horizontally elongated display opening 211 at the center in a state where the upper panel 131a is seen through, and the display device is provided through the display opening 211. The display surface 112a of 112 can be visually recognized by the player. On the left side of the display opening 211, a left unit 221 having three left character display parts 201 to 203 having a substantially circular shape in front view and characters displayed in the center part is provided. On the other hand, on the right side of the display opening 211, as shown in FIG. 5A, a right unit 222 having a right character display portion 204 on which a vertically long “source” character is displayed is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, a light emitting diode (LED) 212 as a light emitting means is built in the back side of each character display unit 201 to 204, and each LED display unit 201 to 204 is individually provided by this LED 212. The formed characters can emit light. In addition, a character display section simulating cherry blossom petals and lanterns is provided so as to overlap the front side of the LED 212, and the character display section can also emit light by the light emission of the LED 212. In FIG. 5A, only some of the LEDs 212 are numbered and the rest are omitted.

  For the LEDs 212 provided in each part, the emission color of LEDs that can be turned on, blinked, and whose emission color can be changed (for example, LEDs that can emit light in full color with three color LEDs) is changed. The upper display unit 200 can execute various light effects. The light emission control of the LED 212 is executed by the above-described display control device 114 and is a general control, and thus a detailed description of the control is omitted. Instead of the light emission control of the upper display unit 200 by the display control device 114, the light emission control may be performed by another general control device such as control by another control device such as the main control device 41.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the upper display unit 200 includes a base unit 220 that integrally supports the components, a left unit 221 that forms a left portion of the upper display unit 200 when viewed from the front, and a front view of the upper display unit 200. It has a right unit 222 that forms the right part, and an upper unit 223 and a lower unit 224 that form the upper and lower parts of the upper display unit 200 when viewed from the front.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the upper display unit 200 is attached to the base unit 220 so that the other four units 221 to 224 overlap the front side. This attachment is performed by an operation of pushing each of the units 221 to 224 on the front side of the base unit 220 in an overlapping manner and a screwing operation from the back side. The right unit 222 and the upper unit 223 are provided with elastically deformable engaging portions 222a and 223a for temporarily fixing to the base unit 220. Similarly, the left unit 221 and the lower unit 224 are temporarily fixed. An engaging portion for fixing is provided. The units 221 to 224 are temporarily fixed to the base unit 220 by engaging the engaged portions 222a and 223a of these units with the engaged portions of the base unit 220 after being elastically deformed in accordance with the pushing operation. . Thereafter, the other four units 221 to 224 can be integrated with the base unit 220 by being fixed to the units 221 to 224 with screws from the back side of the upper display unit 200.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the base unit 220 is provided with a horizontally-long rectangular mounting base 231 formed in a plate shape having a front and rear thickness with a synthetic resin, and a plurality of LEDs 212 that overlap with the front side of the mounting base 231. Have light emitting substrates 232 and 233 mounted thereon.

  In the central portion of the mounting base 231, a horizontally elongated base window portion 241 formed in substantially the same size as the display surface 112 a of the display device 112 is provided so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction, and display is performed through the base window portion 241. The display surface 112a of the device 112 is visible to the player. The display device 112 and the display control device 114 are attached to the back side of the attachment base 231 and these devices 112 and 114 are fixed with screws. A base mounting portion 242 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the mounting base 231. The base mounting portion 242 is provided with a mounting hole that protrudes outward and penetrates in the front-rear direction. A screw is inserted through the base mounting portion 242, and the upper display unit is connected to the front door 21. 200 is fixed.

  A cylindrical unit fixing portion 243 that protrudes forward is provided above and below the base window portion 241 of the mounting base 231, and a screw is inserted into the unit fixing portion 243 from the back side of the base unit 220. The upper unit 223 and the lower unit 224 are fastened and fixed to the base unit 220. In addition, a large number of screw insertion portions 244 that pass back and forth through the base unit 220 and the light emitting substrates 232 and 233 are provided throughout the base unit 220, and screws are also inserted into the screw insertion portions 244 from the back side of the base unit 220. The other units 221 to 224 are fastened and fixed to the base unit 220. Note that the screws provided in the upper display unit 200 are omitted in FIG. 6 and are omitted in the other drawings as well.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the light emitting substrates 232 and 233 are provided so as to have substantially the same horizontally long rectangular shape as the base unit 220 and have a thickness in the front and rear so as to extend over substantially the entire region of the base unit 220 as viewed from the front side. The outer shape is formed by the printed board. The light emitting boards 232 and 233 are provided with a large number of LEDs 212 mounted on a forward-facing surface corresponding to the surface of the printed circuit board and electronic components such as resistors for controlling the light emission of the large number of LEDs 212. The light emitting substrates 232 and 233 are formed in a shape corresponding to the base window portion 241 of the base unit 220 so as to be slightly larger than the base window portion 241 so that the display surface 112a of the display device 112 is visible from the front side. Has been. The light emitting substrates 232 and 233 are divided at the center in the left-right direction. Hereinafter, the light emitting substrate 232 provided on the left side is referred to as the left light emitting substrate 232, and the light emitting substrate 233 provided on the right side is referred to as the right light emitting substrate 233. Called.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the left light emitting substrate 232 is provided at a position overlapping the LED 212 (hereinafter referred to as the left LED 212 </ b> L) that overlaps the back side of the left unit 221 and the back side of the upper unit 223. LED 212 (hereinafter referred to as upper LED 212U). The left light-emitting substrate 232 has a size that overlaps the entire length of the vertical portion of the left unit 221, and a left main body 232a in which a plurality of left LEDs 212L are arranged vertically and horizontally apart from each other, and an upper side of the left main body 232a and It has a left upper part 232b and a left lower part 232c that extend to the right side when viewed from the front side corresponding to the center side along the lower side, and is formed in a U-shape with the right side opened when viewed from the front side. Yes. A plurality of upper LEDs 212U are mounted on the left upper portion 232b of the left light emitting board 232 so as to be spaced apart in a horizontal row, and a plurality of left LEDs 212L are mounted on the left lower portion 232c of the left light emitting board 232 so as to be spaced apart in a horizontal row. Has been.

As shown in FIG. 6, the right light-emitting substrate 233 is provided at a position overlapping the LED 212 (hereinafter referred to as the right LED 212 </ b> R) provided on the back side of the right unit 222 and the back side of the upper unit 223. And an upper LED 212U. The right light-emitting substrate 233 has a size that overlaps the entire length of the right portion of the right unit 222 and a plurality of right LEDs 212R that are spaced apart vertically and horizontally, and an upper side of the right body 233a and It has a right upper portion 233b and a right lower portion 233c that extend to the left side when viewed from the front side corresponding to the center side along the lower side, and is formed in a U-shape with the left side opened when viewed from the front side. Yes. A plurality of upper LEDs 212U are mounted on the right upper portion 233b of the right light emitting substrate 233 so as to be spaced apart in a horizontal row, and a plurality of right LEDs 212R are mounted on the right lower portion 233c of the right light emitting substrate 233 so as to be spaced apart in a horizontal row. Has been.

  The LEDs 212 mounted on the two light emitting substrates 232 and 233 are set so that the irradiation direction is perpendicular to the surface of each of the light emitting substrates 232 and 233 (the surface on which the LED 212 is mounted), and the strongest light is irradiated in the vertical direction. Is done. Each LED 212 is irradiated with weaker light as the inclination angle increases in a direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

  The upper unit 223 is formed of a translucent colored synthetic resin that is partly long and has a shape that bulges forward. The upper unit 223 bulges forward by the light emission of the upper LED 212U and simulates a lantern. The decorative portion can emit light individually. The lower unit 224 is made of a colored synthetic resin that does not have translucency, and includes a decorative portion that imitates a torii with characters and the like printed on the surface portion. The lower unit 224 is formed in a shape having an upper surface that is inclined downward toward the front side and faces obliquely upward, and emits light from the upper LED 212U and the display surface 112a of the display device 112 as illumination.

(Left side unit 221)
Next, the left unit 221 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 in addition to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the left unit 221 viewed from the front side, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the upper display unit 200 taken along the line AA in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the left unit 221 is formed in a size that covers the entire front side of the left part of the base unit 220, and includes left character display units 201 to 203 on which three characters are drawn, And a character decoration unit 205 simulating a petal. The left character display portions 201 to 203 and the character decoration portion 205 are provided at a position overlapping the front side of the left LED 212L provided on the left light emitting substrate 232, and the left character display portion is irradiated with the light of the left LED 212L. 201-203 and the character decoration part 205 can emit light.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the left unit 221 includes three character cover members 251 to 253 that form the left character display portions 201 to 203, and character cover members 251 to 253 on the rear side of the character cover members 251 to 253. A main body cover member 254 forming a decorative portion on the front side of the left unit 221 and a left main body member 255 to which the main body cover member 254 is attached on the front side are provided.

  The left main body member 255 is a member that is a base of the left unit 221, and is a white synthetic resin member that has a size covering the entire area of the left unit 221. The left main body member 255 is provided with a plurality of through holes 262 penetrating in the front-rear direction by a plurality of partition walls 261 extending in the front-rear direction. Specifically, as the plurality of through-holes 262, each of the character through-holes 262a individually provided in a size and shape substantially matching the front shape of each of the left character display portions 201 to 203, and the character decoration portion 205, respectively. And a character through hole 262b that is individually provided in a size and a shape substantially coincident with the front shape. For this reason, the left character display portions 201 to 203 and the character decoration portion 205 can emit light only within the range of their outlines, and are not affected by the light of the left LED 212L that emits light to the portion provided next to each other. The display area can emit light individually.

  The main body cover member 254 is formed by combining a plurality of synthetic resin members having translucency. Specifically, almost the entire area excluding the character decoration portion 205 is set to orange having translucency, and the character decoration portion 205 is set to pink having translucency. The outer shape portion of the character decoration portion 205 is colored so as to be outlined in silver. As shown in FIG. 8 with black dots, the silver-colored portion is on the surface side of the member forming the character decoration portion 205, and is located on both side edges so as to surround the pattern portion of the character imitating cherry blossoms. A portion between point a1 and point a2 corresponding to a portion, a portion between point c1 and point c2, and a portion between point b1 and point b2 corresponding to a central portion that divides two cherry-like characters. Yes. Point a1 and point c2 are portions located on the edge of the back side among the side surfaces that cannot be visually recognized by the player in the member forming the character decoration portion 205, and silver coloring is applied up to this portion. This silver-colored portion is provided over the entire circumference of the character decoration portion 205 so that the outline of the character decoration portion 205 set to a color different from that of the surrounding portion is easily understood, and light for causing the character decoration portion 205 to emit light is provided. It is configured such that the light of the character decoration portion 205 stands out by making it difficult to irradiate the orange portion.

  The main body cover member 254 is provided with a plurality of through holes 254a penetrating back and forth in a size and shape set slightly larger than the front shapes of the left character display portions 201 to 203 and the character decoration portion 205, respectively. ing. When the three character cover members 251 to 253 are inserted from the front side with respect to the through hole 254a of the main body cover member 254, they are engaged with and fixed to the inner edge of the through hole 254a.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the character decoration portion 205 is provided on the front side away from the character decoration LED 212 </ b> L <b> 1 constituting a part of the left LED 212 </ b> L mounted on the left light emitting substrate 232 in a cross-sectional view. As shown in FIG. 5A, the character decoration unit 205 has a shape in which two characters set in different sizes are arranged in the left and right directions at each of three places separated in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the space between the character decoration unit 205 and the left side light emitting board 232 is set in the left-right direction so that the two characters constituting each character decoration unit 205 are irradiated with light. A plate-shaped character partition wall 263 extending in the front-rear direction is provided so as to be divided, and character decoration LEDs 212L1 are provided on both sides of the character partition wall 263. The character partition wall 263 is spaced apart from the rear surface of the character decoration unit 205 from the partition wall 261 that partitions the rear space of the character decoration unit 205 corresponding to the outer shape of the character decoration unit 205, and is based on the left light emitting board 232. If it is set to a low height. Therefore, the character decoration LED 212L1 provided on the back side of the character on one side in the character decoration unit 205 is configured to irradiate the adjacent character, and the luminance when both sides emit light simultaneously is increased. .

  As shown in FIG. 8, a plate-like bottom wall portion 264 that overlaps the surface side of the left side light emitting substrate 232 is provided on the left main body member 255 on the rear side of the character decoration portion 205. The bottom wall portion 264 is provided so as to partition a portion where the left light emitting substrate 232 is disposed and a rear space of the character decoration portion 205. A through hole 264a is formed in the bottom wall portion 264 so as to penetrate the left light emitting board 232 in the vertical direction of the character decoration LED 212L1 corresponding to the position where the character decoration LED 212L1 is disposed. 205 can be irradiated with light. Further, the bottom wall portion 264 is arranged so as to be parallel to the surface of the left side light emitting substrate 232 and substantially overlap without any gap, and the light emitted from the character decoration LED 212L1 irradiated through the through hole 264a of the bottom wall portion 264 is the partition wall 261. Leakage into the adjacent space partitioned by H.263, and conversely, the light irradiated into the adjacent space is prevented from entering.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the bottom wall portion 264 of the left main body member 255 has a cylindrical shape having an inner surface with a shape in which the through hole 264 a of the bottom wall portion 264 extends to the front side (upper side in FIG. 8). A bottom wall tube portion 265 extending in the vertical direction side of the left light emitting substrate 232 facing the character decoration LED 212L1 is provided. Character decoration LED 212L1 is disposed on one side of the bottom wall cylinder 265 along the central axis of the cylinder, and character decoration 205 is disposed on the other side. The light irradiated by the character decoration LED 212L1 is not irradiated outside the bottom wall cylinder portion 265 in the range where the bottom wall cylinder portion 265 is provided, and has a function of narrowing the irradiation range of the character decoration LED 212L1. The smaller the inner diameter of the bottom wall tube portion 265 is, and the longer it is formed in the direction away from the left side light emitting substrate 232, the light of the character decoration LED 212L1 is narrowed down. As the inner diameter of the bottom wall cylinder portion 265 is larger and the bottom wall cylinder portion 265 is formed shorter, the light emission of the character decoration portion 205 becomes stronger in a wide range. The light emission modes of the plurality of character decoration units 205 are changed according to various conditions such as the outer shape of the character decoration unit 205 and the distance between the character decoration LED 212L1 and the character decoration unit 205. Controlling and fine-tuning the light quantity of the decoration LED 212L1 makes the control program complicated and the development period is likely to be prolonged. On the other hand, the bottom body tube portion 265 is provided on the left main body member 255, so that the light-emission mode of the character decoration portion 205 can be finely adjusted by a simple prototype change by changing the height and the inner diameter thereof, and appropriate setting dimensions can be obtained. Can be determined in a short period of time, and the modification can be made with a slight modification to the mold, so that a decorative part having a good appearance can be developed at a low cost and in a short period of time.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the character cover members 251 to 253 are arranged in the descending order from the upper side in the vertical order, the upper cover member 251 displaying the characters “pole”, and the center cover displaying the characters “takumi”. The member 252 is composed of three members, that is, a lower cover member 253 on which characters “technique” are displayed. These character cover members 251 to 253 are formed in a substantially columnar shape swelled to the front side, imitating one end portion of the drum, and the inner surface side thereof is formed with a constant thickness with respect to the outer shape. It has a shape that is open to the top. The three character cover members 251 to 253 are formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and the portions corresponding to the characters are colored with translucency. The outline portion of the character is configured such that the tip portion protruding forward is colored in silver so that the outline of the character can be easily recognized.

  Here, in addition to FIG. 8, the character cover members 251 to 253 will be described in detail with reference mainly to FIGS. 9 and 10. Since the three character cover members 251 to 253 have the same configuration, the upper cover member 251 will be mainly described. FIG. 9A is a rear view of the upper cover member 251, and FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 9A. FIG. 10A is a side view of the upper cover member 251, and FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 10A. FIG. 9A also shows an enlarged view of a part of the upper cover member 251. In FIG. 9B, the portion on the right side from the center is a portion that can be seen behind the cross section. In the figure, the left part of the center shows only the cross section.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the upper cover member 251 is formed in a substantially disk shape corresponding to a cylindrical end face, and has a character surface portion 271 facing the front center side of the slot machine 10 where the player is located, And a cylindrical wall surface portion 272 extending rearward from the peripheral edge portion of the surface portion 271. On the rear side of the wall surface portion 272, engagement claw portions 273 projecting rearward are provided at a plurality of locations separated along the circumferential direction, and these engagement claw portions 273 engage with the main body cover member 254 to form the main body. The upper cover member 251 is fixed to the cover member 254.

As shown in FIG. 9B, a protrusion rib 281 having a portion corresponding to the outline of the character protruding forward is provided on the surface side of the character surface portion 271, and the leading end surface of the protrusion rib 281 is hot. It is colored silver by surface treatment such as stamp. The portion between the ribs 281 constitutes a character surface 282 on which characters are formed. The character surfaces 282 are slightly circular with the center of the line slightly forward on both sides in the width direction of the line forming the character. It is formed in the shape of a convex lens that projects in an arc shape, and is decorated with a three-dimensional effect on the characters and easy to see the direction in which the character lines continue. The amount of protrusion at the center of the line of the character is set to be half or less than the amount of protrusion of the ridge rib 281, and the outline of the character is conspicuous.

  A colored layer is formed on the character face 282 with a colored and translucent coating throughout the portion between the ribs 281, and a surface treatment is performed to reduce the translucency. On the other hand, a portion where no character corresponding to the outside of the protruding rib 281 is drawn is not provided with a coating film, and is set to have higher translucency than the character surface 282. For this reason, when the left LED 212L emits light, the character face 282 is set to be darker without directly transmitting the light of the left LED 212L, and the portion around the character emits light. Therefore, there is a difference in the amount of light between the character portion and the surrounding area, so that the player can easily recognize the outer shape of the character, and even if the character is viewed directly, the light of the LED 212L for the left side is not excessively dazzled. The LED 212L can be made to emit light with high brightness.

  In addition, the colored layer provided with respect to the character surface 282 may be formed by any method, such as printing, painting, and vapor deposition, and may be formed by disposing a film or a thin plate-like separate member. A colored layer may be provided even in a region where characters are not drawn, but a colored layer having higher translucency than the character surface 282 is preferable in order to achieve the effect of ease of character recognition and reduction in glare. . The colored layer provided on the character surface 282 may set different colors for each of the three character cover members 251 to 253, and the coloring on the character surface 282 is performed on the surface side of the character surface 282. It may be provided or may be provided on the back side of the character surface portion 271.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the left side LED 212L mounted on the left side light emitting board 232 is spaced apart on the rear side of the upper cover member 251 on the back surface side of the character surface portion 271 and the inner surface side of the wall surface portion 272 of the upper cover member 251. Is provided. The left side LED 212 </ b> L that irradiates light on the character surface portion 271 is configured by, for example, an LED capable of emitting light in a single color. The character surface portion 271 is provided so as to be inclined toward the center side by about 30 degrees with respect to the left light emitting board 232, and the character displayed on the character surface portion 271 is recognized by a player located on the front center side of the slot machine 10. It is configured easily. Further, compared to the case where the light emitting substrate is provided in accordance with the inclination of the character surface portion 271, the left light emitting substrate 232 includes three left character display portions 201 to 203 and a character decoration portion 205 with one flat plate member. A wide range of light emission can be achieved, and the component cost can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the left side LED 212L that irradiates the upper cover member 251 with light has an elliptical character through hole 262a that opens in correspondence with the upper cover member 251. There are three in total, one on the right side slightly from the center and two on the left side from the center. As shown in FIG. 8, the character surface portion 271 of the upper cover member 251 is separated from the left light emitting substrate 232 on the left side, so that the surface of the left light emitting substrate 232 is irradiated vertically by the left LED 212L. Light is easily diffused. Therefore, a large number of LEDs 212L for the left side are provided on the left side from the right side so that the amount of light applied to the left side is increased and the left and right appearances are made closer to each other. Further, since the upper cover member 251 is visually recognized by the player substantially perpendicularly to the surface of the character surface portion 271 from the right front side, the center of the three left side LEDs 212L is the upper side with respect to the viewing direction. It is positioned so as to approach the center of the character surface portion 271 of the cover member 251, and the character surface portion 271 is set to easily emit bright light when viewed from the player. The left side LED 212L disposed in each of the character through-holes 262a opened at the portion where the center cover member 252 and the lower cover member 253 are provided is also provided on the front left side, that is, from the back side of the character cover members 252 and 253. The surface of the left side light emitting substrate 232 is provided on the far side, and, like the upper cover member 251, the setting is effective for improving the visibility from the player.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the two left side LEDs 212 </ b> L provided on the left side with respect to the character through hole 262 a opened corresponding to the upper cover member 251 include a character surface portion 271 and a wall surface portion 272 of the upper cover member 251. Are positioned on the rear side with respect to the corner portion 283 corresponding to the circumferential portion to which the light is connected, and light is strongly irradiated toward the corner portion 283. The positional relationship between the two left-side LEDs 212L and the corner portion 283 is such that the corner portion 283 is a corner in the front view of the slot machine 10 (upper display unit 200) as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The left side LED 212 </ b> L is provided slightly inside and substantially overlaps the portion 283. Also for the character through-holes 262a in which the center cover member 252 and the lower cover member 253 are provided, the left LED 212L disposed in each is provided on the left side of the front, and the corners of the character cover members 252 and 253 ( The slot machine 10 (upper display unit 200) is provided so as to substantially overlap with the two-dot chain line in FIG. For this reason, the corners of the character cover members 251 to 253 are irradiated with a lot of light and the shape is emphasized, and even the character cover members 251 to 253 formed of transparent resin can clearly play the outline of the columnar corners. The shape imitating a character such as a drum having a cylindrical corner can be easily shown to the player. The setting for irradiating the left LED 212L toward the corner 283 is as follows. When the left LED 212L is configured by an LED that irradiates light in the direction perpendicular to the left light emitting substrate 232, Therefore, it is preferable to set the corner 283 to be positioned within an angle range inclined approximately 10 degrees, and it is preferable to set the corner 283 to be positioned within an angle range inclined approximately 5 degrees.

  On the back surface side of the character front surface portion 271, as shown in FIG. 9A, a character back undulation portion 291 that is recessed forward in the form of a large number of quadrangular pyramids within a range corresponding to the portion where the character is drawn, Surrounding the outer periphery of the character back-and-relief portion 291, there are provided a number of hexagonal pyramid-shaped outer peripheral undulation portions 292 that are recessed forward in a range corresponding to the outer peripheral portion of the character on which no character is drawn.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 9A, the character back-and-relief portion 291 is a vertex at the midpoint where diagonal lines intersect in a rhombus shape that combines four right triangles with the right-angle corners at the center in the back view. The same quadrangular pyramid is formed so that a ridge line is formed together with the adjacent concave portion by using 291a (a portion shown with a black dot in FIG. 9A) as a basic concave shape to the front side. A large number of dents are arranged in a grid pattern. The diagonal of the basic shape is set so that the vertical line is longer than the horizontal line, the vertical line is approximately 2.4 mm, and the horizontal line is approximately 1.5 mm. For this reason, the space | interval in the left-right direction of the vertex 291a of a dent part is set to about 1.5 mm, and the space | interval in the vertical direction is set to about 2.4 mm, and the vertex 291a with the adjacent dent part which forms the ridgeline which protrudes to the back side is set. The interval is approximately 1.4 mm.

  Specifically, the range where the character back-and-relief portion 291 is provided is set inside the outer edge of the rib rib 281 surrounding the character of the character surface portion 271 and slightly outside the inner edge. The size is slightly smaller than the outer edge of 281. Further, the character back undulation portion 291 has a shape recessed from the surface on which the outer periphery undulation portion 292 is formed, and is formed thinner overall than the outer periphery undulation portion 292. For this reason, the concave ridge lines and valley lines formed on the character back undulation portion 291 appear to be out of the character portion and protrude outside the protruding rib 281 when viewed from the front side of the character surface portion 271. There is no setting. The character surface portion 271 is provided so as to be inclined with respect to the front-rear direction of the slot machine 10, and the appearance of the character is good even when the character surface portion 271 is visually recognized from the oblique direction. Furthermore, since the tip surface of the rib 281 is colored in a non-translucent color such as silver, the boundary between the character back undulation 291 and the outer undulation 292 is visible to the player. The appearance of characters can be further improved.

  The outer circumferential undulation 292 is basically shaped like a regular hexagonal pyramid recessed forward by setting the midpoint of the regular hexagonal shape in which six regular triangles are arranged around one point in the back view as the center to be the vertex 292a, A plurality of the same regular hexagonal pyramid-shaped recesses are arranged so that a ridge line is formed on the outer peripheral portion together with the adjacent recess portion. The diagonal of the basic shape is set to a length of about 4 mm, and the distance between the apex 292a (the portion indicated by the black dot in FIG. 9A) from the adjacent recess forming the ridge line protruding rearward. Is approximately 3.5 mm.

  The interval between the vertices 292a of the recesses of the outer circumferential undulations 292 is longer than the interval between the vertices 291a of the recesses in the character back undulations 291, and more specifically, the interval is set to be twice or more. Since the shape of the dent portion is different between the square pyramid and the hexagonal pyramid between the 291 and the outer peripheral undulation portion 292, the light diffusion state is different between the character portion and the periphery thereof, and the player recognizes the outer shape of the character. Can be made easier. Also, since the interval between the plurality of dents is set wider in the outer peripheral undulation 292 than in the character back undulation 291, light is diffused more finely in the area where the character shape is formed than in the surrounding area. The Rukoto. For this reason, even if it strongly irradiates the light of LED212L for left side with respect to the part which formed the shape of the character, it can suppress making the light feel too dazzling for a player. Therefore, the difference in appearance between the character portion and the peripheral portion thereof can be confirmed by the player in the light emission state with high luminance, and the shape of the character can be easily recognized by the player.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the LED 212L for the left side that irradiates the upper character cover member 251 with light is in the direction in which the character surface portion 271 faces (the direction side inclined approximately 30 degrees to the right with respect to the upper side in FIG. 8). It is provided in the position which overlaps with the character back relief part 291 along. For this reason, when the upper character cover member 251 is viewed from the player side, the light source is set within the range where the character back undulation portion 291 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, the depth of the character back undulating portion 291 is such that the apex 291a is located approximately 0.6 mm in front of the ridge line portion corresponding to the outer periphery of the quadrangular pyramid-shaped recess. It is set. On the other hand, the depth of the recessed portion of the outer peripheral undulating portion 292 is shallower than the recessed portion of the character back undulating portion 291, and the apex 292a is approximately 0.4 mm forward of the ridge line portion corresponding to the outer periphery of the regular hexagonal pyramidal recessed portion. It is supposed to be positioned. Each of the concave portions of the outer circumferential undulation portion 292 has a diagonal line longer than that of the concave portion of the character back undulation portion 291 and has a shallow depth so that each surface forming the concave portion of the outer circumferential undulation portion 292 is formed. Is set to be slightly inclined with respect to the back surface of the character front surface portion 271 as shown in FIG. Each surface forming the recessed portion of the character back undulation portion 291 has a surface shape inclined by about 40 degrees at a steep portion with respect to the back surface of the character surface portion 271. Due to the difference in the inclination angle of each surface of the character back undulation portion 291 and the outer peripheral undulation portion 292, the light diffusion state will be different between the character portion and its surroundings, and the player will be able to easily recognize the outer shape of the character. be able to.

  In addition, the light of the LED 212L for the left side becomes the surface of the character surface portion as the surfaces forming the recessed portions of the character back undulation portion 291 are inclined with respect to the thickness direction of the character surface portion 271 (vertical direction in FIG. 9B). When the light is emitted from the surface side of 271, the character surface portion 271 is largely inclined with respect to the thickness direction. That is, for the player, the traveling direction of the light of the left LED 212L can be largely changed by the character back undulation portion 291. Therefore, the dazzling of the light of the left LED 212L when the player looks directly at the character is suppressed, and the left LED 212L can emit light with high brightness.

As shown in FIG. 9A, the inner surface of the wall surface portion 272 of the upper cover member 251 protrudes inward in a semicircular shape when viewed from the back, and continues from the back surface of the character surface portion 271 to the rear side where the wall surface portion 272 extends. An inner peripheral undulation portion 293 having a shape to be formed is provided. The inner circumferential relief 293 has a radius of about 1.5 mm.
The shape of the circular arc is approximately 0.5 mm high and protrudes toward the center of the wall surface, and a large number of protrusions are formed over the entire circumference of the wall surface portion 272 such that the adjacent dents and the end points of the circular arc substantially coincide. The parts are formed side by side. A portion between the protruding portions of the inner circumferential undulation portion 293 has a valley shape, and the interval is gradually narrowed toward the bottom of the valley. The interval between the recesses is set to approximately 1.7 mm, and is set to be shorter than the interval between the apexes 292a of the recesses of the outer circumferential undulations 292 that are adjacent to the wall surface portion 272 at the character surface portion 271. Yes.

  As described above, the interval between the recessed portions of the outer peripheral undulating portion 292 and the interval between the recessed portions of the inner peripheral undulating portion 293 are made different, and the protruding portion and the recessed portion are formed in a shape extending rearward on the inner surface side of the wall surface portion 272. In addition, by making the shape of the outer peripheral undulation portion 292 different from the shape of the outer peripheral undulation portion 293, the player can easily recognize the boundary between the inner peripheral undulation portion 293 and the outer peripheral undulation portion 292, and the columnar shape The corner portion 283 corresponding to the end face of this can be made conspicuous, and even if it is a cylindrical shape formed of a transparent member, the shape can be easily recognized by the player.

  Further, since the left LED 212L is arranged in the direction of irradiating light toward the boundary portion between the inner peripheral undulation portion 293 and the outer peripheral undulation portion 292, the boundary portion is irradiated with strong light when the left LED 212L emits light. In addition, since the translucency of the character face 282 is lowered, the boundary portion can be irradiated with stronger light. Can be easily recognized.

  The upper cover member 251 is provided in a direction in which the inner peripheral undulation portion 293 and the outer peripheral undulation portion 292 are inclined at approximately 20 degrees or more with respect to a direction perpendicular to the left light emitting substrate 232 corresponding to the irradiation direction of the left LED 212L. It has been. Specifically, the outer circumferential undulation portion 292 is provided in a direction inclined by approximately 60 degrees with respect to the irradiation direction of the left LED 212L, and the inner undulation portion 293 is provided in the irradiation direction of the left LED 212L provided on the rear side of the portion. It is provided in a direction inclined at about 40 degrees. For this reason, each of the outer peripheral undulations 292 and the inner peripheral undulations 293 can be made to emit light sufficiently so that their boundary portions are conspicuous, and the player can more easily recognize the cylindrical outline formed by the transparent member. Can be. Note that the inner circumferential undulation portion 293 and the outer circumferential undulation portion 292 are both set to irradiate light at an angle of approximately 20 degrees or more with respect to the irradiation direction of the LED 212L for the left side. It is preferable that the player can easily recognize the outline of the player, and it is preferable that the light is irradiated at an angle of approximately 30 degrees or more.

  As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the wall surface portion 272 of the upper cover member 251 is provided with a plurality of decorative projections 294 that project spherically outward at the front side portion thereof. Further, as shown in FIG. 9B, the wall surface portion 272 includes a front outer peripheral portion 295 having a shape in which the inner diameter and the outer diameter are gradually reduced toward the front side, and a cylindrical shape continuous to the rear side of the front outer peripheral portion 295. Main body outer peripheral portion 296. A colored layer is formed with a non-translucent paint on the outer peripheral surface side of the main body outer peripheral portion 296, and due to the coloring, the light of the LED 212L for the left side is difficult to be irradiated on the wall surface portion 272, and a uniform light emission is difficult. Decorated.

Similar to the upper cover member 251, the center cover member 252 and the lower cover member 253 have character surface portions 311 and 321 and wall surface portions 312 and 322. An undulating portion and an outer peripheral undulating portion are provided, and an inner peripheral undulating portion is provided on the inner surface side of the wall surface portions 312 and 322. In the central cover member 252 and the lower cover member 253, the concave portions of the character back undulating portion and the concave portions of the outer peripheral undulating portion provided on the back side of the character front surface portions 311 and 321 are character back undulating portions in the upper cover member 251. The setting is made so that the appearance of the characters displayed on the three character surface portions 271, 311, and 321 is the same as each dent portion of 291 and the dent portions of the outer peripheral undulation portion 292 so as to have the same shape and size. Has been. For example, the dent of the outer undulation is set longer than the dent of the character undulation, and the interval of the dent of the inner undulation is shorter than the interval of the vertice of the outer undulation. Is set.

  In the central cover member 252 and the lower cover member 253, the recessed portions of the character back undulation portion and the recessed portions of the outer periphery undulating portion are the respective recessed portions of the character back undulating portion 291 and the outer periphery undulating portion 292 of the upper cover member 251. While having the same shape, size, and thickness as the recessed portion, the recessed portion of the inner circumferential undulation portion provided on the inner surface of the wall surface portion 272 in the upper cover member 251, the central cover member 252, and the lower cover member 253. The interval between the upper cover member 251, the central cover member 252, and the lower cover member 253 is set to be smaller in order, and the size of the protruding portion of the inner undulation portion is similarly the upper cover member 251, the central cover member 252, and the lower cover member. The cover members 253 are set smaller in order. The size of the character surface portions 271, 311, and 321 of the character cover members 251 to 253 is set to be smaller in the order of the upper cover member 251, the center cover member 252, and the lower cover member 253, and the cylindrical end face is also set to be smaller in order. Yes.

  For example, when the widths of the character surface portions of the upper cover member 251, the central cover member 252, and the lower cover member 253 are approximately 45 mm, approximately 40 mm, and approximately 35 mm, the inner peripheral undulation corresponding to the size ratio The dimensions are set. That is, in the order of the upper cover member 251, the central cover member 252, and the lower cover member 253, the intervals between the recesses of the inner peripheral undulations are approximately 1.7 mm, approximately 1.5 mm, and approximately 1.2 mm. The protruding amount of the protruding portion is approximately 0.5 mm, approximately 0.45 mm, and approximately 0.4 mm. In this way, by setting the interval between the recesses of the inner circumferential undulation 293 and the size of the protrusion in accordance with the change in the size of the columnar shape, the columnar contour formed of the transparent resin material is given to the player. It is easy to recognize, and by setting the concave portions of the character back undulation portion and the outer peripheral undulation portion to the same setting, the appearance of the characters can be made uniform, and the plurality of left character display portions 201 to 203 can be simultaneously displayed. Even when the light is emitted, the appearance of the characters is common and the decoration can be easily recognized.

(Right side unit 222)
Next, the right unit 222 will be described with reference to FIG. 11 and subsequent drawings in addition to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the left unit 221 viewed from the left front side, and FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the upper display unit 200 taken along line BB in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the right unit 222 is formed to have a size that covers the entire front side of the right side portion of the base unit 220, and the right character display unit 204 with the word “source” attached to the outer shape of a vertically long ellipse. It is a member which forms. The right character display unit 204 is provided at a position overlapping the front side of the right LED 212R provided on the right light emitting substrate 233, and the right character display unit 204 emits light when irradiated with the light of the right LED 212R. The right-side character display unit 204 is provided so as to be inclined to the side on which the display surface 112a of the display device 112 is provided from the front, i.e., the left side, and is recognized by a player who plays a game located on the central front side of the slot machine 10 It is easy to do.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the right unit 222 includes a front dial member 351 that forms the right character display portion 204, a rear plate member 352 provided on the rear side of the front dial member 351, and a rear plate member 352. A right partition member 353 provided on the rear side and a right cover member 354 provided on the rear side of the right partition member 353 are provided.

The right cover member 354 is a member formed in a size covering the entire area of the right unit 222, and is formed of a synthetic resin having orange translucency that is the same color as that of the main body cover member 254 of the left unit 221. Yes. In the right cover member 354, the upper and lower portions excluding the portion where the right partition member 353 is disposed are the right side L provided on the right light emitting substrate 233.
When the light of ED212R is irradiated, it emits orange light. The right side LED 212R that overlaps the rear surface side with respect to the orange portion of the right cover member 354 is configured by an LED that emits light of a single color of white or amber, and the front portion of the upper display unit is covered with an orange flame. Such effects can be executed. A through hole 354a is formed in the center portion of the right cover member 354 in the longitudinally long oval shape set to be approximately the same size as the right character display portion 204 and penetrates in the front-rear direction, and the right partition member is formed in the through hole 354a. 353 is fixed, and the front dial member 351 and the rear plate member 352 are fixed via the right partition member 353.

  The right partition member 353 is a white synthetic resin member that is formed slightly larger than the front dial member 351 and the rear plate member 352 that form the right character display unit 204, and has an outer periphery that forms an elliptical outer shape portion. It has a wall 361 and a plurality of partition walls 363 that partition an elliptical space formed in the inner portion of the outer peripheral wall 361 into a plurality of through holes 362 extending in the front-rear direction. The outer peripheral wall 361 of the right partition member 353 is provided with a locking claw portion 364 that protrudes rearward and has a distal end protruding outward. The locking claw portion 364 is a through hole 354a of the right cover member 354. The right partition member 353 is fixed to the right cover member 354 by engaging a part of the right cover member 354.

  On the outer peripheral wall 361 of the right partition member 353, as shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of substantially circular decorative protrusions 365 are provided at regular intervals over the entire circumference of the front portion. . The decorative protrusion 365 is provided on a front outer peripheral portion 366 that is formed so that the outer shape gradually decreases at the front portion of the outer peripheral wall 361. In the right partition member 353, the surface of the front outer peripheral portion 366 or the like, which is visible to the player, is colored with gold by surface treatment such as hot stamping, and the outer peripheral portion of the right character display portion 204 is gold. A framed decoration is constructed. For this reason, the coloring on the right cover member 354 and the coloring on the right character display portion 204 are partitioned, and the right character display portion 204 emits light.

  The plurality of through-holes 362 of the right partition member 353 are provided in a total of 16 sections, four in the longitudinal direction and four in the lateral direction, by planar partition walls 363 extending in parallel in three portions in the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction, respectively. It has been. The four central through holes 362 are formed in a rectangular shape that is vertically long when viewed from the front, and the twelve through holes 362 around the four through holes 362 have a shape in which a part of the rectangular shape is cut out with a curve that forms a part of an ellipse. Has been.

  For each through hole 362 formed by the right partition member 353, as shown in FIG. 5B, a right LED 212R that can emit light in full color is provided for each through the control of three color LEDs. Yes. As shown in FIG. 12, the partition wall 363 of the right partition member 353 with respect to each through-hole 362 has a rear plate from a position slightly spaced forward from the surface on which the right LED 212R is mounted on the right light emitting substrate 233. The shape member 352 is formed in a shape extending to the vicinity of the back surface.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the partition wall 363 between the adjacent through holes 362 in the right partition member 353 has a pointed shape in which the front end portion on the rear plate-shaped member 352 side becomes gradually narrower upward. For this reason, when light is irradiated from the adjacent through-holes 362, the front side of the partition wall 363 portion is also easily irradiated with light, and a part of the right character display portion 204 is dark due to the presence of the partition wall. It is prevented from becoming. As shown in FIG.5 (b), the shape in which the tip portion is gradually narrowed is provided for all of the partition walls that partition the space in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, When all right LEDs 212R provided in each through hole 362 emit light simultaneously, the entire right character display unit 204 emits light.

As shown in FIG. 12, the through-hole 362 formed by the right partition member 353 has different lengths in the front-rear direction in the left-right direction, the left side being short and the right side being long. For this reason, the light irradiated from the right side LED 212R is more easily dispersed in the right side portion than in the left side portion, and the right side portion of the right character display portion 204 is more likely to be darker. On the other hand, the inner surface of the through hole 362 of the right partition member 353 is formed by a white and smooth inner surface that easily reflects light, and the light is easily reflected by the inner surface of the partition wall 363. Change is suppressed.

  Of the through holes 362 partitioned by the right partition member 353, the right side LED 212R arranged with respect to the leftmost vertical row of through holes 362 in the front view, as shown in FIG. It is provided not at the central portion but at a position biased to one side. As shown in FIG. 12, the left through hole 362 has a short distance between the right side LED 212 </ b> R provided in the direction of irradiating light corresponding to the through hole 362 and the rear plate member 352. It is difficult for light to be irradiated to a position largely deviated from the front with respect to the right LED 212R, and light is hardly irradiated to the left end portion of the partition wall 363 extending in the left-right direction. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5B, the right LED 212R provided in the two through holes 362 at the center in the vertical direction is disposed close to the partition wall 363 that partitions both the through holes 362, and the partition wall It is set so that light can easily reach a portion corresponding to the front portion of 363 (upper portion in FIG. 12). The right side LED 212R provided to the through hole 362 corresponding to the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the left side through hole 362 is also arranged so as to be biased toward the center in the vertical direction, and is provided near the right side LED 212R. The setting is such that the tip of the partition wall 363 is easily irradiated with light.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the front dial member 351 and the rear plate member 352 are mainly composed of main body portions 371 and 401 formed in substantially the same elliptical shape when viewed from the front side. It is a member made of synthetic resin. The main body portions 371 and 401 of the front dial member 351 and the rear plate member 352 are opposed to the back surface side of the main body portion 371 of the front dial member 351 and the front surface side of the main body portion 401 of the rear plate member 352 with almost no gap. In close contact with each other.

  The front dial member 351 has a main body portion 371 that forms a character portion on the surface side, and a locking portion 372 that partially protrudes rearward from two upper and lower edges of the main body portion 371. . The rear end portion of the locking portion 372 protrudes to the outer side opposite to the central side where the main body portion 371 is located, and the protruding portion engages with the inner surface portion of the outer peripheral wall 361 of the right partition member 353. Thus, the front dial member 351 is fixed to the right partition member 353.

  The main body 401 of the rear plate member 352 is provided with a locking recess 402 that is recessed toward the center, corresponding to the portion where the locking portion 372 of the front dial member 351 is provided. The locking recess 402 is set to have a slightly wider width than the locking portion 372 of the front dial member 351, and the locking portion 372 of the front dial member 351 is aligned within the locking recess 402 of the rear plate member 352. By doing so, the front dial member 351 and the rear plate member 352 can be relatively moved only in the front-rear direction, and the rotation is prevented. In this state, when the front dial member 351 is fixed to the right partition member 353 with the rear plate member 352 positioned between the front dial member 351 and the right partition member 353, the rear plate member 352 becomes the right partition. It is sandwiched between the member 353 and the front dial member 351 and is prevented from moving in the front-rear direction, and is positioned and fixed.

As shown in FIG. 11, a projecting plate portion 403 protruding in a plate shape is provided on the lower left side portion of the main body portion 401 of the rear plate member 352, as shown in FIG. The right partition member 353 is provided with a recess for receiving the protruding plate portion 403 of the rear plate member 352. When the rear plate member 352 is attached in the correct direction, the protruding plate portion 403 is stored in the recess portion. On the other hand, when the rear plate member 352 is likely to be assembled upside down, the protruding plate portion 403 interferes with the back surface of the front dial plate member 351 and cannot be assembled.

  The character portion 381 formed on the main body portion 371 of the front dial member 351 has a central portion of the line width of the “source” character protruding most forward, and the end portion side in the width direction of the character line gradually becomes a reference flat portion. In order to approach, the character-shaped part is formed in a shape partially protruding forward with respect to the reference plane. As shown in FIG. 12, the cross-sectional shape of the character portion 381 is a shape in which the character portion 381 protrudes forward in an arc shape in the line width direction. The back side of the main body portion 371 corresponding to the portion where the character portion 381 is provided has a shape in which the amount corresponding to the protruding amount is recessed in the front side, and the character portion 381 of the front dial member 351 has a thickness in the entire region. Is set to a constant. This thickness is preferably set thin, and is set to approximately 1.3 mm in this embodiment. Further, the character width of the front dial member 351 is set to be thicker in the portion extending in the horizontal direction than in the portion extending in the vertical direction, and is set to about 6 mm in the narrow portion and about 8 mm in the thick portion. Yes. This character width is the width of the recessed portion on the back surface side, and is set to the above-described line width as the line width of the basic shape before connecting the corner portions with an arc shape. The front surface of the flat portion corresponding to the portion other than the character portion 381 is colored with a paint having no translucency so that the outer shape of the character portion 381 can be easily recognized.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the rear plate member 352 is a synthetic resin member having a substantially elliptical shape and a translucent shape formed in substantially the same outer shape as the main body 371 of the front dial member 351. On the surface side of the rear plate member 352 where the front dial member 351 is provided, a flat portion 411 formed in a flat shape is provided, and light incident substantially perpendicularly to the flat portion 411 is a rear plate shape. The light is reflected on the back side of the member 352 and can be output to the front side again. Therefore, when the player visually recognizes the rear plate member 352 from the front surface side, the member provided on the rear surface side of the rear plate member 352 becomes invisible, and the right partition member 353 and the right member provided on the rear surface side are not visible. Visibility of the light emitting substrate 233 is suppressed, and the appearance around the right character display unit 204 is improved.

  The rear plate member 352 is formed of a transparent polycarbonate having a refractive index of 1.59 out of a translucent synthetic resin, and the critical angle for total reflection is less than 45 degrees with respect to the normal. . For this reason, all the light traveling from the plate surface of the rear plate member 352 toward the outer surface side is reflected in the plate surface when traveling at an angle of 45 degrees or more with respect to the normal line at the portion through which the light passes. The When the refractive index is 1.59, an incident angle of about 39 degrees becomes a critical angle, and when light travels at an angle exceeding about 40 degrees from within the plate surface of the rear plate member 352, everything is within the plate surface. Reflected.

  Here, with reference mainly to FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the shape details of the rear plate member 352 and the traveling direction of light will be described. FIG. 13A is a rear view of the rear plate member 352, and FIG. 13B is a perspective view of the rear plate member 352 viewed from the rear side. 14A is a cross-sectional view of the rear plate member 352 taken along line EE of FIG. 13A, and FIGS. 14B to 14D are rear views shown in FIG. 14A. It is the figure which expanded and showed the partial cross section of the side plate-shaped member 352, Comprising: It is the figure which showed typically the advancing direction of the light irradiated to the back side plate-shaped member 352. FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b) also show enlarged views of a part of the rear plate member 352, and FIGS. 14 (b) to 14 (d) show the light beam. The advancing direction is shown with the bold line and the arrow turned down, and the direction of the normal line at the portion irradiated to the rear plate member 352 is shown with a dashed line.

On the back surface side of the rear plate member 352, as shown in FIG. 14A, a planar shape of a plurality of planar reflecting surface portions 421 inclined by 45 degrees with respect to the planar portion 411 across a ridge line or valley line is provided. The undulating portion 412 formed in the above is provided. The undulating portion 412 is formed by arranging a plurality of combinations of a plurality of reflecting surface portions 421 formed in the same shape so as to be adjacent to each other. In detail,
As shown in FIG. 13 (b), with respect to the regular quadrangular pyramid shape recessed to the front side, a large number of shapes in which a regular quadrangular pyramid having the front end face of the regular quadrangular pyramid as a bottom surface protrudes rearward are arranged. . Each of the trapezoidal planes forming the regular quadrangular pyramid shape and the triangular planes forming the regular quadrangular pyramid are all formed by planes inclined by 45 degrees with respect to the plane portion 411, and are adjacent to each other. On the other hand, the ridge line or the valley line is linear, and a pair of reflecting surface portions 421 are provided adjacent to each other so that the planes of each other form an angle of 90 degrees.

  As shown in FIG. 13 (a), the undulating portion 412 has the above-described regular quadrangular pyramids in two large and small square shapes whose corners are positioned in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to one vertex T in the back view. And a ridge line and a valley line forming a regular quadrangular pyramid. The triangular reflection surface portion 421 positioned around one vertex T is formed by a reflection surface portion 421a that forms the side surface of a quadrangular pyramid (hereinafter referred to as a pyramid reflection surface portion 421a). The pyramid reflection surface portion 421a has a pair of two pyramid reflection surface portions 421a on the upper left and lower right sides with respect to the vertex T, and two pyramid reflection surface portions on the lower left and upper right sides with respect to the vertex T. 421a forms a pair to form a combination of reflection surface portions that reflect light incident from the surface side of the rear plate member 352 corresponding to the flat surface portion 411 to the surface side again.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), square shapes are arranged side by side on the back surface side of the rear plate member 352 so as to be formed in a number of straight lines extending in parallel at equal intervals. The ridgeline R1 is provided so as to intersect perpendicularly with many other ridgelines R2. Each ridgeline R1, R2 is located between two trapezoidal reflective surface portions 421b (hereinafter referred to as trapezoidal reflective surface portions 421b) formed by the shape of a quadrangular pyramid, and these two trapezoidal reflective surface portions 421b are located. A pair of reflecting surface portions that reflect light incident from the surface side of the rear plate member 352 corresponding to the flat surface portion 411 to the surface side again is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 14A, the undulating portion 412 of the rear side plate-shaped member 352 is configured by arranging a large number of combinations of reflecting surface portions 421 whose apexes protrude on the back surface side in a sectional view. As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 14B, the combination of the reflective surface portions 421 that form the ridge line R1 and project greatly on the rear side (lower side in FIG. 14B) is a trapezoidal reflection that forms a pair as described above. The combination of the surface portions 421b, and the combination of the reflection surface portions 421 that form the apex T and protrude slightly at the portion between the trapezoidal reflection surface portions 421b corresponds to the combination of the pair of pyramid reflection surface portions 421a.

  For example, the distance between the ridgelines R1 and R2 and the vertex T when the rear plate member 352 is viewed from the undulating portion 412 side, and the distance to the valley line V formed by the reflecting surface portion 421 are set as follows. Yes. The interval between the adjacent ridge lines R1 and the interval between the adjacent ridge lines R2 is approximately 6 mm, and the interval between the apexes T in the pyramid reflecting surface portion 421a is also approximately 6 mm. The distance from the vertex T to the valley line V in each pyramid reflection surface portion 421a (the distance in the left-right direction in FIG. 14B) is approximately 1 mm corresponding to approximately one sixth of the interval between the vertexes T, and each trapezoid. The distance from the valley line V to the ridge line R1 and the ridge line R2 in the reflective surface portion 421b is set to approximately 2 mm, which corresponds to twice the distance from the vertex T to the valley line V.

  The thickness of the rear plate member 352 corresponding to the distance between the undulating portion 412 and the flat portion 411 is approximately 3 mm at the ridgelines R1 and R2, and the valley line V where the pyramid reflecting surface portion 421a and the trapezoid reflecting surface portion 421b are continuous. Is approximately 1 mm, and is approximately 2 mm at the apex T of the pyramid reflecting surface portion 421a.

When light is incident vertically from the plane portion 411 side corresponding to the surface side of the rear plate member 352, the plane portion 411 is transparent from the air layer as indicated by an arrow in FIG. Light enters the polycarbonate layer perpendicularly, and almost all of the light travels into the plate surface of the rear plate member 352. The proceeding light is reflected by the reflection surface portion 421 on the opposite side that forms a pair by the reflection surface portion 421 on one side inclined rightward or downward in FIG. 14B, and further, the reflection surface portion 421 on the opposite side. Is reflected by the flat portion 411 side and emitted to the surface side of the rear plate member 352.

  In detail, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), the light irradiated to the trapezoid reflecting surface portion 421b on one side of the combination of the trapezoid reflecting surface portions 421b continuous on both sides from one ridgeline R1 is a pair of opposite sides. The light is reflected toward the trapezoidal reflecting surface portion 421b side. In this case, since the incident angle of light corresponding to the inclination with respect to the normal line of the trapezoidal reflecting surface portion 421b (dotted line in FIG. 14B) is about 45 degrees, all of the light irradiated to the trapezoidal reflecting surface portion 421b is The light is totally reflected, and light travels in a direction parallel to the flat portion 411. At the tip of the light that has traveled, the pair of opposite trapezoidal reflecting surface portions 421b is irradiated, and the incident angle thereof is approximately 45 degrees. Therefore, the light is totally reflected again and is reflected on the surface side of the rear plate member 352. Light will travel. In the combination of the pyramidal reflection surface portions 421a formed by the side surfaces continuous on both sides with respect to the vertex T, the light similarly travels, and the light irradiated to the pyramid reflection surface portion 421a is also the surface of the rear plate member 352. It will be emitted to the side.

  As shown in FIG. 13A, a combination of a pyramid reflection surface portion 421a or a trapezoidal reflection surface portion 421b is provided on the back surface side of the rear plate member 352 so as to cover the entire range of a substantially elliptical shape. For this reason, even if any part is irradiated with light from the surface side of the rear plate member 352, the light is reflected again to the surface side. As indicated by the arrows in FIG. 14B, when the player directs his / her line of sight to the flat portion 411 from the front side of the rear plate member 352, all the light is on the front side of the rear plate member 352. As a result, the light is reflected in a specular shape in which the rear side cannot be seen through. For this reason, when the player visually recognizes the rear plate member 352 from the front surface side, the member provided on the back surface side of the rear plate member 352 can be made invisible. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the right partition member 353 and the right light emitting substrate 233 provided on the back side of the rear plate member 352 are suppressed from being viewed by the player, and the appearance of the right character display unit 204 is improved. can do.

  On the other hand, when light is incident vertically from the back surface side of the rear plate member 352 to the direction along the thickness direction of the rear plate member 352, that is, to the plate surface of the rear plate member 352, FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the light is refracted to one side at the undulating portion 412 of the rear plate member 352, and further refracted to one side at the flat portion 411 and emitted to the surface side of the rear plate member 352. . In this case, since light is irradiated to the flat surface portion 411 of the rear plate member 352 at an angle smaller than the critical angle, the light passes to the surface side of the rear plate member 352. The passing light travels while being bent on both sides at the pair of reflecting surface portions 421 located on both sides of the apex T or the ridgelines R1 and R2, and the light is incident on both sides with respect to the incident angle to the rear plate member 352. The light is emitted with an inclination.

  Here, the right side light emitting substrate 233 is provided facing forward on the front side of the slot machine 10, and the rear side plate-like member 352 is provided inclined at about 20 degrees toward the center side of the slot machine 10. Therefore, the right side LED 212R mounted on the surface of the right side light emitting substrate 233 with respect to the rear side plate member 352 is inclined with respect to the thickness direction of the rear side plate member 352 as shown in FIG. In this case, light is incident. Also in this case, light is irradiated at an angle smaller than the critical angle with respect to the flat portion 411 of the rear plate member 352, so that the light passes to the surface side. In addition, the passing light travels while being bent to both sides at the pair of reflecting surface portions 421 located on both sides of the apex T or the ridge lines R1 and R2, and from the traveling direction at the undulating portion 412 and the flat portion 411. By being refracted twice to one side, light is emitted inclining toward different directions with respect to the incident angle to the rear plate member 352.

As described above, the light emitted from the rear surface side of the rear plate member 352 by the right LED 212R provided on the right light emitting substrate 233 can be transmitted to the front surface side of the rear plate member 352. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the front dial plate member 351 provided on the front side of the rear plate member 352 can be a decorative portion capable of emitting light by the light emission control of the right LED 212R.

  In addition, light incident from the back side of the rear plate member 352 is refracted twice in opposite directions in the pair of reflection surface portions 421 and travels so that the light is dispersed. For this reason, even if the luminance is set high when controlling the light emission to the right LED 212R, it is possible to suppress the light from proceeding linearly toward the player side. Therefore, while the right character display unit 204 is brightly lit, it is possible to suppress the player from feeling that the right character display unit 204 emits too much light or generating strong light enough to leave an afterimage. The decoration by the part 204 can be made to look good.

  On the other hand, light incident perpendicularly to the flat surface portion 411 from the surface side of the rear plate member 352 is reflected at the portion where the undulating portion 412 is provided, and is emitted to the surface side again. For this reason, the right partition member 353 and the right light emitting substrate 233 provided on the back surface side of the rear plate member 352 can be made invisible to the player, and the appearance of the right character display unit 204 can be improved.

  Furthermore, in order to improve the appearance of the right character display portion 204, aluminum half vapor deposition or the like is performed on the front or back surface of the front dial member 351 forming the right character display portion 204 instead of providing the rear plate member 352. It is also conceivable to apply a surface treatment. However, in general, the surface treatment such as half vapor deposition is expensive, and when the back side of the right character display unit 204 cannot be visually recognized by half vapor deposition, the right side LED 212R is in the light emitting state. The side becomes visible and the appearance is reduced. Furthermore, the amount of light output to the front side of the front dial member 351 is reduced by performing surface treatment or the like in the light emitting state of the right LED 212R.

  On the other hand, in the rear plate member 352 of the present embodiment, it is not necessary to perform surface treatment, and the back side of the right character display unit 204 can be visually recognized even in the light emitting state of the right LED 212R. it can. Therefore, while the right character display portion 204 is formed by a transparent plate-like member, the back surface side thereof is reflected in a mirror shape, and the back surface side of the right character display portion 204 cannot be visually recognized even in a light emitting state. A decorative portion having a good appearance can be provided, and since the surface treatment is unnecessary, a decrease in the amount of light can be suppressed at a low cost.

  Further, the partition wall 363 of the right partition member 353 is formed so as to be continuous vertically and horizontally in front view, and ridgelines R1 and R2 formed by the pair of trapezoidal reflecting surface portions 421b are formed on the partition wall 363. It is continuously arranged in an oblique direction so as to be continuous in the intersecting direction. The ridge lines R1 and R2 can be visually recognized even from the surface side of the rear plate member 352, and the portion where the ridge line is provided and the end of the partition wall 363 close to the rear plate member 352 are close to each other. Such a portion tends to be in a state close to the color of the partition wall 363, and a difference in appearance between the adjacent portion and other portions will occur. And if the part which produces this difference in appearance continues, appearance will fall compared with another site | part.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the front-end | tip part of the partition wall 363 and ridgeline R1, R2 in the trapezoid reflective surface part 421b are continuing in the direction which cross | intersects, it suppresses to the fall of the appearance only in the intersection part. It is possible to prevent the disadvantage that the portion where the appearance is deteriorated is extended and enlarged. In particular, as shown in this embodiment, the ridgelines R1 and R2 extend in two directions inclined by 45 degrees with respect to the partition wall 363 extending in two orthogonal directions, so that a uniform amount can be obtained at any part. Thus, the tip end portion of the partition wall 363 and the ridgelines R1 and R2 in the trapezoidal reflecting surface portion 421b can overlap with each other, thereby suppressing a decrease in appearance. In addition, the valley line V is a part that does not easily deteriorate in appearance when viewed from the player side. Even if the direction in which the valley line V is continuous is the same as the direction in which the partition wall 363 is continuous, the appearance is good. It can suppress that falls.

  The undulating portion 412 has a shape in which a portion projecting in a regular quadrangular pyramid shape is combined on the rear side with respect to a regular quadrangular pyramid-shaped recess. For this reason, compared with the case where a plurality of regular quadrangular pyramid-shaped dents are arranged and the reflection surface portion is formed only by a shape whose apex is located on the tip side of the dent, the amount of change in the thickness of the undulating portion 412 of the rear plate member 352 is suppressed. On the other hand, the area of one reflective surface portion can be set wide by the trapezoidal reflective surface portion 421b. By increasing the area, the number of ridge lines and valley lines provided in the undulating portion 412 is reduced to improve the appearance, and the change in thickness corresponding to the distance between the flat surface portion 411 and the undulating portion 412 is suppressed. The homogeneous rear plate member 352 in which the resin easily flows into the entire undulating portion 412 can be formed at low cost.

  Here, when the rear side plate-like member 352 is viewed from the undulating portion 412 side, the valley line V is set to be more than the distance from the vertex T to the valley line V of each pyramid reflecting surface portion 421a provided around one vertex. The distance between the valley line V and the ridge line R1 or the ridge line R2 in the trapezoidal reflecting surface portion 421b having a part shape is set longer. For this reason, when the light input from the surface side of the back side plate-shaped member 352 is again emitted to the surface side, the area reflected by the trapezoidal reflecting surface portion 421b is compared with the area reflected by the pyramid reflecting surface portion 421a. It can be expanded efficiently, and the appearance of the right character display portion 204 in which the portion where the rear plate member 352 is provided is reflected in a mirror surface can be further improved. Further, in the undulating portion 412 of the rear plate-like member 352, a portion that protrudes rearward in the shape of a regular quadrangular pyramid forms a pattern different from the specular portion due to concentration of ridge lines formed by the pyramid shape. Thus, it will be visually recognized from the front side. A pattern arranged at intervals in a grid pattern is arranged at intervals within the character line of the right-side character display unit 204, whereby a lattice pattern decoration can be added to the character portion.

  In addition, the front and rear thicknesses of the front dial member 351 are substantially constant at the portion where the character portion 381 and the undulating portion 412 overlap each other. For this reason, the light traveling from the front surface side of the character portion 381 protruding to the front side into the plate surface of the front dial member 351 is refracted twice on the front surface side and the back surface side of the front dial member 351, It is easy to pass to the back side at an angle close to parallel that is the same direction as the incident angle to the side, and similarly, light passing from the back side to the front side also easily passes to the front side at an angle close to parallel. For this reason, when the front dial member 351 is visually recognized from the player side, the reflective effect by the rear plate member 352 set to be reflected in a mirror shape on the back side of the front dial member 351 is exhibited, It is possible to form the right character display unit 204 that is decorated with a shape protruding to the front side. This effect is easily achieved by setting the front dial member 351 to a thin thickness, and is preferably set to a thickness of 1.5 mm or less, and preferably 1 mm or less.

The character line width of the character part 381 in the front dial member 351 is set to a line width in which one or two vertices T of the four pyramid reflecting surface parts 421a are arranged in each part. That is, when the rear plate member 352 is viewed from the undulating portion 412 side, the interval between the vertices T in the rear plate member 352 is set to approximately 6 mm in the oblique 45 degree direction. It is arranged at a position approximately 8.4 mm away vertically or downward from one vertex T, and the height difference in the vertical direction to the vertex T located obliquely above or obliquely below is approximately 4.2 mm. ing. On the other hand, the line width of the character portion 381 on the front dial member 351 is set to 6 mm to 8 mm. In this way, the line width is set to a line width larger than about 4.2 mm and less than about 8 mm. Therefore, in the entire area of the character portion 381 of the front dial member 351, the vertical direction or the horizontal direction is set. The apexes T are located one by one or two in a diagonal pattern in a grid pattern. As described above, the front surface of the flat portion corresponding to the portion other than the character portion 381 is colored, and the translucency is lower than that of the character portion 381. Therefore, the pattern centered on the apex T is arranged so as to be easily visible over the entire character portion of the character portion 381, and the direction in which the character lines of the character portion 381 continue is more conspicuous, and the character formed by the right character display portion 204 is visually recognized. While improving easiness, the area of the reflective surface portion 421 is set to be wide so that the number of the ridge lines R1 and R2 is suppressed and the effect of the mirror surface by the undulating portion 412 of the rear plate member 352 is easily exhibited. Can do.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the said embodiment, For example, you may deform | transform and implement as described below. In this case, each configuration described below may be applied to the above embodiment, or a plurality of configurations described below may be combined and applied to the above embodiment.

  In the said embodiment, although the decoration of the target object imitating one Chinese character was comprised as a decoration part in the left and right character display parts 201-204, the decoration of each character display part 201-204 is the said object. The display unit is not limited to the one imitated, and may be other kanji characters, numbers, symbols, or the like, or may be a display unit imitating a character such as a person or an animal. In addition, the number of objects in each of the character display units 201 to 204 is not limited to one, and two or more objects may be arranged on one display unit. In the above embodiment, the left unit 221 and the right unit 222 in which the left and right character display units 201 to 204 are provided have the left and right character display units 201 to 204 inoperable. For example, the character cover members 251 to 253 forming the left character display portions 201 to 203 can be rotated about the center portions viewed from the respective player sides so that at least one of the portions 201 to 204 can operate. It may be equal. The left and right character display units 201 to 204 are not necessarily all provided, and one or more of the left and right character display units 201 to 204 may be provided. Further, the positions where the left and right character display portions 201 to 204 are disposed are not limited to the positions in the above-described embodiment, and may be disposed at other positions in the upper display unit 200 or different parts from the upper display unit 200. May be arranged at a position that can be visually recognized by the player, and it is preferable that the display surface on which objects such as characters are provided face the player side.

  In the above embodiment, the left character display units 201 to 203 and the right character display unit 204 are provided to be inclined toward the center with respect to the front side of the slot machine 10, but the inclination angle is set to the angle described above. It is not necessary to set, and it is good also as another angle, and it is good also as the arrangement | positioning which faces the front side which corresponds to the front side of the slot machine 10. FIG. In this case, it is preferable that the light from the LED 212 is set so as to easily pass to the front side with respect to the character cover members 251 to 253 and the rear plate member 352 forming the character display portions 201 to 204 without being totally reflected. For example, if the light irradiation direction of the right LED 212R is excessively inclined with respect to the direction perpendicular to the flat surface portion 411 of the rear plate member 352, that is, the thickness direction, a part of light is emitted from the flat surface portion 411 of the rear plate member 352. Total reflection. That is, if the right light emitting substrate 233 is disposed at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the plate surface of the rear plate member 352 in the direction shown in FIG. Since the light cannot be sufficiently output to the front side where the front dial plate member 351 is reflected, the light input from the back side such as the right side LED 212R to the rear plate member 352 is 30 degrees. It is preferable to set it as follows, and it is preferable to set it as 20 degrees or less.

In the said embodiment, although the shape of the character cover members 251 to 253 was formed in a columnar shape, it is not always necessary to form it in a columnar shape, and the character surface portion is another shape such as an ellipse, a triangle, a star, You may form in a column shape. Even in this case, by setting the size and shape as the concave shape on the inner surface side of the character surface portion and the wall surface portion in the same manner as in the above embodiment, it is easy for the player to recognize the outline of the columnar shape formed by the transparent member. Can be. In addition, the shape and size of the character back undulating portion 291, the outer peripheral undulating portion 292, and the inner peripheral undulating portion 293 on the inner surface side of the character cover members 251 to 253 are not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the concave shape of the character back-and-forth undulation portion 291 may be formed in other shapes such as a substantially square, a substantially rectangular shape, a substantially hexagonal shape, or a combination of two or more shapes, instead of a substantially rhombus in the back view. You may do it. Similarly, the outer circumferential undulation portion 292 may be formed in other shapes, and the inner circumferential undulation portion 293 may be formed in another shape such as a substantially triangular shape or a substantially elliptic shape instead of a substantially arc shape in cross section. good.

  In the above embodiment, the bottom wall portion 264 and the bottom wall tube portion 265 are provided on the left main body member 255 with respect to the light emitting portion of the character decoration portion 205 to facilitate the adjustment of the light amount, but the bottom wall portion 264 and the bottom wall are provided. The installation location of the cylindrical portion 265 is not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiment, and a plurality of left-side character display portions 201 to 203 are provided for the left side that is spaced apart in the left-right direction with respect to any or all of the light-emitting portions. The bottom wall portion and the bottom wall tube portion may be provided integrally with the left main body member 255 so as to surround the LED 212L or by a separate member from the left main body member 255, and in this case, the irradiation range can be adjusted. Fine adjustment of the left and right brightness of the left character display portions 201 to 203 provided to be inclined with respect to the substrate 232 can be facilitated. Similarly, a bottom wall portion and a bottom wall tube portion may be provided for a part or all of a range partitioned by the right partition member 353 in the right character display unit 204 so that the irradiation range can be adjusted.

  In the above embodiment, the rear plate member 352 is made of polycarbonate having a refractive index of 1.59. However, it is not always necessary to use this material, and it may be made of other materials. However, the synthetic resin material of the rear plate member 352 has a function of reflecting the critical angle of total reflection among the translucent synthetic resins so that it has a function of reflecting in a mirror surface when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the flat portion 411. It is preferable to use a resin having an angle of less than 45 degrees with respect to the line, and is preferably about 1.5 or more. The refractive index is preferably a material larger than 1.41, and the critical angle is preferably 42 degrees or less with respect to the normal line.

  In the above embodiment, the front dial member 351 is provided as a separate part on the front side of the rear plate member 352 and the front dial member 351 is decorated in a letter-like shape. However, the front dial member 351 is not necessarily provided. There is no need, and the flat portion corresponding to the surface side of the rear plate member 352 may be colored by painting or printing, and the decorative portion may be formed by the colored layer. The decoration provided on the surface side of the rear plate member 352 is not limited to characters, and may be decorations of any of symbols, characters, etc., or a plurality of combinations. The right LED 212R that irradiates light to the front dial member 351 through the rear plate member 352 is not necessarily in the thickness direction of the front dial member 351 and the rear plate member 352, that is, the direction in which both members 351 and 352 overlap. The front dial member 351 is not required to be configured by a light emitting means such as an LED that irradiates light in the inclined direction side, and the light is irradiated most strongly in the thickness direction of both the members 351 and 352. You may provide at least one part of LED which irradiates along the thickness direction of the back side plate-shaped member 352. FIG. Moreover, it is not necessary to irradiate the front dial member 351 with light, and it is not always necessary to use an LED, and other light emitting means such as a lamp or an organic EL may be used. Furthermore, a light guide member having translucency that diffuses or guides light between the rear plate member 352 and the right LED 212 may be provided.

  In the above embodiment, the front surface side of the character portion 381 has a shape protruding to the front surface side, and the back surface side has a concave shape corresponding to the protruding amount, but the back surface side of the character portion 381 is formed to be planar. May be. In this case, the amount of protrusion of the character portion 381 toward the surface side is preferably set so that the normal direction of the protrusion portion is less inclined with respect to the normal direction of the flat surface portion 411 of the rear plate member 352. The setting is preferably about 10 degrees or less, and more preferably about 5 degrees or less. With this setting, light incident from the front side of the front dial member 351 at the protruding portion is output in an oblique direction after passing through the front dial member 351, but from the front side by the rear plate member 352. The reflection of the light can be ensured at a certain level or more, and the reflection function by the rear plate member 352 can be exhibited.

  The undulating portion 412 of the rear plate member 352 does not necessarily need to be configured by arranging a plurality of shapes in which a regular quadrangular pyramid that is recessed in the front side and a regular quadrangular pyramid that protrudes in the rear side are arranged. As long as a plurality of planes inclined approximately 45 degrees with respect to the portion 411 are provided side by side and adjacent planes forming ridgelines or vertices form a pair of reflecting surface portions that are provided substantially perpendicular to each other, they are configured in other shapes. You may do it. For example, instead of the regular quadrangular pyramid and the regular quadrangular pyramid, the shape may be a combination of a regular hexagonal frustum and a regular hexagonal pyramid, or a configuration in which a plurality of substantially regular quadrangular pyramids or substantially regular hexagonal pyramids protruding in the rear are arranged. Alternatively, a plurality of substantially regular octagonal pyramid-shaped portions protruding rearward are arranged so that the bases coincide with each other, and a substantially quadrangular pyramid-shaped portion is located in a portion formed in a quadrangular shape when viewed from the back side. You may comprise in this way. As described above, when the reflection surface portion is formed in a pyramid shape or a combination of a pyramid shape and a truncated pyramid shape, the planes as the reflection surface portions located on both sides of the vertex with an even number of angles are substantially perpendicular to each other. By making it the shape arrange | positioned in this, the back surface side can be made transparent from the front side of the rear side plate-shaped member 352. However, it is preferable to set the number of corners to be small so that one plane has a relatively large area, and it is preferable to form a square pyramid and a square pyramid.

  In addition, as a shape in which the pair of reflecting surface portions forming the ridge line protruding to the rear side are provided substantially perpendicular to each other, the shape may be configured in other shapes other than the above embodiment. The shape protruding to the rear side may be constituted by a corrugated plate-shaped undulation formed so as to extend in a certain shape in the direction perpendicular to the cross section, and as a concave shape to the front side, a substantially regular square pyramid Or you may comprise in the shape where multiple concave shape part of the substantially regular hexagonal pyramid was located in a line. Alternatively, the undulating portion 412 does not necessarily have a shape in which a large number of constant shape portions are arranged over the entire range, and a plurality of regions in which a large number of basic shapes constituting a plurality of basic shapes are arranged next to each other are arranged. It is good also as the undulation part formed in the shape.

  In the above embodiment, the window panel portion 131 as a cover member formed of a translucent material that makes the upper display unit 200 visible from the front side is made of a transparent resin. It may be either colorless and transparent or colored and transparent, and only when the display device 112 and the display opening 211 emit light brightly by applying surface treatment such as aluminum half vapor deposition on the front or back surface. The upper display unit 200 may be configured to be visible from the front side.

  In the above embodiment, the upper display unit 200 having the left and right character display portions 201 to 204 is provided for the slot machine 10 which is a kind of gaming machine, but the display unit having the left and right character display portions 201 to 204 is provided. For example, the display unit 111 is attached to the front side of a display device such as a liquid crystal display device that displays a pattern, and the left and right character display portions 201 to 204 are provided as an effect suggesting the degree of expectation of jackpot. You may make it light-emit. In addition, as a pachinko gaming machine, a plurality of types of jackpots are set, and if a part of the jackpot is won, the upper display unit 200 is provided in the pachinko machine having a probability variation function that the jackpot probability is high until the next jackpot, The left and right character display units 201 to 204 may be caused to emit light as an effect suggesting the degree of expectation corresponding to the type of jackpot.

You may implement this invention in another pachinko machine etc. For example, it may be implemented as a pachinko machine in which a big hit expectation value is increased until a big hit state is generated several times (for example, two times or three times) including that. Moreover, after a jackpot symbol is displayed, it may be implemented as a pachinko machine that enters a special gaming state on the condition that a ball wins a predetermined area. Moreover, you may employ | adopt as what is called a normal machine without lottery functions, such as jackpot. You may implement as a pachinko machine which will be in a special game state when a ball enters a predetermined winning slot. Moreover, you may implement in the enclosed pachinko machine with which a ball | bowl circulates. Further, in addition to pachinko machines, various game machines such as an arrangement ball type pachinko machine, a sparrow ball, a game machine in which a so-called pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated may be used.

  As a display mode of a lottery result in a game, information (identification information) corresponding to a lottery result that is stopped and displayed after a start condition is established and a change is started is similar to the slot machine 10 described above by a motor or the like. It may be identification information configured by combining one or a plurality of symbols attached to a structure in which a plurality of symbols are displayed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reel, and one symbol or pattern displayed on the liquid crystal display device. Alternatively, the information may be a combination of a plurality of information, or information based on a light emission mode of a single or a plurality of light emitters that allows the player to identify whether or not it is appropriate depending on a light emission mode of a symbol display device including a single or a plurality of light emitters. There may be. The game value given to the player may be a pachinko ball or medal paid out as a valuable object corresponding to winning in the slot machine 10 or winning in the pachinko machine, or winning or winning in a sealed pachinko machine etc. Correspondingly, it may be value as information stored in the storage medium.

  As a specific example of a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are merged, variable display means for confirming and displaying a symbol row after a symbol row composed of a plurality of symbols is provided, and a ball launching handle is provided. There is no one. In this case, after inserting a predetermined amount of game balls based on a predetermined operation (button operation), for example, the variation of the symbol is started due to the operation of the operation lever, for example, due to the operation of the stop button, or the predetermined amount With the passage of time, the fluctuation of the symbol is stopped, and a jackpot state advantageous to the player is generated on the condition that the confirmed symbol at the time of stoppage is a so-called jackpot symbol. A lot of balls are paid out.

  Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiment will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for easy understanding, the corresponding configuration in each of the above embodiments is appropriately shown in parentheses, but is not limited to the specific configuration shown in parentheses. In addition, the meanings and examples of terms described in each feature may be applied as the meanings and examples of terms described in other features described in the same wording.

<Feature A group>
As a kind of gaming machine, for example, in a slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to a lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that makes the player expect a lottery result is performed. As a part of this effect, a decoration part is fixedly or operably arranged separately from the reel and the liquid crystal display device, and an effect of causing the decoration part to emit light is performed (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-173166). reference).

  However, when a target shape such as a character, figure, character, or the like is formed on one side of the transparent member as a decorative portion and the shape portion is caused to emit light, the outer shape of the shape may be difficult to recognize. It was.

<Feature A1>
A decorative member (character cover member 251 having translucency provided with a facing surface portion (character surface portions 271, 311, 321) facing a predetermined direction side where the player is located and provided so that the player can visually recognize the surface side. 252, 253) and a light emitting means (left LED 212L) provided on the back side of the decorative member and outputting light incident from the back side,
On the back side of the facing surface portion of the decorative member,
A first undulation part (character back undulation) formed corresponding to a range in which a predetermined target shape is formed, and having a plurality of dents adjacent to each other with a predetermined interval and a predetermined amount of depth. Part 291),
A second undulation portion formed corresponding to a range surrounding the outer peripheral side of the first undulation portion, and formed with a plurality of dent portions adjacent to each other and having an interval set wider than the first undulation portion. (Outer peripheral undulating portion 292) is provided.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine including a decoration portion that can easily recognize the outer shape of a predetermined target shape that emits light by the light emitting means. That is, a part of the first undulation portion formed corresponding to the range where the predetermined target shape is formed and the second undulation portion formed corresponding to the range surrounding the outer peripheral side of the first undulation portion Since the plurality of dents with the vertices at the top are different, the light diffusion state is different between the part of the predetermined target shape and its peripheral part, and it is easy for the player to recognize the outer shape of the predetermined target shape. it can.

  In addition, since the interval between the plurality of dents is set wider in the second undulation portion than in the first undulation portion, the range in which the predetermined target shape is formed diffuses light more finely than the surrounding portion. The Rukoto. For this reason, even if it irradiates light strongly to the part which formed the predetermined object shape, it can suppress making the player feel that it is too dazzling for a player. Therefore, it is possible to allow the player to confirm the difference in appearance between the portion of the predetermined target shape and the peripheral portion thereof in a high-luminance light emitting state, and the player can easily recognize the predetermined target shape. it can.

  In the gaming machine described in the feature A1, the first undulation portion and the second undulation portion are formed with a plurality of polygonal pyramid-shaped dent portions adjacent to each other at the deepest portion of each dent portion, It is good also as the space | interval of the vertex in the dent part of the said 2nd undulation part is set larger than the dent part of the said 1st undulation part.

<Feature A2>
The first undulation portion and the second undulation portion are formed with a plurality of polygonal pyramid-shaped dent portions adjacent to each other at the deepest portion of each dent portion, and the first undulation portion and the second undulation portion. And the number of corners of the polygonal pyramid is different from each other,
The gaming machine according to claim A1, wherein the recessed portion of the second undulating portion has a polygonal pyramid-shaped diagonal line set longer and a shallow depth than the recessed portion of the first undulating portion. .

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A2, the diagonal lines of the plurality of recessed portions are set longer and wider in the second undulating portion than in the first undulating portion, while the depth is set shallower. For this reason, the second undulating portion is more likely to travel light incident from the back side of the decorative member at an angle close to linear advance, and the first undulating portion has a traveling direction of light incident from the back side of the decorative member. It becomes easy to change. Therefore, the glare of the light emitted from the light emitting means when the player directly looks at the predetermined target shape is suppressed, and the light emitting means emits light with high brightness so that the player can easily recognize the predetermined target shape. Can do.

  The light emitting means described in the feature A2 may be provided at a position overlapping the first undulation portion along a predetermined direction in which the facing surface portion faces.

<Feature A3>
A light-transmitting lowering layer (colored portion of the character face 282 and the protruding rib 281) is provided so as to overlap the first undulating portion and lowers the translucency of the first undulating portion from the second undulating portion. A gaming machine according to Feature A1 or A2, wherein

According to the gaming machine described in the feature A3, since the translucency of the first undulation portion is lower than that of the second undulation portion, the first undulation portion is less likely to transmit the light of the light emitting means, and the predetermined target The portion around the shape is relatively bright and easily emits light. Therefore, there is a difference in the amount of light between the area where the predetermined target shape is formed and the surrounding area, and it is easy for the player to recognize the outer shape of the predetermined target shape. The light emitted from the means is not excessively dazzled, and the light emitting means can emit light with higher brightness.

<Feature B group>
As a kind of gaming machine, for example, in a slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to a lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that makes the player expect a lottery result is performed. As a part of this effect, a decoration part is fixedly or operably arranged separately from the reel and the liquid crystal display device, and an effect of causing the decoration part to emit light is performed (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-173166). reference).

  However, when a three-dimensional shape is formed of a transparent member as the decoration portion, the contour of the three-dimensional shape is difficult to visually recognize, and there is a problem that it is difficult for the player to recognize the three-dimensional shape.

<Feature B1>
A facing surface portion (character surface portions 271, 311, 321) facing the predetermined direction where the player is located, and a wall surface portion (wall surface portion 272) extending from the peripheral portion of the facing surface portion to the opposite side to the predetermined direction. 312, 322) and a translucent decorative member (character cover member 251, 252, 253) provided so that the front side can be visually recognized by the player, and provided on the back side of the decorative member, In a gaming machine provided with light emitting means (left LED 212L) for outputting light incident from the side,
On the back surface side of the facing surface portion of the decorative member, a plurality of recessed portions having apexes at a part with a predetermined interval and a predetermined amount of depth are formed adjacent to each other at least at the outer peripheral portion along the boundary with the wall surface portion. The opposite surface back side undulation (outer undulation 292) is provided,
On the inner surface side of the wall surface portion of the decorative member, a recessed portion having a smaller interval than the opposed surface back side undulating portion continues in the extending direction of the wall surface portion, and surrounds the outer edge of the opposed surface back side undulated portion. A gaming machine having a undulation (inner undulation 293).

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine including a decorative portion that allows the player to easily recognize the contour of the transparent member in the three-dimensional shape. That is, the interval between the recesses on the opposite surface back side undulations and the interval between the recesses on the wall inner side undulations are made different, and the wall inner surface side undulations are recessed in a shape extending rearward on the inner surface side of the wall surface part. Is formed, it is easy for the player to recognize the boundary between the opposing surface back side undulating portion and the wall inner surface side undulating portion, and the corner corresponding to the columnar end surface can be conspicuous. Therefore, even if it is the column shape formed with the transparent member which has translucency, the shape can make it easy for a player to recognize the shape.

<Feature B2>
The gaming machine according to claim B1, wherein the light emitting means is provided in a direction in which light is emitted toward a boundary portion where the opposing back surface undulation portion and the wall inner surface undulation portion are adjacent to each other.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B2, when the light emitting means emits light, the boundary portion between the opposing surface back side undulating portion and the wall inner surface side undulating portion is conspicuous by irradiation with strong light, and is formed of a transparent member. It is possible to make it easier for the player to recognize the contour of the pillar shape.

<Feature B3>
The feature member B2 is characterized in that the decorative member is provided in a direction in which both the opposite surface undulation portion and the wall inner surface undulation portion are inclined at approximately 20 degrees or more with respect to the irradiation direction of the light emitting means. Game machines.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B3, the light emitted from the light emitting means is incident on the inner surface of the decorative member at an angle of approximately 20 degrees or more with respect to the opposite surface back side undulation portion and the wall inner surface side undulation portion. For this reason, the opposing surface back side undulation portion and the wall inner surface side undulation portion can each emit sufficient light so that their boundary portions are conspicuous, and the player can further recognize the columnar contour formed by the transparent member. It can be easy.

<Feature B4>
The opposing surface backside undulation corresponding to the first undulating portion and the second undulating portion of the decorative member having a plurality of decorative members having different sizes of the opposing surface portion and the wall surface portion as the decorative member The decorative member in which the interval and the depth in the recessed portion of the portion are substantially the same, and the interval of the recessed portion in the wall surface undulating portion corresponds to the size of the opposing surface portion and the wall surface portion, and the opposing surface portion and the wall surface portion are large. The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B3, which is dependent on any one of features A1 to A3, characterized in that the interval between the recessed portions in the wall surface undulating portion is set larger.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B4, since the interval between the recessed portions of the wall-side undulations is set according to the change in the size of the column shape, the column shape contour formed by the transparent resin material Can be easily recognized. Further, since the recesses of the first undulation portion and the opposite surface back side undulation portion (second undulation portion) have substantially the same spacing and depth, the appearance of a predetermined target shape that emits light at a plurality of locations is made closer to uniform. Thus, the outer shape of the predetermined target shape can be easily decorated by the player.

<Feature C group>
As a kind of gaming machine, for example, in a slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to a lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that makes the player expect a lottery result is performed. As a part of this effect, a decoration part is fixedly or operably arranged separately from the reel and the liquid crystal display device, and an effect of causing the decoration part to emit light is performed (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-173166). reference).

  However, when a player can easily see a light emitting component such as a light emitting diode (LED) for emitting light from a decorative portion arranged at a position visible by the player, a board on which the light emitting component is mounted, and the like. There was a problem that the appearance as a gaming machine was impaired.

<Feature C1>
A decorative part (right-hand character display part 204) having translucency that is visible from the front side where the player is located, and a light emitting means for irradiating the back side of the decorative part and causing the decorative part to emit light ( In the gaming machine (slot machine 10) provided with the right LED 212R),
The decorative portion is provided on the front surface side, and the light emitting means is provided on the back surface side opposite to the front surface side, and the light irradiated on the back surface side by the light emitting means is transmitted and emitted to the front surface side. A translucent member (rear plate member 352) having translucency,
The translucent member is
A flat portion (plane portion 411) formed in a substantially flat shape smooth on the surface side;
Provided at a position corresponding to the back side away from the player with respect to the portion where the flat portion is provided, a substantially flat reflective surface portion inclined by approximately 45 degrees with respect to the flat portion sandwiches a ridge line or valley line A plurality of undulations (undulations 412) formed by undulations in a continuous surface shape,
The undulating portion has a predetermined number of reflecting surface portions (pyramidal reflecting surface portion 421a) formed by substantially triangular side surfaces of a regular polygonal pyramid whose apex protrudes from the back surface side and is set to a predetermined number of even numbers of corners, or A reflective surface portion that is a part projecting to the back surface side and includes at least one reflective surface portion as an element from a pair of reflective surface portions (trapezoidal reflective surface portion 421b) continuous from both sides to one ridge line extending in parallel with the flat surface portion Or, it is formed into a shape in which a plurality of combinations of reflecting surface portions are arranged,
When light perpendicular to the plane portion is incident on the reflecting surface portion constituting the undulating portion from the surface side of the translucent member, one reflecting surface portion and the one reflecting surface portion and the projecting end side The light is emitted from the surface side by another reflective surface portion that forms a vertex or a ridge line, and the other reflective surface portion that is provided substantially perpendicular to the first reflective surface portion. A gaming machine.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the appearance of the decorative portion capable of emitting light while suppressing an increase in cost. That is, when light perpendicular to the plane portion is incident from the surface side of the translucent member, the light passing through the plane portion is incident on the reflection surface portion at an incident angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the normal line of one reflection surface portion. Irradiated and reflected in a direction parallel to the plane portion. At the tip of the reflected light, a pair of other reflecting surface portions are located, light is irradiated at an incident angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the reflecting surface portion, and is reflected again to the surface side of the translucent member. Light will travel. That is, the light incident from the surface side of the translucent member through the flat surface portion proceeds again to the surface side by the undulating portion.

  For this reason, when the translucent member is visually recognized from the direction side perpendicular to the plane portion, the back surface thereof becomes a mirror surface that is difficult to see through, and the member provided on the back surface side of the translucent member is difficult to visually recognize. . Therefore, the light emitting means provided on the back surface side of the translucent member can be difficult to be seen by the player, and the back surface side is low-cost without performing surface treatment or the like on the translucent member. It is possible to manufacture a decorative portion that is difficult to visually recognize and has a good appearance.

  Moreover, the light irradiated from the light emitting means that is incident from the back side of the translucent member forms one vertex or one ridge line, and is adjacent to one reflection surface portion and the other reflection surface portion. In this case, the light is refracted twice in opposite directions and proceeds so that the light is dispersed. For this reason, even if the luminance is set high when controlling the light emission to the light emitting means, it is possible to suppress the light from proceeding linearly toward the player side. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling that the light emitted from the decorative part is too dazzling or causing the light to be strong enough to leave an afterimage while making the decorative part light up. It can be set as a good-looking decoration part which is hard to get tired.

<Feature C2>
A plurality of light emitting means provided individually capable of emitting light as the light emitting means;
A partition wall section (partition wall 363) that partitions a region between the plurality of light emitting means and the undulating portion of the translucent member into a plurality of regions;
The translucent member has a pair of reflective surface portions (trapezoidal reflective surface portions 421b) that form ridge lines (ridge lines R1, R2), and when viewed from the player side, The gaming machine according to Feature C1, wherein the ridge lines in the reflective surface portion are arranged in an intersecting direction. The part of the ridge line in the translucent member cannot reflect the light from the front side, is easily affected by the color of the member on the back side part, and the part where the ridge line and the partition wall part intersect Compared to the part, the appearance tends to be different, and the part is less likely to emit light.

According to the gaming machine described in the feature C2, since the tip portion of the partition wall portion and the ridge line formed by the reflection surface portion are arranged to intersect with each other, the point portion corresponding to the intersection of the ridge line and the partition wall portion In addition, it is possible to limit the portion where the appearance is reduced, and it is possible to set a narrow range where it is difficult to emit light while reducing a sense of incongruity due to a difference in appearance.

  In addition, it is preferable that the “partition wall portion” in the gaming machine described in the feature C2 is set to be white or silver, so that the reflective surface portion of the translucent member that reflects in a mirror shape when viewed from the player It is possible to reduce the color difference from the ridgeline and improve the appearance of the decorative part.

<Feature C3>
In the undulating portion of the translucent member, when the translucent member is viewed from the undulating portion side, the predetermined number of the translucent member is spaced apart from the apex by a predetermined interval. Are provided side by side,
Between the predetermined number of reflective surface portions and the predetermined number of reflective surface portions provided next to the reflective surface portion, a pair of reflective surface portions forming the ridge line are provided,
Each of the reflective surface portions in the pair of reflective surface portions forms a valley line together with the reflective surface portions constituting the predetermined number of reflective surface portions, and is substantially set in a direction in which a ridge line of the pair of reflective surface portions extends substantially parallel to the valley line. A trapezoidal reflective surface portion is provided so as to surround the predetermined number of reflective surface portions;
When the translucent member is viewed from the undulating portion side, the substantially trapezoidal shape that forms the valley line rather than the distance from the vertex to the valley line of each reflecting surface portion constituting the predetermined number of reflecting surface portions. The gaming machine according to C1 or C2, wherein a distance between the valley line and the ridge line in the reflection surface portion is set longer.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C3, since the area of the reflective surface portion formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape is set wider than the triangular shape forming the side surface of the pyramid, the number of ridge lines in the undulating portion is reduced. The appearance of the decorative part can be improved. In addition, compared with the case where the undulating portion is formed only by the pyramid shape, the amount of change in thickness corresponding to the distance between the flat surface portion and the undulating portion is reduced while setting the reflecting surface portion formed as one reflecting surface portion to be large. Further, it is possible to easily form a homogeneous translucent member in which the resin easily flows into the entire undulating portion at low cost. Furthermore, since the area of the reflecting surface portion formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape is provided wider than the area of the predetermined number of reflecting surface portions that form the apex, the decoration in which the portion where the translucent member is provided is reflected in a mirror shape The appearance of the club can be improved.

  In addition, the part protruding rearward in the shape of a regular polygonal pyramid by a predetermined number of reflecting surface portions is a game in which another pattern is formed in the specular part by concentrating a large number of ridge lines toward the apex. It will be visually recognized from the person side. Therefore, a polygonal pattern centered on the apexes arranged at a certain interval may be arranged at an interval in a decorative part having a specular background portion, and a lattice pattern decoration may be added to the decorative part. it can.

<Feature C4>
A plate that is provided on the front side with respect to the translucent member and that is formed by a protruding portion (character portion 381) that is at least a part of the decorative portion and projects a linear portion of a character or a figure to the front side. A front member (front dial member 351) having a shape,
The front-rear thickness of the front member is substantially constant at the portion where the protruding portion and the undulating portion overlap in the front-rear direction, and the line width of the linear protruding portion is such that the vertex of the predetermined number of reflecting surface portions is the line. The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C3, wherein one or two line widths are set in the width direction.

According to the gaming machine described in the feature C4, the light that has traveled from the front surface side of the projecting portion that protrudes to the front side into the plate surface of the front side member is refracted twice on the front surface side and the back surface side of the front member. It is easy to pass to the back surface side at an angle close to parallel that is in the same direction as the incident angle to the side, and similarly, light passing from the back surface side to the front surface side also easily passes to the front surface side at an angle close to parallel. For this reason, when the front side member is visually recognized from the player side, the front side while reducing the influence of refraction by the front side member and exhibiting the reflection effect by the translucent member that reflects in a mirror shape on the back side of the front side member, The decoration part which gave the decoration by the shape which protruded in can be formed. In addition, since one or two patterns with the vertex at the center are arranged in the line width over the entire area of the protrusion, the direction in which the protrusions continue is conspicuous, and the characters or figures formed by the protrusions While improving the ease of recognition, the area of the reflective surface portion is wide, and the number of ridge lines is suppressed, so that a decorative portion that can easily exhibit the mirror effect of the undulating portion of the translucent member can be obtained.

  Note that any one of the features described in the features A1 to A3, the features B1 to B4, and the features C1 to C4 may be applied in combination with any one or more features. The basic configuration of the gaming machine to which the above-described features can be applied is shown below.

  Pachinko gaming machine: operation means operated by a player, game ball launching means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operation means, a ball path for guiding the launched game ball to a predetermined game area, and a game A gaming machine that includes each gaming component arranged in an area, and gives a bonus to a player when a gaming ball passes through a predetermined passing portion of each gaming component.

  A spinning machine such as a slot machine: the rotation of the circulating body is started based on the operation of the start operation means, the rotation of the circulating body is stopped based on the operation of the stop operation means, and the player is made according to the pattern after the stop. A gaming machine that grants bonuses.

  As described above, the present invention is suitable for gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Slot machine, 201-203 ... Left character display part, 204 ... Right character display part, 212L ... LED for left side, 212R ... LED for right side, 251, 252, 253 ... Character cover member, 271, 311, 321 ... Character Surface portion, 272, 312, 322 ... Wall surface portion, 281 ... Projection rib, 282 ... Character face, 291 ... Character back relief portion, 292 ... Outer circumference relief portion, 293 ... Inner circumference relief portion, 351 ... Front dial member, 352 ... rear side plate-like member, 363 ... partition wall, 381 ... character part, 411 ... plane part, 412 ... undulation part, 421a ... pyramid reflection surface part, 421b ... trapezoid reflection surface part

Claims (3)

It has a facing surface portion facing a predetermined direction side where the player is located, and a wall surface portion having a shape extending from the peripheral portion of the facing surface portion to the side opposite to the predetermined direction, and is provided so that the surface side can be visually recognized by the player. In a gaming machine comprising a decorative member having translucency, and a light emitting means provided on the back side of the decorative member and outputting light incident from the back side,
On the back surface side of the facing surface portion of the decorative member, a plurality of recessed portions having apexes at a part with a predetermined interval and a predetermined amount of depth are formed adjacent to each other at least at the outer peripheral portion along the boundary with the wall surface portion. The opposite surface back side undulations are provided,
On the inner surface side of the wall surface portion of the decorative member, a recessed portion having a smaller interval than the opposed surface back side undulating portion continues in the extending direction of the wall surface portion, and surrounds the outer edge of the opposed surface back side undulated portion. A gaming machine characterized by being provided with undulations.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting means is provided in a direction in which light is emitted toward a boundary portion where the opposing surface back side undulation portion and the wall inner surface side undulation portion are adjacent to each other.   2. The decorative member is provided in a direction in which both the opposing surface back side undulation portion and the wall inner surface side undulation portion are inclined at approximately 20 degrees or more with respect to the irradiation direction of the light emitting means. Or the gaming machine of 2.

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