JP2014183925A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an illumination effect to be shown in front of sound wave generation means without impairing propagation of oscillatory waves, such as sound waves generated from the sound wave generation means, such as a speaker.SOLUTION: A game machine includes an illumination function part 80. The illumination function part 80 includes: sound wave generation means 56; a light-emitting member 90 disposed on a propagation path of generated sound waves from the sound wave generation means; and printed boards 102, 103 that are disposed in a position adjacent to the sound wave generation means, and mount light sources 102a, 103a. The light-emitting member includes: a light reception part 91 for receiving light from the light sources; and a light guide section 93 for guiding light received from the light reception part to a part in front of the sound wave generation means.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a space in a propagation path of a sound wave (vibration wave) output from a sound wave generating unit such as a speaker, a vibrator, or a sound effect generating unit can be used for electrical decoration.

In the pachinko machine, various board parts such as a prize opening, a windmill, a symbol display device, and an electrical decoration device are provided on the board surface of the game board in order to diversify the game contents. Then, when a game ball wins at the start winning opening provided on the game board, the symbols displayed on the symbol display device in the game board start to fluctuate, and the symbols stopped after the lapse of a predetermined time are predetermined jackpot symbols. When it becomes, it becomes a big hit state, and a player can acquire a lot of balls. In such a gaming machine, various display effects are performed in order to enhance the interest of the game.
For example, for the purpose of visually expressing and notifying winnings and other changes in the game state during the game, and for the purpose of creating an electric decoration effect on the game progress, a game board, a movable board surface part, and other arbitrary An electrical decoration device using an LED lamp, a filament type lamp, or the like is arranged at the site (Patent Documents 1 and 2).
The LED is often used as a light source for electrical decoration in gaming machines such as pachinko machines due to its small size and low cost. It is often used aiming at.

On the other hand, as disclosed in Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-254376), the effect of sound waves output from the speaker is an indispensable element for gaming machines.
As is well known, the speaker has a structure for generating sound waves as vibration waves by vibrating the air by the vibration of the vibration plate disposed on the front surface. Therefore, a member that blocks the propagation of sound waves is disposed on the front surface of the vibration plate. Tends to be avoided at the design stage.
Specifically, for example, when a printed circuit board equipped with a light source such as an LED is arranged on the front side of a speaker for electrical decoration, sound waves such as sound, music, and sound effects output from the speaker are propagated by the printed circuit board surface. Impaired volume, sound quality, and sound effects are reduced. For this reason, until now, it has been said that a printed circuit board or an electrical decoration device that exhibits an electrical decoration effect cannot be arranged in the space in front of the speaker.
As described above, in the conventional gaming machine, the fact that the printed circuit board for lighting and other lighting devices could not be arranged in front of the speaker (in the main propagation path of the sound wave) was limited and limited to the effect in the progress of the game. There was a risk of reducing the interest of the game. Such a problem is a problem that frequently occurs in the layout design of the illumination device in the gaming machine, but no effective countermeasure has been proposed so far.
Such a problem also occurs in sound wave (vibration wave) generating means other than the speaker, for example, in a sound effect generating means for generating sound effects such as vibrators for generating vibrations and vibration sounds, striking sounds, and sliding sounds. . That is, if a printed circuit board is arranged in front of a vibrator arranged in a gaming machine, propagation of vibration sound output from the vibrator is hindered, and sound volume, sound quality, and acoustic effect are reduced or deteriorated. Also, in the sound effect generating means, if the printed circuit board is disposed in the sound effect propagation path, the sound effect sound volume, sound quality, and sound effect are reduced or deteriorated.
In addition, depending on the type and frequency of the sound wave (vibration wave) output by the sound wave generating means, the electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board may malfunction or break down due to resonance or the like. In particular, for example, when an ultrasonic wave or a shock wave is output from the sound wave generating means, it is assumed that it causes a malfunction of the LED on the printed circuit board.

JP 2009-000303 A JP 2009-066211

Conventionally, in sound wave generating means that cannot place a printed circuit board with a light source mounted in the space in front of it, such as a speaker, and other lighting devices, the space in front of the speaker is used for lighting. The production effect could not be demonstrated.
However, in a gaming machine with a limited area that can be decorated, if the effect of illumination can be demonstrated using the space in the sound wave propagation path generated by the sound wave generation means such as a speaker, further changes and improvements It should be possible to produce rich and diverse productions.
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and exhibits an electric decoration effect by utilizing a space including a propagation path of vibration waves without hindering propagation of vibration waves such as sound waves generated from sound wave generation means. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 includes a sound wave generating means for generating a sound wave, a light emitting member at least partially arranged on a propagation path of the sound wave generated by the sound wave generating means, A gaming machine having a printed circuit board having at least a part disposed outside a propagation path and mounted with a light source, wherein the light emitting member receives a light from the light source, and receives light from the light receiving unit. And a light guide unit that guides the transmitted light onto the propagation path of the sound wave.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the sound wave generating means is a speaker, and a speaker protection member is provided on a sound wave propagation path from the diaphragm of the speaker, and at least a part of the light guide portion is connected to the diaphragm. It arrange | positions between the said speaker protection members, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the electrical decoration effect using the space including the propagation path of the sound wave from a sound wave generation means can be exhibited, without inhibiting the propagation of the sound wave produced | generated from sound wave generation means, such as a speaker. .

It is the whole front view showing the example of composition of the pachinko gaming machine as an example of the gaming machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a front side perspective view of a gaming machine. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2. It is a perspective view which shows the state which supported the game board unit and the inner frame with respect to the outer frame so that opening and closing was possible. It is a front view of the sound wave output and the electrical decoration apparatus unit as an example of the electrical decoration apparatus unit of this invention. It is a lower side perspective view of a sound wave output and electrical decoration apparatus unit. It is a front view which shows a part of sound wave output and an electrical decoration apparatus unit. It is a front side disassembled perspective view of a part of a sound wave output / lighting device unit. It is a lower side perspective view of the sound wave output and electrical decoration unit unit in a state where a speaker or the like is removed. (A) And (b) is the front view and bottom view of a sound wave output and electrical decoration apparatus unit of the state which removed the speaker etc. It is a disassembled perspective view of a sound wave output and an electrical decoration apparatus unit. It is a one part disassembled perspective view of a sound wave output and an electrical decoration apparatus unit. (A) And (b) is an exploded view which shows the correspondence of LED and a light-receiving part. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the speaker for demonstrating the positional relationship of a printed circuit board and a speaker. (A) And (b) is the perspective view which showed the structural example of the light emission and light guide function part (light emitting member), and principal part (bb) sectional drawing.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a configuration example of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of this gaming machine, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the game board unit and the inner frame are pivotally supported to be openable and closable with respect to the outer frame.
The gaming machine 1 includes an outer frame 300 that is attached to an island facility of a game store, an inner frame 310 that is rotatably supported by the outer frame 300 on one vertical side, and a game board unit U.
The outer frame 300 is provided with a game board 2 in which a game area 3 in which game balls flow down is formed. The inner frame 310 supports a glass plate (not shown) that covers the game area 3 so as to be visible in front of the game board 2 (player side).

Further, the inner frame 310 has an operation handle 311 for emitting a game ball toward the game area 3 by being rotated, and sound wave (vibration wave) output devices (sound wave generating means) 56 and 312 including speakers. An effect button 314 for changing the effect mode by a pressing operation, and left and right effect movable illumination devices 320L and 320R are provided.
A sound wave (vibration wave) output / lighting device unit 50 is disposed in the upper central portion of the inner frame 310, and the sound wave output / lighting device unit 50 includes a sound wave output device (speaker) 56.
Details of the sound wave output / lighting device unit 50 will be described later.
A tray unit 315 is provided below the inner frame 310. The tray unit 315 is provided with a ball tray portion that stores a plurality of game balls. The ball tray portion has a downward inclination so that the game balls flow down toward the operation handle 311. . Then, when the player rotates the operation handle 311, the game ball is launched into the game area 3.
When the game ball launched as described above rises between the rails 5a and 5b and exceeds the ball return prevention piece 5c, it reaches the game area 3 and then falls in the game area 3. At this time, the game ball falls unpredictably by a plurality of nails and windmills provided in the game area 3.
The game board unit U includes a game board 2, a base frame body 30 attached to the back surface of the game board 2, an image display unit 35 attached to the back surface of the base frame body, and the like.

Next, the configuration of the game area 3 of the game board 2 will be described.
The game area 3 is provided with a plurality of general winning ports 18. When a game ball wins each of these general winning ports 18, a predetermined prize ball (for example, 10 game balls) is paid out.
In addition, a first start port 13 and a second start port 14 that constitute a start region into which a game ball can enter are provided in a region below the center of the game region 3.
The second start port 14 has an open / close door 14a, and is movable and controlled to a first mode in which the open / close door 14a is maintained in a closed state and a second mode in which the open / close door 14a is in an open state. The Therefore, when the second start port 14 is in the first mode, there is no opportunity for winning a game ball, and when it is in the second mode, the chance for winning a game ball is increased.

Here, when a game ball enters the first start port 13 or the second start port 14, a random symbol value for special symbol determination or the like is acquired, and a right winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as a “big hit lottery”). ) Is performed. When a game ball enters the first start port 13 or the second start port 14, a predetermined prize ball (for example, three game balls) is paid out.
Further, in the area on the right side of the game area 3, there are provided a normal symbol gate 15 through which a game ball can pass and a big winning device 16 through which the game ball can enter.
Therefore, the game ball is configured not to pass through or win through the gate 15 and the big winning device 16 unless the operation handle 311 is rotated and the game ball is launched with a strong force.
When the passage of the game ball is detected at the gate 15, a random number for determining a normal symbol is acquired, and “normal symbol winning lottery” is performed.

The big prize device 16 is normally kept in a closed state with the first big prize opening by a big prize device movable piece (first opening / closing piece) 16a, and it is impossible to enter a game ball. On the other hand, when a predetermined special game is started, the first opening / closing piece 16a is opened, and the first opening / closing piece 16a functions as a saucer for guiding the game ball into the first grand prize opening. Will be able to enter the first grand prize opening. When a game ball enters the first grand prize opening, a predetermined prize ball (for example, 15 game balls) is paid out.
Furthermore, in order to discharge the game balls that have not entered any of the general winning opening 18, the first starting opening 13, the second starting opening 14, and the big winning device 16 into the lowermost area of the gaming area 3. Out port 19 is provided.

In addition, an opening 3A is formed at the center of the game area 3, and a decorative member 6 that affects the flow of the game ball is provided along the periphery of the opening 3A. A main image display device (main display member) 7 formed of a liquid crystal display device or the like is provided at a substantially central portion (open portion) of the decoration member 6 and on the back side of the game board.
The image display device (main display device) 7 displays an image during standby when no game is played, or displays an image according to the progress of the game. Among them, three effect symbols 8 for informing the result of the jackpot lottery to be described later are displayed, and a combination of specific effect symbols 8 (for example, 777) is stopped and displayed as a jackpot lottery result. Is notified.

Specifically, when a game ball enters the first start port 13 or the second start port 14, the three effect symbols 8 are scroll-displayed, and the scroll is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed. The symbol 8 is stopped and displayed. Further, by displaying various images, characters, and the like during the variation display of the effect symbol 8, a high expectation that the player may win a big hit is given to the player.
Furthermore, in addition to the above-described various effect devices, the sound wave output devices 56 and 312 output BGM (background music), SE (sound effect), and the like, and perform effects by sound.

A symbol display device 9 for displaying various symbols is provided on the lower left side of the game board 2.
On the upper surface of the tray unit 315, an effect button 314 generally called a chance button is arranged. The operation of the effect button 314 is effective while guidance for prompting the operation of the effect button 314 is displayed on the image display device 7 in the case of a specific reach effect during a game, for example.

  Next, FIG. 5 is a front view of a sound wave output / lighting device unit as an example of the light decoration device unit of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a lower perspective view of the sound wave output / lighting device unit, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view showing a part of the sound wave output / lighting device unit, FIG. 8 is a front side exploded perspective view of a part of the sound wave output / lighting device unit, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a lower perspective view of the sound wave output / lighting device unit, and FIGS. 10A and 10B are a front view and a bottom view of the sound wave output / lighting device unit in a state in which a speaker or the like is removed. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the sound wave output / lighting device unit, FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of a part of the sound wave output / lighting device unit, and FIGS. 13A and 13B are an LED and a light receiving unit. FIG. 14 is an AA cross-sectional view of FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the speaker for explaining the positional relationship between the printed circuit board and the speaker, and FIGS. 16A and 16B are perspective views showing a configuration example of the light emitting / light guiding function unit (light emitting member). FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the main part (bb).

The sound wave output / lighting device unit 50 is a speaker having a base member 51 fixedly disposed along the upper end portion of the inner frame 310 and at least one speaker (sound wave generating means) 56 disposed on the front surface of the base member 51. A functional unit 55 and an electrical decoration functional unit 80 that enables production by electrical decoration in the space in front of the speaker (in the propagation direction of the sound wave) are provided.
Since the sound wave (vibration wave) is generated by vibrating the air, the speaker is a kind of sound wave (vibration wave) generating means.
The speaker function unit 55 according to this example is arranged in front of two speakers 56 that are spaced apart from each other left and right, a speaker support member 57 having a support hole 57a that supports each speaker, and a diaphragm 56a of the speaker. And a speaker protection member 98 that protects the diaphragm.
As the speaker protection member 98, a mesh body, a net body, or the like is used.
The electrical decoration function unit 80 includes an exterior body 81 attached to the front surface of the base member 51 in a state in which the speaker function unit 55 is accommodated and supported, and the front of the diaphragm 56a of each speaker 56 (in the sound wave propagation path). A light emitting member 90 disposed on the printed circuit board 100, and a printed circuit board 100 that is disposed adjacent to each speaker (front surface of the central portion of the speaker support member 57) avoiding the front of the diaphragm and mounted with a plurality of LEDs (light sources); It has.
The light emitting member 90 includes a light receiving portion 91 that receives light from one LED, and a light guide portion 93 that guides light received from the light receiving portion to the front of the diaphragm. The light emitting member 90 is at least partly composed of a transparent material and a light transmissive material, and light incident from the light receiving part is spread and guided to at least part of the light guiding part (in this example, the entire light guiding part). The unit is configured to emit light. You may make it adjust the light emission direction, a light emission part, and the intensity of light quantity by applying a light-shielding paint to the outer surface suitable place of a light guide part.

The printed circuit board 100 according to the illustrated embodiment is disposed on the front side of the speaker support member 57. As is well known, the printed circuit board 100 includes an insulating substrate, a wiring pattern formed on the surface of the insulating substrate, an electrical component such as an LED (light source) and a lamp (light source) mounted on the wiring pattern, and an electronic component. The
The printed circuit board 100 can be placed at any location that avoids the front of the speaker (sound wave propagation path). For example, it may be arranged on the speaker support member or other parts mounted on the speaker support member, and there is no limitation on the arrangement site. Moreover, you may arrange | position in arbitrary positions, such as a back side and a side of a speaker support member. This is because it is sufficient that light from the LED on the printed board is incident from the light receiving portion of the light emitting member and the light guide portion 93 can emit light.
Furthermore, the printed circuit board can be arranged not only in the horizontal direction but also in any position such as the vertical direction, the diagonal direction, the back side, etc. in the positional relationship with the speaker.
Even if a part of the printed circuit board is arranged to interfere with the front of the speaker, there is no effect on the target volume, sound quality, acoustic effect, etc., or a light source such as an LED mounted on the printed circuit board Such a layout is also possible when it is determined that it will not be damaged by (air vibration).
In the present invention, at least a part of the printed circuit board 100 is disposed at a position avoiding the main propagation path of the sound wave output from the diaphragm 56 a of the speaker 56.

As shown in the schematic cross-sectional view of the speaker in FIG. 15, the speaker 56 includes a coil 56b, a magnet 56c, and a diaphragm (cone paper) 56a, and the diaphragm is obtained by inputting an electric signal (audio signal) to the coil 56b. It is means for generating and outputting sound waves that are vibration waves of air by mechanically vibrating.
The diaphragm (cone paper) 56a has a cone-shaped (tapered) front surface, but has a tapered shape in which the front edge of the diaphragm is extended (expanded) obliquely forward along the cone-shaped front surface. Is assumed to be the main propagation path (propagation range) P of sound waves, a printed circuit board is disposed outside the propagation path P.
However, as described above, even if a part of the printed circuit board is located at a position where it interferes with a part of the main propagation path P of the sound wave output from the diaphragm 56a, the sound volume, sound quality, acoustic effect, etc. are large. If there is no influence, such a layout can be used.
In addition, it is preferable to arrange | position the light emission part 91 which comprises the light emission member 90 on the outer side of the main propagation path | route P, and the light guide part 93 arrange | positions most parts in the main transmission path | route.
The printed circuit board 100 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of first LEDs 101a that are arranged on the front center portion of the speaker support member and the first annular member (printed circuit board support member) 112 and emit light toward the front surface. The first printed circuit board 101 provided and a plurality of second and third LEDs 102a and 103a that are arranged adjacent to the left and right of the first printed circuit board and emit light outward in the lateral direction (each speaker side). Second and third printed circuit boards 102 and 103 are provided.
In the present example, the first printed circuit board 101 is disposed on the bottom surface of the recess provided at the center of the speaker support member 57 and on the front side peripheral edge of the first annular member (printed circuit board support member) 112. Consists of two substrates.
The light from each first LED 101a on the first printed circuit board 101 is emitted toward the front through the front light emitting function unit 110 disposed in the front center portion of the exterior body 81. Light from the second and third LEDs 102a and 103a on the second and third printed circuit boards 102 and 103 enters the light emitting members from the light receiving portions 91 of the left and right light emitting members 90 and enters the light guide portions. 93 is caused to emit light. For example, side view type LEDs are used as the second and third LEDs 102a and 103a.

As shown in FIG. 12, the front light emitting functional unit 110 includes a front light emitting base 111 having an opening 111a at the center, and a first annular member (printed circuit board support member) 112 that is sequentially assembled to the front surface of the front light emitting base. , A second annular member 113, and translucent decorative members 114, 115, 116. Between the first annular member (printed circuit board support member) 112 and the second annular member 113, the light receiving portion of the light emitting member 90 is disposed. The translucent decorative members 114 and 115 are members subjected to lens-like processing, and the translucent decorative member 116 is a transparent plate. These are fixed to the front surface of the front light emitting base 111 by screws or the like.
The front light emitting function unit 110 is disposed at the center of the speaker support member 57 (FIG. 11) constituting the speaker function unit 55.
A U-shaped first printed circuit board 101 is disposed on the annular front surface of the first annular member 112, and second and third printed circuit boards 102 and 103 are disposed on the left and right outer sides of the first printed circuit board, respectively. Be placed. The second and third printed circuit boards 102 and 103 may be supported by the front light emitting base 111.

The second and third printed circuit boards may be arranged at any position as long as they are in the lateral direction of the first printed circuit board. Specifically, the second and third printed circuit boards may be arranged behind the annular front surface of the first annular member 112 (for example, in a space S of an exterior body main body 82 described later).
The second and third printed circuit boards are laid out so that the light-receiving part 91 of the light-emitting member is close to the light-emitting part of each LED, regardless of where the second printed board and the third printed board avoid the space (sound propagation path P). Then, light can be guided to the light guide section 93. That is, according to this example, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in layout with respect to the arrangement of the printed circuit boards.
The light from the first LED 101a is transmitted forward through each of the translucent decorative members 114, 115, and 116.
In the lateral direction (on the emission path) of the LEDs 102a and 103a on the side view type second and third printed circuit boards, the light receiving portions 91 of the light emitting members 90 are arranged close to and opposed to each other. The second and third LEDs may be of a type that emits light from the front. In this case, the light receiving part 91 may be arranged so as to cover the light emitting part of each LED.

The exterior body 81 is a frame for positioning the exterior body main body 82 having a space S for accommodating the speaker function unit 55 therein, and the foremost translucent decorative member 116 disposed at the front center of the exterior body main body. A body 83 and a plurality of elongated branch-like members 84 which are decorative members extending in the lateral direction from the left and right edges of the frame 83 are provided. The void S is formed inside the frame 83.
When the speaker function unit 55 is accommodated in the exterior body 81, a mesh-like speaker protection member 98 for protecting the speaker, a light emitting member 90, and a speaker (sound wave generation means) are provided behind the branch member 84. 56 are sequentially arranged (FIG. 11). The branch members 84 arranged in front of the speaker protection member 98 are sufficiently spaced apart, and the width of each branch member and the interval between the branch members do not block the sound output from the speaker. Is considered.

Each branch member 84 according to the present embodiment has an elongated and bent shape, but the shape, the number, etc., can be arbitrarily set. For example, you may comprise so that it may expand | deploy in the shape of a spider web (net shape).
Each light emitting member 90 causes each light receiving portion 91 at the inner end to face (including a non-contact state and a contact state) the corresponding light emitting portion of each of the second and third LEDs 102a and 103a, and from each light receiving portion. The light guide portion 93 extending in the direction extends in a branch shape and is disposed on the front surface of the speaker. In addition, although a branch shape shows the state which several elongate members are extended and spaced apart, a part may cross | intersect and it may branch further from an elongate member.
You may comprise so that the light from a light emission part can inject into this recess without leaking by making the light-receiving part 91 which faces the light emission part of LED into the concave shape which is not shown in figure.
A plate-like projecting piece 93 </ b> A protrudes rearward from the back side of the light guide unit 93 that avoids each light receiving unit 91 (FIGS. 13 and 16). The protruding piece 93A is used for positioning the printed circuit boards 102 and 103 and for positioning with other peripheral components.
The light guide 93 according to this example has a quadrangular cross-sectional shape, but the cross-sectional shape is not limited as long as the light guide 93 has a width dimension that allows the light-emitting light guide to be sufficiently visible from the front.
The inner end portions of the respective light receiving portions 91 are connected by inner connecting pieces 94, and the outer end portions of the respective light receiving portions 91 are connected by outer connecting pieces 95 to constitute a light emission / light guide function portion 96. For this reason, when each light emission / light guide function part 96 is assembled to a required portion of the speaker support member 57, the light receiving part 91 of each light emission member faces the second and third LEDs 102a, 103a. .
By forming the inner connecting pieces 94 and 95 from a light-transmitting material, the inner connecting pieces 94 and 95 can be made to emit light together with the light guide portion 93 and contribute to the improvement of the electric decoration effect.
Further, by configuring the inner connecting piece 94 from a light-shielding material, leakage light from the LEDs 102a and 103a can be reduced, and most of the light from each LED can be guided from the light receiving unit 91 into the light guide unit 93. It becomes possible.
Note that the light emitting member 90 is not limited to a configuration in which branch-like elongated members that are bent as shown in the illustrated example are arranged so as to extend substantially in the horizontal direction, and may extend in the vertical direction or oblique direction. Alternatively, the elongated light guide portions may be crossed to form a mesh shape or a spider web shape. The shape of the light emitting member 90 itself and the arrangement of the plurality of light emitting members are taken into consideration so that sound (vibration) output from the speaker is not hindered and sound quality and acoustic effect are not deteriorated.

When assembling the sound wave output / lighting device unit (lighting device unit) 50 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 11, a group of components constituting the speaker function unit 55 and the front surface of the base member 51 The parts group which comprises the electrical decoration function part 80 is assembled | attached.
When assembling, first, as shown in FIG. 11, each speaker 56 is assembled in the support hole 57a of the speaker support member 57, and the front light emitting function unit 110 is formed on the front surface of the speaker support member 57 that supports the speaker. The group and the parts group constituting the light emitting member 90 are sequentially assembled. In addition, the speaker support member 57 assembled with the speaker 56, the front light emitting function unit 110, the light emitting member 90, and the speaker protection member 98 with the speaker protection member 98 attached to the front surface of each light emitting member 90 is attached to the exterior body 81. Include in. At this time, in the exterior body 81, the branch member 84 is disposed in front of the speaker protection member 98, and the light emitting member 90 is disposed behind the speaker protection member.

Next, the correspondence relationship between the component group constituting the electric decoration function unit 80 and the component group constituting the front light emission function unit 110 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, a first annular member (printed circuit board support member) 112, a second annular member 113, and translucent decorative members 114, 115, and 16 are sequentially provided at the front portion of the front light emitting base 111. Assemble. At this time, the light receiving portion 91 of the light emitting member 90 is disposed between the first annular member 112 and the second annular member 113.
The light emitting / light guiding function unit 96 is disposed between the front surface of the diaphragm of each speaker 56 and the speaker protection member 98.

As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, one first printed circuit board 101 is disposed in the central opening 111a of the front light emitting base 111, and the other U-shaped first printed circuit board 101 is The first annular member 112 is disposed on the front side. The second and third printed circuit boards 102 and 103 are arranged in the horizontal direction of the U-shaped printed circuit board 101. Specifically, it is fixed to the front surface of the first annular member 112 or the front portion of the front light emitting base 111.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 16, the light receiving portion 91 of the light emitting member 90 is disposed to face the light emitting portions of the second and third LEDs 102a and 103a.
The specific position and shape of the light receiving part in relation to the light emitting part of the LED are not limited to those shown in the figure, and light from the light emitting part of the LED is incident on the light guiding part 93 and the entire light guiding part As long as it can emit light, it can be laid out in any way.
The width of each light guide portion 93 having an elongated shape is significantly narrower than the area of the front surface of the speaker, and is output from the speaker by sufficiently widening the interval between the individual light guide portions. Be careful not to disturb the sound (vibration of the air).

The component parts of the speaker function unit 55 and the electric decoration function unit 80 other than the exterior body 81 that have been assembled in this way are incorporated into the exterior body 81. The plurality of branch members 84 provided on the front surface of the exterior body 81 are disposed in front of the plurality of light emitting members 90. The light emitting member 90 is arranged so that part or all of the light emitting member 90 is shifted from the branch-like member 84, so that when the light-emitting member 90 is caused to emit light, it is possible to exert a production effect in cooperation with the branch-like member 84. .
In particular, by arranging the light emitting member 90 behind the speaker protection member 98, an effect such as unexpectedness in production can be exhibited. That is, in the dark state where the light emitting member 90 is not emitting light, the light emitting member is concealed by the speaker protection member and the presence of the light emitting member 90 cannot be visually recognized, but the presence of the light emitting member can be suddenly closed up by emitting light. . In addition, the light emitting member that is hidden behind the mesh and could not know its existence suddenly emits light, so that the player can be surprised by the light emitted from the unexpected part, and the beauty can be improved. To do. This aesthetic enhancement effect is further enhanced by making the speaker protection member a dark color such as black and completely hiding the light emitting member when no light is emitted.

Next, in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 14, the correspondence relationship between the second printed circuit board 102, the LED 102 a, and the light emitting member 90 is shown.
A light receiving portion 91 is disposed at a portion of the light emitting member facing the light emitting portion of each LED 102a. The light emitting part of each LED 102a and each light receiving part 91 face each other in a one-to-one relationship and are close to each other, so that light can be efficiently incident on the light guiding part while suppressing light leakage. It becomes. For this reason, each light guide part 93 behind the speaker protection member 98 can be made to emit light sufficiently bright so that it can be clearly seen from the front of the speaker protection member.
In addition, by using the light guide function by the inner connecting piece 94 made of a light guide material, light from one LED can be guided to a plurality of light guide portions to emit light.
In this example, since the front surface of the speaker 56 is disposed so as to be inclined downward from the front direction, the light emitting member 90 is disposed so as to be inclined downward along the front surface of the speaker. Regardless of the direction of the front surface, the light emitting member 90 may be arranged substantially vertically so that it can be easily seen from the front.

Next, another characteristic configuration example of the light emission / light guide function unit (light emitting member) will be described with reference to FIGS.
The light emission / light guide function unit 96 is configured to easily reflect light incident from the LEDs 102a and 103a forward by the uneven portion 93a by providing the uneven portion 93a on the back side of the light emitting member 90 (light guide portion 93). . When the uneven portion 93a is not provided, it can be seen that the light incident in the light guide portion 93 is emitted inside the light guide portion when viewed from the front, but the amount of light emitted forward is small. On the other hand, according to this embodiment, since the amount of forward light emission can be increased, the presence of the light emitting member 90 can be further enhanced.
Alternatively, a reflective film layer or a light shielding film layer may be provided on the back surface, side surface, or any other part of the light emitting member (light guide portion).

As described above, in the sound wave output / lighting device unit 50 of the present invention, the sound wave from the sound wave generating means (vibration wave generating means) that outputs the sound wave (vibration wave) such as the speaker, the vibrator, and the sound effect generating means. No printed circuit board on which a light source such as an LED or a lamp is mounted is disposed in the propagation path (output path). Instead, a light emitting member that receives light from a light source on the printed circuit board and emits light is disposed on the propagation path of the sound wave generation unit while the printed circuit board is disposed at a position avoiding the propagation path. In the light emitting member, a plurality of narrow light emitting members that do not block or inhibit air vibrations such as sound waves are arranged apart from each other.
That is, in conventional sound wave generation means (vibration wave generation means) such as a speaker, vibrator, and sound effect generation means, a printed circuit board on which a light source for electric decoration is mounted is disposed in front of the sound wave propagation path. I could not.

On the other hand, in the present invention, in a gaming machine having a limited area that can be decorated, an electric decoration function is provided in a sound wave propagation path from a sound wave generating means that has not been able to arrange a printed circuit board on which a conventional light source is mounted. It became possible to arrange the light emitting member provided. For this reason, it is possible to exhibit the effect of illumination by illumination in an area or space that could not be conventionally illuminated, and a variety of effects that are rich in change and ingenuity are possible.
In addition, regardless of the position of the second and third LEDs, the shape and size of the light emitting member and the position of the light guide portion should be laid out so that the light receiving portion 91 of the light emitting member is close to the light emitting portion of each LED. In this case, the light guide unit 93 can emit light. In other words, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the degree of layout freedom with respect to the arrangement of the printed circuit boards.
Also, depending on the type and frequency of the sound wave (vibration wave) output by the sound wave generator, electronic components mounted on the printed circuit board may malfunction or fail due to resonance or the like. According to the present invention, it is possible to arrange components exhibiting an electric decoration effect in the sound wave propagation path from the sound wave generating means without causing such a problem.
The sound wave generating means includes means for generating sound waves that are inaudible to humans, as well as means for generating sound waves that cannot be heard, for example, ultrasonic waves.
The sound wave output / lighting device unit 50 shown in the above embodiment is merely an example of a light decoration device unit. Therefore, the decoration by illumination can be realized by arranging the light emitting member in front of the sound wave (vibration wave) generating means (parts, apparatus) other than the speaker.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine, 2 ... Game board, 3 ... Game area, 3A ... Opening part, 7 ... Image display apparatus, 8 ... Production design, 13 ... Start-up opening, 14 ... Start-up opening, 14a ... Opening / closing door, 15 ... Gate, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 ... Grand prize apparatus, 16a ... Opening and closing piece, 18 ... General prize opening, 18 ... Each general prize opening, 19 ... Out opening, 30 ... Base frame, 35 ... Image display unit, 50 ... Sound wave output and electrical decoration unit , 51 ... base member, 55 ... speaker function part, 56 ... speaker (sound wave generation means, vibration wave generation means), 56a ... diaphragm, 57 ... speaker support member, 57a ... support hole, 80 ... electrical decoration function part, 81 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Exterior body, 82 ... Exterior body main body, 83 ... Frame body, 84 ... Branch member, 90 ... Light emitting member, 91 ... Light receiving part, 93 ... Light guide part, 93a ... Uneven part, 94 ... Inner connecting piece, 95 ... Outer connecting piece, 96 ... light emission / light guide function part, 98 ... speaker protection Material: 100 ... printed circuit board, 101 ... first printed circuit board, 101a ... first LED, 102 ... second printed circuit board, 103 ... third printed circuit board, 102a ... second LED, 103a ... third LED 110: front light emitting functional unit 111 ... front light emitting base 111a ... opening 112 ... annular member 113 ... annular member 114, 115 ... translucent decorative member 116 ... translucent decorative member

Claims (2)

A sound wave generating means for generating a sound wave, a light emitting member at least partly disposed on a propagation path of the sound wave generated by the sound wave generation means, at least a part disposed outside the propagation path of the sound wave, and a light source A gaming machine having a printed circuit board mounted thereon,
The gaming machine, wherein the light emitting member includes a light receiving unit that receives light from the light source, and a light guide unit that guides light received from the light receiving unit onto a propagation path of the sound wave. The sound wave generating means is a speaker,
A speaker protection member is provided on a propagation path of sound waves from the diaphragm of the speaker, and at least a part of the light guide portion is disposed between the diaphragm and the speaker protection member. The gaming machine according to claim 1.

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