JP2015023993A - Movable decoration device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a movable decoration device of a game machine which possesses excellent durability and can move a performance member in the perpendicular direction to the board face.SOLUTION: A moving case 2 is provided on the base of a performance member 19 which moves in the Z direction perpendicular to the board face of a game board. In the inside of the moving case 2, a flexible flat cable 10 is wound and housed, and its inner peripheral end 21 is connected with the performance member 19. Other end is also connected with an electric source so as to enable electric power feeding and communication to the performance member 19 which advances and retreats in the Z direction. The performance member 19 can also be turned within a prescribed range.

Description

  The present invention relates to a movable decorative device provided with an effect member that advances and retreats in a direction perpendicular to a board surface of a gaming machine. In this specification, the direction parallel to the board surface is called the XY direction, and the direction perpendicular to the board surface is called the Z direction.

  Various movable decoration devices are conventionally provided on the surface of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, many of which rotate or raise or lower the production member in a plane parallel to the surface of the board. In order to supply electric power or transmit a signal to such a production member, a slip ring is mainly used. (Patent Document 1)

  However, the slip ring is expensive and has a problem that it is not excellent in durability because the brush contact is worn. In addition, since the slip ring cannot be used for supplying power to the effect member that advances and retreats in the rotation axis direction, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the board surface, the movement of the effect member is limited to movement in a plane parallel to the board surface. There was a problem.

JP 2005-224436 A

  Accordingly, a main object of the present invention is to provide a movable decoration device for a gaming machine that solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, has excellent durability, and can make a production member advance and retreat in a direction perpendicular to the board surface. Another object of the present invention is to provide a movable decoration device for a gaming machine that can rotate the effect member not only in the direction perpendicular to the board surface.

  The present invention made in order to solve the above-described problems includes an effect member and a moving case that supports the effect member so that the effect member can be advanced and retracted in the Z direction perpendicular to the board surface of the game board. A flexible flat cable is wound and stored, the inner peripheral end thereof is connected to the effect member, the other end is connected to a power source, and power is supplied to or communicated with the effect member moving forward and backward in the Z direction. It is.

  In addition, the effect member can be made rotatable with respect to the moving case. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the movable case is movable in the XY directions parallel to the board surface of the game board with respect to the fixed case provided with the power source, and the flexible flat cable is provided in the fixed case. The other end can be wound and stored.

  Further, as in claim 4, a spiral shaft driven by a motor can be incorporated in order to advance and retract the effect member in the Z direction, and the moving case can be made XY as in claim 5. In order to be movable in the direction, a structure incorporating two spiral shafts driven by a motor can be employed.

  According to the present invention, power feeding and communication are performed to the effect member via the flexible flat cable wound in the moving case, and therefore power feeding and communication can be performed without any trouble even when the effect member is advanced and retracted in the Z direction. Can do. Moreover, since it is also possible to supply power while rotating the effect member or moving it in the XY directions, the effect member can be moved in various ways. Moreover, since the flexible flat cable is a highly flexible material, there is no problem in terms of durability.

It is a whole perspective view which shows the movable decoration apparatus of the game machine of embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the movable decoration apparatus of the game machine of embodiment. It is a whole perspective view which shows an operation state. It is a center longitudinal cross-sectional view of a fixed case. It is explanatory drawing of the bottom part of a movement case. It is a perspective view which shows the state which rotated the upper case with respect to the lower case. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of a movement case. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which raised the production member.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a movable decoration device for a gaming machine according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing an operating state. All drawings are drawn with the board surface of the gaming machine horizontal, and in the following description, the top, bottom, left and right will be described according to the display of the drawings. However, since the vertical direction in these drawings is the Z direction, the Z direction is a direction in which the player approaches and separates from the player in use.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a fixed case, and 2 is a moving case that can move in the XY plane with respect to the fixed case 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the fixed case 1 is divided into upper and lower parts, and the lower case 3 is fixed to the board surface of the game board. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a first motor 4 incorporating a reduction gear is accommodated in the lower case 3. A cylindrical portion 5 with a base portion cut out is formed on the upper surface of the lower case 3, and the floor plate 7 of the upper case 6 is rotatably fitted on the outer periphery thereof. A bottomless upper case 6 is rotatably supported at the upper end of the cylindrical portion 5. The upper case 6 and the floor board 7 are fixed and integrated by appropriate fixing means.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the upper case 6 includes a central cylinder 8 inside thereof, and the tip thereof is fitted to the rotating shaft 9 of the first motor 4. Therefore, if the first motor 4 is rotated, the upper case 6 and its floor plate 7 can be rotated around the cylindrical portion 5 of the lower case 3.

  Inside the upper case 6, a flexible flat cable 10 is wound and stored like a mainspring. The flexible flat cable 10 is a thin and flexible electric wire having a flat structure, and a commercially available product can be used. The end portion of the flexible flat cable 10 is connected to a power source (not shown) through a cutout portion of the cylindrical portion 5 of the fixed case 1. Since the flexible flat cable 10 is thin and flexible and is wound in multiples like a mainspring, the flexible flat cable 10 can be freely moved with its end connected to a fixed power source.

  A second motor 11 is attached to the side surface of the upper case 6. As shown in FIG. 2, a gear 12 is fixed to the output shaft, and small gears 13 that are rotated by the gear 12 are provided on both sides of the gear 12. Female screws are formed on the inner surfaces of the small gears 13, and two spiral shafts 14 screwed with the female screws pass through the small gears 13 and extend in the XY directions parallel to the board surface. These two spiral shafts 14 reach the bottom of the moving case 2 while keeping parallel. As shown in FIG. 5, blocks 15 that support these spiral shafts 14 are provided at the four corners of the bottom of the moving case 2. The end of the spiral shaft 14 is cut into a D-shaped cross section and is fixed to the block 15 so that it cannot rotate. For this reason, when the small gear 13 is rotated by the second motor 11, the two spiral shafts 14 screwed with the second gear 11 are moved, and the moving case 2 is brought close to the upper case 6 of the fixed case 1. And can be separated.

  Furthermore, since the upper case 6 can be rotated by the first motor 4 with respect to the lower case 3 as described above, the direction of the spiral shaft 14 can be freely changed in the XY plane as shown in FIG. The movable case 2 can be rotated with respect to the fixed case 1 and can be moved closer to or away from the fixed case 1. For this reason, the movable case 2 can be freely moved in the board surface direction (XY direction) of the game board.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the moving case 2 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and a bottomless cylindrical portion 16 is formed at the center thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, the flexible flat cable 10 drawn out from the inside of the upper case 6 is drawn into the inside of the moving case 2 from the slit-shaped opening 17 formed at the end of the moving case 2, and looks like a spring. Are housed in multiple turns. This is shown in FIG.

  A small-diameter female screw portion 18 is formed on the bottom of the bottomless cylindrical portion 16 of the moving case 2. In addition, a disk-shaped effect member 19 is disposed on the upper surface of the moving case 2. The effect member 19 is provided with electric parts. In this embodiment, the effect member 19 includes a plurality of light emitters 20 such as LEDs. Power supply to these light emitters 20 is performed through the inner peripheral end 21 (see FIG. 2) of the flexible flat cable 10 wound around the moving case 2 located at the base of the effect member 19. In addition, it cannot be overemphasized that various changes are possible about the shape structure of the production | presentation member 19 in which the electrical component was mounted.

  A third motor 22 is mounted at the center of the effect member 19, and a second spiral shaft 24 is attached to the output shaft 23. Since the second spiral shaft 24 is screwed to the threaded portion 18, if the second spiral shaft 24 is rotated by the third motor 22, the effect member 19 is moved with respect to the moving case 2. It can be moved back and forth in the Z direction. The effect member 19 is provided with a guide rod 25 in parallel with the second spiral shaft 24 and is inserted into a guide rod insertion hole located at a position off the center of the female screw portion 18 of the moving case 2. . Accordingly, the effect member 19 can advance and retreat without rotating with respect to the moving case 2 by the rotation preventing function by the guide rod 25.

  However, since the guide rod 25 is shorter than the second spiral shaft 24, the guide rod 25 is detached from the guide rod insertion hole as shown in FIG. In this state, the function of preventing rotation by the guide rod 25 is lost, so that the effect member 19 rotates about the second spiral shaft 24 when the third motor 22 is rotated. At this time, the tip of the guide rod 25 rotates while contacting the upper surface of the bottomless cylindrical portion 16. In this manner, the effect member 19 can be moved forward and backward in the Z direction or rotated by the same third motor 22.

  As described above, the effect member 19 moves back and forth in the Z direction with respect to the moving case 2 and rotates. However, since the flexible flat cable 10 is wound in a spring shape inside the moving case 2 located at the base of the effect member 19, the flexible flat cable 10 is moved according to the movement of the effect member 19 as shown in FIG. By deforming in the Z direction, power can be supplied to the light emitter 20 such as an LED, or power can be supplied to the third motor 22. Further, although the number of rotations is limited, it can also correspond to the rotation of the effect member 19.

  The movable decoration device of the present invention configured as described above can move the effect member 19 together with the moving case 2 in the Z direction, and can also rotate the effect member 19. Moreover, according to said embodiment, the effect member 19 can also be freely moved in XY plane with the movement case 2. FIG. In addition, since power is supplied through the flexible flat cable 10, there is no portion to be worn like a conventional slip ring, so that the durability is excellent.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixed case 2 Moving case 3 Lower case 4 1st motor 5 Cylindrical part 6 Upper case 7 Floor board 8 Center cylinder 9 Rotating shaft 10 Flexible flat cable 11 Second motor 12 Gear 13 Small gear 14 Spiral shaft 15 Block 16 Bottomless Cylindrical part 17 Slit-like opening part 18 Female thread part 19 Production member 20 Luminescent body 21 Inner peripheral end 22 Third motor 24 Second spiral shaft 25 Guide rod

Claims (5)

  A production member equipped with electrical components and a moving case that supports the production member so as to be able to advance and retreat in the Z-direction perpendicular to the board surface of the game board. A flexible flat cable is wound and stored inside the movement case. A movable decoration device for a gaming machine, wherein the inner peripheral end is connected to the effect member and the other end is connected to a power source, and power is supplied to or communicated with the effect member moving forward and backward in the Z direction.   The movable decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect member is rotatable with respect to the moving case.   The movable case is movable in the XY directions parallel to the board surface of the game board with respect to the fixed case having the power source, and the other end of the flexible flat cable is wound and stored in the fixed case. The movable decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the movable decoration device is a gaming machine.   The movable decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a spiral shaft driven by a motor is incorporated to advance and retract the effect member in the Z direction.   4. The movable decorative device for a gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein two spiral shafts driven by a motor are incorporated in order to make the movable case movable in the XY directions.

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