JP2015104548A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine comprising input operation means that has a high presentation effect.SOLUTION: An input device 300 comprises an inner area located on the opposite side of the upper part of an operation part 301 that is operated by a game player, and the inner area is configured to be seen through from the game player. In the inner area, a decoration part 302 is provided that can be viewed by the game player and can be rotated in the same direction and the reverse direction as the rotation direction of the operation part 301 when the game player carries out a rotation operation to the operation part 301. For this reason, by an execution of a position change movement of the decoration part 302 before the game player carries out the rotation operation of the operation part 301, it is possible to suggest a necessary rotation direction to the game player, or after the rotation operation to easily indicate that a prescribe operation is carried out by a rotation of the decoration part 302 in the same direction or the reverse direction as the operation. In this way, a game machine with a high presentation effect can be provided.

Description

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

  A pachinko machine or the like, which is a kind of gaming machine, is provided with an input device as input operation means for performing an input operation by a player. Examples of the input device include a push button, an operation lever that can be tilted forward and backward, left and right, or a rotary operation type dial. During a game or while displaying a demonstration screen waiting for a game, the player can select and determine an effect through the input device, and if the operation is performed, on the display screen that displays the effect The display corresponding to the operation is performed, or the operation unit of the input device and its peripheral part emit light, and an effect corresponding to the model can be executed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-5181 A

  In a conventional gaming machine, when the input device is operated, the input device itself or its peripheral portion only emits light, making it difficult to differentiate from other gaming machine manufacturers and other models. For this reason, there is a possibility that there is room for improvement in the effects using decorations in the input device and its surroundings.

  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 input operation means having a high effect.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1
In a gaming machine provided with an input operation means having an operation unit operable by a player,
The operation portion is formed of a light-transmitting material, and an internal region located on the opposite side of the operation surface operated by the player is configured to be seen through from the player.
In the internal region, a decorative portion that is displaceable at least in the same direction or opposite to the displacement direction of the operation portion when the player performs a predetermined operation on the operation portion, and is visible from the player Is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine provided with input operation means having a high effect.

It is a front view of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view of the pachinko machine seen from the front. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a front view of an intermediate unit. It is a front view of a game board. It is a rear view of an intermediate unit. It is a rear view of a back pack unit. It is a rear view of a pachinko machine. It is a top view of an input device. It is a front view of an input device. It is a perspective view of an input device. It is a bottom view of an input device. It is the disassembled perspective view of the input device seen from diagonally upper side. It is the disassembled perspective view of the input device seen from diagonally lower side. (A) is sectional drawing in the AA line of FIG. 13, (b) is sectional drawing in the BB line of Fig.16 (a). It is a disassembled perspective view of the operation | movement unit seen from diagonally upper side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the operation | movement unit seen from diagonally lower side. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of an operation | movement unit. (A) is a top view of a button cover, (b) is sectional drawing in CC line of Fig.20 (a), (c) is sectional drawing in the DD line of Fig.20 (a). is there. It is a disassembled perspective view of the decoration unit seen from diagonally upper side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the decoration unit seen from diagonally lower side. (A) is sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of a decoration unit, (b) is the elements on larger scale of a decoration unit. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the operation part 301, (a) has shown the non-pressing state, (b) has shown the pressing state.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a “pachinko machine”) which is a kind of gaming machine will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the front, FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the main configuration of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 13 is a front view of FIG. 3 and 5, the configuration in the game area 23a of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted for convenience.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine body 12 that is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11. Have. The outer frame 11 is formed in a frame shape in which four sides are fixed with a wooden plate material as upper and lower sides and an aluminum plate material as left and right sides. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility. In the pachinko machine 10, the outer frame 11 is not an essential component, and the outer frame 11 or a member having the same inner shape as the outer frame 11 and having a gaming machine body 12 support structure and a locking structure of the outer frame 11 is a game. It is good also as a structure with which the field was equipped.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an intermediate unit 13, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the intermediate unit 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed behind the intermediate unit 13. ing. An intermediate unit 13 of the gaming machine main body 12 is supported to be rotatable with respect to the outer frame 11.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the intermediate unit 13, and the left side is a rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side) and the right side is a rotation front end in a front view. As the side (opening / closing tip side), it can be rotated forward. As shown in FIG. 4, the back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the intermediate unit 13. In the front view, the left side is the rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side), and the right side is rotated. The moving tip side (opening / closing tip side) can be rotated backward.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate unit 13 is provided with a locking mechanism 16 at its rotating tip, and has a function of locking the gaming machine main body 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 in a locked state. The door frame 14 has a function of locking the intermediate frame 13 so that it cannot be opened. As shown in FIG. 1, each of these locking states can be obtained by performing an unlocking operation using the unlocking key on the key cylinder of the locking mechanism 16 that is exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10, respectively. Canceled.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate unit 13 is mainly configured by a frame-shaped frame unit 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. The frame unit 21 has a function as an inner frame to which the game board 23 is detachably attached from the front side, and a game area 23a formed in the game board 23 is attached to the front side of the intermediate unit 13 so as to be exposed. . As shown in FIG. 3, the state in the game area 23 a is visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel unit 30 provided on the back side of the front door frame 14.

  The front door frame 14 is rotatably attached to the front side of the intermediate unit 13. As shown in FIG. 2, front door mounting brackets 57 and 58 are provided on the rotation base end side of the front door frame 14, and by engaging the front door mounting brackets 57 and 58 with the intermediate unit 13, The front door frame 14 is rotatably supported with respect to the intermediate unit 13.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the front door frame 14 is formed in a rectangular shape having substantially the same outer shape as the intermediate unit 13. The front door frame 14 is provided with a window portion 14a having an opening smaller than the window panel unit 30 so that the outer periphery of the window panel unit 30 is not exposed in a front view (see FIG. 2). By covering the window portion 14 a from the back side with the window panel unit 30, almost the entire front side of the intermediate unit 13 is covered by the front door frame 14 to which the window panel unit 30 is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the window panel unit 30 includes a pair of front and rear transparent glasses 31 and 32 having a larger outer shape than the window portion 14a and transparency, and a fixed frame 33 that integrates the transparent glasses 31 and 32. ing. The fixed frame 33 is formed in an annular shape that is slightly larger than the transparent glasses 31 and 32 by a synthetic resin, and the window panel unit 30 is integrated by bonding the outer peripheral edges of the transparent glasses 31 and 32 to the fixed frame 33. It is considered as layer glass.

  The window panel unit 30 is formed of colorless and transparent by the transparent glasses 31 and 32, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed of colorless and transparent by a synthetic resin. As long as the game area 23 a can be visually recognized through the panel unit 30, the game area 23 a may be colored and transparent instead of being colorless and transparent.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of electrical decoration portions 24 incorporating light emitting diodes (LEDs) as light emitting means are provided around the window portion 14 a in the front door frame 14. In these electric decoration parts 24, lighting or blinking is performed according to a change in the gaming state at the time of big hit or at a predetermined reach. In addition, the lighting part 24 on the upper side of the window part 14a includes an LED that lights when a predetermined error occurs such as a shortage of payout balls, and an LED that lights when a prize ball is paid out. In addition, a sound output unit 27 composed of a metal plate or the like having a large number of holes is provided on the upper right side and the upper left side of the window portion 14a, and on the back side of the sound output unit 27 according to the game state Built-in speaker that outputs sound effects.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an upper bulging portion 28 and a lower bulging portion 29 that bulge toward the front side are arranged vertically below the window portion 14 a in the front door frame 14. The upper bulging portion 28 is provided with an upper pan 28 a that opens upward, and the lower bulging portion 29 is provided with a lower pan 29 a that also opens upward. The upper plate 28a has a function of temporarily storing the game balls paid out from the payout device 224 and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism 110 side while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower tray 29a has a function of storing game balls that are surplus in the upper tray 28a. In addition, it is not necessary to divide the upper plate 28a and the lower plate 29a into portions for storing game balls in a plurality of locations, and the configuration includes only one storage unit that eliminates the lower plate 29a and uses only the upper plate 28a. Also good.

  An input device 300 that is manually operated by the players is attached to the front side of the upper plate 28a (game ball storage area) in the upper bulging portion 28. The input device 300 is an operation device used when an effect corresponding to the player's operation is performed on the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94 or the like. The input device 300 is a part constituting the characteristic part of the present invention, and the details of the configuration will be described later.

  The lower plate 29a is installed in the lower part of the front door frame 14 so as to be shifted to the left in the front view. The lower plate 29a is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape on the right in the front view with respect to the lower plate 29a. A speaker housing portion 29c is provided in which 29b is formed toward the front side. The speaker housing portion 29c is formed continuously from the lower plate 29a as a part of the lower bulging portion 29. The speaker housing portion 29c houses a speaker that outputs sound effects corresponding to the gaming state. Yes. In the front door frame 14, sound effects and the like are output from a total of three locations, that is, a sound output portion 27 installed at two upper portions and a sound output portion 29 b installed at the lower portion.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a firing operation device 45 is provided on the right side of the lower bulging portion 29 in the front door frame 14 so as to protrude to the front side. The launch operation device 45 is a device operated to launch a game ball into the game area 23a, and an annular operation handle 47 is rotatably supported with respect to the operation base 46 as shown in FIG. Thus, the operation handle 47 is rotated by the player when the game ball is launched. In this case, the rotation operation amount of the operation handle 47 is detected by a variable resistor as operation amount detection means built in the operation base 46. In addition, the launch operation device 45 includes a touch sensor for detecting that the player is touching the operation handle 47 in the operation base 46, and launches a game ball in a state where the operation handle 47 is rotated. A stop operation lever 48 operated to stop the operation is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a passage forming unit 50 is attached to the back side of the front door frame 14. The passage forming unit 50 is formed of a synthetic resin, and includes a front door side upper dish passage portion 51 communicating with the upper plate 28a, a front door side lower dish passage portion 52 communicating with the lower plate 29a, and a foul ball passage portion 55. Have. A dispensing ball receiving portion 53 that protrudes rearward and opens upward is formed at the upper corner portion of the passage forming unit 50, and the receiving portion 53 is partitioned on the left and right by a partition wall 54, so A passage entrance of the dish passage portion 51 and a passage entrance of the front door side lower dish passage portion 52 are formed.

  The foul ball passage portion 55 is a portion that forms a passage for discharging a game ball that has not reached the game area 23a out of the game balls launched from the game ball launching mechanism 110 as a foul ball to the lower plate 29a. As shown in FIG. 3, the foul ball passage portion 55 is provided with a foul ball receiving portion 56 opened upward. The foul ball is received from the foul ball receiving portion 56, and the foul ball is guided to the front door side lower tray passage portion 52, so that the game ball that has entered the foul ball passage portion 55 is discharged to the lower tray 29a. . The foul ball passage portion 55 may be connected not to the lower plate 29a but to the upper plate 28a so that the foul ball is discharged to the upper plate 28a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game ball launching mechanism 110 is a component that is exposed to the front side when the front door frame 14 is opened, and is provided in the lower right part of the front side of the intermediate unit 13. As shown in FIG. 5, the game ball launching mechanism 110 includes an electromagnetic launching solenoid 111 provided as a launching device, a launching rail 112, and a ball feeding device 113. The ball feeder 113 supplies the game balls stored in the upper plate 28a one by one on the firing rail 112. In this case, the supplied game ball is arranged on the protruding path of the plunger 114 provided as a launching portion in the firing solenoid 111. In response to the input of an electrical signal to the firing solenoid 111, the plunger 114 moves toward the game ball on the launch rail 112, and the game ball is launched toward the game area 23a. Note that the electric actuator of the game ball launching mechanism 110 is not limited to the launching solenoid 111, and a launching motor or the like may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a dish passage forming member 121 is disposed on the left side of the intermediate unit 13 and on the left side of the firing rail 112. The frame unit 21 is provided with a through hole penetrating in a front-rear direction through a portion where the dish passage forming member 121 is provided. The dish passage forming member 121 is screwed to the frame unit 21 so as to cover the through hole from the front side. It has been stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the dish passage forming member 121 includes a main body side upper dish passage section 122 and a main body side lower dish passage section 123. When the front door frame 14 is closed, the payout ball receiving portion 53 (see FIG. 3) of the passage forming unit 50 provided in the front door frame 14 enters the lower portion of the dish passage forming member 121. A front door side upper dish passage part 51 is disposed below the main body side upper dish path part 122, and a front door side lower dish path part 52 is disposed below the main body side lower dish path part 123.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a shutter 124 that restricts the outflow of game balls from the main body side upper dish passage portion 122 and the main body side lower dish passage portion 123 is provided on the lower portion of the dish passage forming member 121. . The shutter 124 is provided so as to be switchable between a blocking position where the exit portions of both passages are narrowed to prevent the gaming ball from flowing out and an allowable position where the gaming ball is allowed to flow out. The frame unit 21 is provided with a biasing member that biases the shutter 124 toward the blocking position. When the front door frame 14 is opened with respect to the intermediate unit 13, the shutter 124 is biased by the biasing force of the biasing member. Is configured to remain in the blocking position. Thereby, when the front door frame 14 is opened in a state where game balls are stored in the main body side upper dish passage portion 122 or the main body side lower dish passage portion 123, the inconvenience that the stored balls spill out is avoided. ing. On the other hand, when the front door frame 14 is closed, the shutter 124 is moved to the allowable position against the urging force by the outer peripheral portion of the payout ball receiving portion 53 provided in the passage forming unit 50 of the front door frame 14. Pushed back. In this state, the main body side upper dish passage portion 122 and the front door side upper dish passage portion 51 communicate with each other, the main body side lower dish passage portion 123 and the front door side lower dish passage portion 52 communicate with each other, and the game ball flows down. Permissible.

  Next, the configuration of the game board 23 forming the game area 23a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the game board 23.

  The game board 23 includes a game board 23 b having a board material formed of wooden plywood and a sheet material covering the front board surface of the board material, and the entire surface is exposed to the front side of the frame unit 21. A game area 23 a in which a game ball flows down is formed in the exposed portion, that is, the front surface of the game board 23. As described above, since the front side of the game area 23 a is covered with the transparent glasses 31 and 32, the front side of the game area 23 a is partitioned by the rear transparent glass 32. Further, the back side of the game area 23a is partitioned by the front surface of the game board 23b. In addition, the board | plate material which comprises the game board 23b may be formed not only with a plywood but with a single board, and may be formed not only with a wooden board but with the board | plate material or molded product made from a transparent synthetic resin, for example.

  The game area 23a is set to have vertical and horizontal dimensions over almost the entire area of the game board 23 in a front view, and is formed in a substantially circular shape with only the lower right portion protruding to the lower right side. The outer periphery of the game area 23 a is partitioned by the guide rail 100 and the partition member 107. The guide rail 100 includes an arc-shaped inner rail 101 and an outer rail 102 provided on the left side of the front surface of the game board 23, and the inner rail 101 and the outer rail 102 form an arc-shaped guide path on the left side of the game area 23a. 103 is formed.

  An inlet portion 104 of the guide passage 103 is formed at a lower end portion of the guide passage 103, and the inlet portion 104 and the firing rail 112 are provided apart from each other (see FIG. 5). An exit 105 of the guide passage 103 is formed at the upper end of the guide passage 103, and a return that prevents the game ball reaching the game area 23a from returning into the guide passage 103 is formed on the upper right side of the exit portion 105. A prevention member 106 is attached.

  When the operation handle 47 of the firing operation device 45 (see FIG. 1) is manually operated by the player, the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism 110 (see FIG. 5) provided in the lower right portion of the intermediate unit 13. Passes through the guide passage 103 and pushes the entrance of the game area 23a closed by the return preventing member 106 at the outlet 105 of the guide passage 103 to enter the game area 23a. When the launching force of the game ball is too weak, the game ball does not reach the game area 23a and starts to fall within the guide passage 103, and falls between the entrance portion 104 of the guide passage 103 and the launch rail 112. In the closed state of the front door frame 14, a foul ball receiving portion 56 is disposed between the entrance portion 104 and the launch rail 112, and game balls that have not reached the game area 23 a pass through the foul ball passage portion 55. Are discharged to the lower plate 29a.

  The partition member 107 partitions the right side of the game area 23a, is formed in a vertically long shape by molding synthetic resin, and is screwed to the front surface of the game board 23b. The partition member 107 has a size that starts from the right end on the upper side of the outer rail 102 and extends to the right end on the lower side of the inner rail 101.

  Note that a certificate paper 107 a printed with a model name or the like is attached to the upper end portion of the partition member 107, and a certificate paper 107 b printed with a manufacturer name or a serial number is attached to the lower end portion of the partition member 107. The base parts are fixed. These certificate papers 107a and 107b are arranged at positions that are visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the transparent glasses 31 and 32.

  The game board 23b is formed with a plurality of large and small through holes penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each through hole is provided with a member for forming a portion where a game ball enters, such as a general winning port 81, a variable winning port 82, an upper operating port 83a, a lower operating port 83b, and a through gate 84. A frame 85, a main display device 96, and the like are attached.

  When a ball entering the general winning port 81, the variable winning port 82, the upper operating port 83a and the lower operating port 83b is generated, it is detected by a sensor as a detecting means disposed on the back side of the game board 23, etc. Based on the detection result, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out. In this case, when a ball enters the upper working port 83a and a ball enters the lower working port 83b, the payout of three prize balls is executed, and the ball entering the general winning port 81 is received. In the event of occurrence, 10 prize balls are paid out, and in the event of entering the variable prize opening 82, 15 prize balls are paid out. However, the number of these prize balls is arbitrary. For example, the number of prize balls in both the operation ports 83a and 83b is larger than the number of prize balls in the lower operation port 83b than the number of prize balls in the upper operation port 83a. It may be different. Further, the number of winning balls related to the variable winning opening 82 is not limited to a configuration that is larger than the number of other winning balls, and for example, the same configuration as the number of winning balls related to the general winning opening 81 may be used. It is also good.

  A center frame 85 is provided at the center of the game area 23a, and a symbol display device 94 is disposed behind the center frame 85. The symbol display device 94 is a device that performs variable display (or variable display or switching display) of a symbol that is a kind of a symbol on the display screen 94a, and is attached to the back side of the game board 23b. The center frame 85 is provided so as to surround the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94 when viewed from the front, and is attached to the game board 23b from the front side. A transparent protective plate made of a transparent synthetic resin material such as polycarbonate is provided on the front side of the symbol display device 94 and on the rear side of the center frame 85, and the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94 is transparent. It is visible from the front side through a protective plate.

  The game area 23a is divided into a left area PE1 and a right area PE2 located on the left and right sides of the center frame 85 by providing a center frame 85 at the center thereof, and the game balls launched into the game area 23a are Either one of the left region PE1 or the right region PE2 will flow down. Below the left area PE1 and the right area PE2, a lower area PE3 where game balls flowing down from both areas merge and flow down is provided as a part of the game area 23a.

  When the operation handle 47 is operated to the rotation amount that the game ball reaches the game area 23a, the game ball flows down either the left area PE1 or the right area PE2. When the game ball is fired with a rotation operation amount that has a small amount of operation of the operation handle 47 and does not exceed the uppermost part of the center frame 85, the game ball is placed in the left area near the entrance of the game area 23a. Flow down PE1. When the amount of operation of the operation handle 47 is larger than the amount of operation, and the game ball is fired with a rotational operation amount that surely exceeds the uppermost part of the center frame 85, the game ball moves in the right region PE2. Flow down. In the case of a rotation operation amount corresponding to a portion between them, the game balls flow down in a distributed manner in both the left area PE1 and the right area PE2. The player can play a game by adjusting which of the left area PE1 and the right area PE2 the game ball flows down by adjusting the amount of rotation of the operation handle 47.

  An out port 86 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 23, and game balls that have flown down the left region PE1 or the right region PE2 and have not finally entered various winning ports etc. pass through the out port 86 to play the game region 23a. Discharged from. In the game area 23a, a number of nails 87 are implanted in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game ball, and various members (servants) such as a windmill are arranged.

  Here, the entry means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only a mode of being discharged from the game area 23a after passing through the opening but also a game area 23a after passing through the opening. The aspect which is not discharged | emitted from is also included. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the game ball from entering the out port 86, the general winning port 81, the variable winning port 82, the upper operating port 83a, the lower operating port 83b, or the through gate 84 are connected. The entry of a game ball is also expressed as a prize.

  Both the upper working port 83a and the lower working port 83b are opened upward. Further, both the operation ports 83a and 83b are arranged in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 83a is on the upper side. The lower working port 83b is provided with an electric accessory 83c as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

  The upper operation port 83a and the lower operation port 83b are provided in the lower region PE3 of the game region 23a. The upper operation port 83a is provided at the lower part of the center frame 85 and is disposed directly below the stage on which the game ball rolls on the upper surface, and is guided onto the stage via a guide passage (not shown) formed by the center frame 85. In addition, it is configured such that a prize can be easily awarded to the upper operation port 83a from a game ball that does not pass through the guide passage. The entrance of this guide passage is provided in the left portion of the center frame 85 facing the left region PE1, and a nail 87 that is easier to jump into the stage from the left region PE1 is provided as a game ball that jumps from the lower side of the stage. It is said that. That is, when the game ball flows down in the left area PE1, the winning of the upper operating port 83a is more likely to occur than in the case where the game ball flows down in the right area PE2.

  The electric accessory 83c is connected to an electric accessory driving unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the game board 23b, and is driven by the electric accessory driving unit to be in a closed state (non-supported state or non-guided state). ) And an open state (support state or guide state). In the closed state of the electric accessory 83c, the game ball cannot be won in the lower operation port 83b, and the electric operation item 83c is in the open state, so that it is possible to win the lower operation port 83b. The electric accessory 83c can be opened to the left and right sides in the lower area PE3, and both the game balls flowing down the left area PE1 and the game balls flowing down the right area PE2 can be won.

  The through gate 84 is provided in the right side region PE2 and is configured to allow a game ball launched with a strong firing force of a certain level or more to reach the far side from the entrance of the game region 23a. A variable winning opening 82 is provided below the through gate 84, and the variable winning opening 82 is also provided in the right region PE2.

  The variable winning opening 82 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won or difficult to win, and when the game ball is won when a transition to the opening / closing execution mode (special game state) such as a big win is won. It can be easily switched to a predetermined open state. Specifically, the variable winning opening 82 is opened as a variable winning opening with a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings as one round and a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) as an upper limit. 82 is repeatedly opened.

  The through gate 84 and the variable winning opening 82 are provided in the right area PE2 of the game area 23a, and when the game ball is fired with a firing force stronger than a certain level so that the game ball flows down the right area PE2, the through gate 84 is provided. In addition, a game ball wins in the variable winning opening 82. When a game ball is inserted into the through gate 84, the electric accessory 83c is likely to be in an open state that is advantageous to the player (so-called short-time game state), or the variable winning opening 82 is in an open / close execution mode. In a gaming state that is advantageous to the player when the game ball is caused to flow down to the right area PE2 of the game area 23a, such as a gaming state, the player operates the operation handle 47 so that a large number of game balls flow down the right area PE2. To operate. On the other hand, in a normal gaming state in which a large number of game balls are won in the upper operation port 83a and an internal lottery is expected, the player moves the operation handle 47 so that many game balls flow down the left area PE1. The game will be executed by operating.

  The amount of rotation operation that is advantageous to the player is notified to the player by the voice of the symbol display device 94 or the speaker, and when the game state is switched, for example, “please make a right strike” or “left strike”. Please notify the player by displaying or voice.

  The symbol display device 94 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by the display control device 142. The symbol display device 94 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device, or a CRT, and is a dot matrix display. May be.

  In the symbol display device 94, the variation display of the symbol is started based on the winning in the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b. The variable display in the symbol display device 94 is performed in a viewable region that is visible in a front view. For example, the symbols are displayed side by side in the top, middle, and bottom, and the symbols are scrolled in the left-right direction. It has come to be. When a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped and displayed on a preset active line, an opening / closing execution mode is generated. The variable display on the symbol display device 94 is performed in accordance with the variable display performed on the main display unit of the main display device 96.

  On the lower left side with respect to the center frame 85, a main display device 96 for displaying a game state is provided. The main display device 96 is configured to include a display device in which a plurality of light emitting units are arranged side by side, and is provided on the outer side of the outer rail 102 corresponding to the outer side of the game area 23a. From the upper left, a main display unit, an accessory display unit, a status display unit, a hold display unit, and the like are provided in this order.

  In the main display section, the display of the variation of the picture is performed using the winning in the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b as a trigger, and the result of stopping the variation display is based on the winning in the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b. The result of the internal lottery performed in this way is clearly shown on the display. In this pachinko machine 10, a prize for the upper working port 83a and a prize for the lower working port 83b are distinguished in the internal lottery, and the internal lottery performed based on the winning of either the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b. The result is clearly indicated on the main display. If the result of the internal lottery based on winning to the upper operating port 83a or the lower operating port 83b is a winning result corresponding to the shift to the opening / closing execution mode, it corresponds to the winning result at each operating port 83a, 83b. The predetermined stop result is displayed and the variable display is stopped, and thereafter, the mode is shifted to the opening / closing execution mode. There is a difference in the prizes obtained by winning between the winning to the upper operating port 83a and the winning to the lower operating port 83b, the variable winning port 82 opening mode (number of rounds and opening time in one round), short-time gaming state The game state is complicated because the game state that transitions after winning, such as the transition probability, may differ depending on the winning operation opening. Here, on the basis of winning in one of the operation ports 83a, 83b, the variable display is started on the main display unit and the symbol display device 94, a predetermined stop result is displayed, and the above variable display is stopped. It corresponds to one game time.

  When a plurality of operation ports 83a and 83b are provided, it is not always necessary to change the game state to be changed after winning by the operation ports, lottery is executed under the same lottery conditions, and each game state has the same probability. It is good also as a setting which transfers to. Further, it is not always necessary to provide a plurality of operating ports, and a configuration having only one operating port may be employed.

  In the accessory display unit, the variation display of the picture is performed with the winning to the through gate 84 as a trigger, and the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning to the through gate 84 is displayed as a stop result of the variation display. Specified by. When the lottery result based on the winning to the through gate 84 is a win corresponding to the transition to the state where the role is opened, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the display part for the feature and the variable display is stopped. Later, it shifts to a state where the electric role is released. In the electric combination open state, the electric combination 83c provided in the lower working port 83b is opened in a predetermined manner.

  The state display unit displays the predetermined stop result on the main display unit, so that the game state shifts to the opening / closing execution mode, and the number of game times after the display of the predetermined stop result reaches a predetermined number of times. When the gaming state shifts to the normal state before the opening / closing execution mode, the change in the gaming state is clearly indicated by the display. Further, in the status display section, when the open / close execution mode is selected for transition, the number of rounds selected for transition among the number of rounds set as a plurality of types as the opening manner of the variable winning opening 82 is clearly indicated by the display.

  The hold display unit displays the number of game balls won in the upper operation port 83a or the lower operation port 83b and the number of games in the hold state in which the game has not yet been executed among the number of times the game ball has passed through the through gate 84, respectively. Make it explicit. The number of game balls won in the upper operation port 83a or the lower operation port 83b and the number of game balls passing through the through gate 84 are each retained up to a maximum of 4, and the number of suspensions is displayed by the suspension display unit. Information corresponding to the number of holds in the hold display section is also displayed on the display screen of the symbol display device 94, and the number of holds is displayed by a number or the number of characters.

  The main display unit, the accessory display unit, the status display unit, the hold display unit, and the like are configured by a display device in which a plurality of light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but are not limited thereto. Alternatively, some or all of the display units may be configured by other types of display devices such as a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, a CRT, a segment display, or a dot matrix display. In addition, as a mode in which the main display unit and the accessory display unit are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters as a pattern are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, and a plurality of types of characters Other modes such as a configuration in which a variable display is performed or a configuration in which a plurality of colors are switched and displayed may be employed.

  Next, the configuration of the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9 in addition to FIG. 7 is a rear view of the intermediate unit 13, FIG. 8 is a rear view of the back pack unit 15, and FIG. 9 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the intermediate unit 13 is provided with a game board accommodating portion 21a penetrating before and after being opened by the frame unit 21, and a game is provided on the back side of the intermediate unit 13 through the game board accommodating portion 21a. Various components mounted on the back side of the board 23 are exposed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a box-shaped board back cover 141 made of synthetic resin is provided on the back side of the intermediate unit 13. The back cover 141 is provided over almost the entire back surface of the game board 23, and various parts provided on the back side of the game board 23 are used as peripheral parts when dust enters, game balls collide, or the game board 23 is transported. And a function of preventing fraud targeting a sensor or the like that detects a winning of a game ball.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a display control device 142 and a sound emission control device 143 are provided side by side at the center on the back side of the intermediate unit 13, and below that is the main controller that controls the main game. A control device 160 is provided. The display control device 142 is responsible for the display control of the symbol display device 94, and the sound emission control device 143 is a display control of sound, LEDs, lamps, etc. and control of the display control device 142 in accordance with instructions from the main control device 160. It governs.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the main controller 160 has a main control board having a function (main control circuit) that controls the main control of the game and a function (power failure monitoring circuit) that monitors the power supply, and accommodates the board. The resin-made substrate box 163 having transparency is provided. In addition, the main controller 160 is provided with an open sealing part 164 as trace means for leaving a trace when the substrate box 163 is opened. The opening and sealing unit 164 makes reconnection impossible once the release operation is performed. As a result, once the opening operation is performed on the substrate box 163 of the main controller 160, it is impossible to set the sealing state again. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an attachment seal 165 is provided at the left end of the main controller 160 in the rear view. The attachment seal portion 165 functions as a trace means that fixes the support member provided on the game board 23 b side and the main control device 160 and leaves a trace when the main control device 160 is removed. In addition to the fixing parts for first attaching the main controller 160, the attachment seal 165 is provided with three sets of spare fixing parts for temporary removal in the inspection work of the main controller 160 and the main controller 160. Can be performed up to 3 times with no trace.

  A RAM erase switch 166 is provided on the left side of the main controller 160 as viewed from the rear. This pachinko machine 10 has a function for storing and storing various data, so that even if a power failure occurs, the state of the power failure can be maintained, and when returning from a power failure, the state can be restored. It has become. For example, if the power supply is shut down by a normal procedure at the end of the game hall, the state before the power shut-off is stored and held, and the RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch 166. .

  Support metal fittings 132 are provided on the rotation base end side (the right side in FIG. 7) on the rear surface of the frame unit 21 so as to be separated from each other vertically, and by a bearing portion 133 provided with a through hole at the upper end portion of each support metal fitting 132. The back pack unit 15 is rotatably attached to the intermediate unit 13. A plurality of fixing levers 134 for fixing the back pack unit 15 to the intermediate unit 13 are provided on the rear end side (left side in FIG. 7) on the rear surface of the frame unit 21.

  Next, the back pack unit 15 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 201 formed of a transparent synthetic resin, a dispensing unit 202, and an external terminal plate 203.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the back pack 201 includes a back base portion 211 that forms a peripheral portion of the back pack 201 and a protective cover portion 212 that is formed so as to cover a portion that opens to the rear side of the back base portion 211. And have. By the back base portion 211 and the protective cover portion 212, the back pack 201 forms an accommodation space in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are all closed and the upper portion of the back surface is closed and the front side is opened, and the game board 23 is placed in the accommodation space. The symbol display device 94 and the control devices 142 and 143 are accommodated as various components mounted on the back side. An opening 212 a penetrating in the front-rear direction is formed in the lower portion of the protective cover portion 212. The back pack 201 does not need to be configured as a separate component from the frame unit 21, and is integrally formed with the frame unit 21, for example, as a part of a component that is integrally formed with the frame unit 21 using resin and has an open front side. A portion corresponding to the back pack 201 may be configured.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the external terminal plate 203 is provided at the upper right end of the back pack unit 15 as viewed from the rear. The external terminal board 203 is a board for outputting a predetermined signal so that the game machine management computer can recognize the state of the pachinko machine 10. As an output terminal, the external terminal plate 203 outputs an output terminal for outputting a signal during the opening / closing execution mode, and a signal is output when the electric accessory 83c of the lower operating port 83b is frequently opened. An output terminal for outputting a signal when there is a shortage of game balls in the payout unit 202, an output terminal for outputting a signal every time a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out, and each time a predetermined number of game balls are lent out An output terminal for outputting a signal, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the intermediate unit 13 is opened with respect to the outer frame 11, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the front door frame 14 is opened with respect to the intermediate unit 13, and the like. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of upper and lower latch pins 204 are attached to the right end of the back pack unit 15 when viewed from the back. By inserting the latch pin 204 through the bearing portion 133 on the intermediate unit 13 side, the back pack unit 15 is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the intermediate unit 13 around the latch pin 204. An insertion portion 211a into which the fixing lever 134 provided in the intermediate unit 13 is inserted is formed vertically on the opposite end of the back base portion 211 where the latch pin 204 is not disposed. When the fixing lever 134 is inserted through the insertion portion 211a and rotated 90 degrees, a part of the fixing lever 134 comes into contact with the back base portion 211 from the rear, and the back pack unit 15 is fixed to the intermediate unit 13. The Further, a fixing lever 135 (see FIG. 4) is also provided at the center of the back pack unit 15 on the lower front side, and the rotation operation is performed after being inserted into the insertion portion 21b (see FIG. 5) provided on the intermediate unit 13 side. As a result, the lower center portion of the back pack unit 15 is fixed to the intermediate unit 13.

  As described above, the back pack unit 15 is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the back surface of the intermediate unit 13. In a state where the back pack unit 15 is overlapped with the intermediate unit 13 from the back side, most of the main controller 160 is exposed to the back side through the opening 212a as shown in FIG. Is covered with a protective cover portion 212. A connector and wiring for electrical connection with other control devices are provided at the upper end of the main control device 160, and a part related to the wiring and a part of the open sealing portion 164 and the attachment sealing portion 165 are protected cover portion 212. Covered with. For this reason, while improving the visibility of the main controller 160, it is possible to suppress fraud and prevent damage caused by game ball collision. The sound emission control device 143 and the like disposed on the upper side of the main control device 160 are entirely covered with a protective cover part 212.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the back pack unit 15 includes a dispensing unit 202 attached to the back base portion 211 so as to bypass the protective cover portion 212. The payout unit 202 is provided at the uppermost part of the back pack 201 and opens upward so as to be able to store game balls, and a tank rail that gently tilts so that the game balls in the tank 221 can be guided downstream. 222, a case rail 223 that guides the game ball in the vertical direction on the downstream side of the tank rail 222, and a payout device 224 provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail 223. It is possible to pay out the required number of game balls replenished to the downstream side of the payout device 224. The game balls paid out by the payout device 224 are supplied to the back side passage portion 225 provided on the downstream side of the payout device 224 (see FIG. 4).

  In the back side passage portion 225, three passages for distributing the game balls paid out from the payout device 224 to any one of the upper plate 28a, the lower plate 29a and the tank ball discharge passage are formed. Among these passages, a passage located on the center side of the back pack 201 communicates with the upper plate 28a via the main body side upper plate passage portion 122 and the front door side upper plate passage portion 51, and the outer passage is on the main body side. The lower tray passage portion 123 and the front door side lower tray passage portion 52 lead to the lower tray 29a, and the further outer passage serves as a tank ball discharge passage. The game balls paid out by the payout device 224 are guided with priority over the path of the upper plate 28a. When the path is filled with game balls, the game balls are guided to the path leading to the lower plate 29a branched from the path. Is done. The tank ball discharge passage allows the game ball stored between the tank 221 and the middle of the case rail 223 to pass through the discharge device 224 by performing a discharge operation on the operation portion 223a of the case rail 223. It is discharged from a discharge port provided at the lower end of the pack unit 15.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a power supply device 241 that generates and outputs predetermined power required by various control devices and a payout control device 242 are attached to the lower end on the back side of the back base portion 211 so as to overlap each other. It has been. The power supply device 241 is provided over the entire lateral width of the back base portion 211. A power switch 245 is provided at the lower right end of the back base portion 211 when viewed from the back. The pachinko machine 10 is supplied with, for example, an AC 24 volt main power supply via a voltage converter, and the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned ON or OFF by a switching operation of the power switch 245.

  The payout control device 242 is a device for controlling payout of game balls through the payout unit 202. The dispensing control device 242 is configured by accommodating the dispensing control substrate in a transparent substrate box 243 provided for accommodating the substrate, and an opening sealing portion 244 is provided as a trace means for leaving a trace when the substrate is opened. Is provided. The release sealing unit 244 makes the re-binding impossible once the release operation is performed, and as a result, once the opening operation is performed on the substrate box 243 of the dispensing control device 242, it becomes impossible to make the sealing state again. ing.

  On the front side of the back base portion 211, that is, on the lower side on the intermediate unit 13 side, as shown in FIG. 4, a horizontally long sphere inlet 213 opened upward and a sphere inlet 214 opened laterally are connected to the upstream end. A launching ball discharge passage is provided. A game ball that has flowed down the game area 23a and led to the back of the game board 23 through one of the openings enters the shot ball discharge passage via one of the two ball inlets 213 and 214. The exit portion of the shot ball discharge passage is formed to open at the lower end surface of the back pack unit 15 with a width of one game ball, and all the game balls launched into the game area 23a pass through the shot ball discharge passage. It is discharged to the island facilities at the playground. A detection sensor for detecting a game ball is provided in the middle of the shot ball discharge passage, and a signal corresponding to the number of game balls shot in the game area 23 a is output via the external terminal plate 203.

  Next, a configuration related to the input device 300 will be described with reference mainly to FIG. 10 to 13 are a plan view, a front view, a perspective view, and a bottom view of the input device 300, respectively. FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of the input device 300 as viewed from the diagonally upper side, and FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the input device 300 as viewed from the diagonally lower side. In addition, in FIG.11, FIG.14 and FIG.15, in order to understand easily, the partial enlarged view which expanded a part is shown together, and FIG.10 and FIG.13 shows the position corresponding to axis line L0. FIG. 11 also shows a schematic shape of the upper bulging portion 28.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the input device 300 is a device that is attached to the upper bulging portion 28 that forms the upper plate 28 a, and is located on the back side of the operation portion 301 that can be operated by the player. And a decorative portion 302 that is visible through the operation portion 301 (see FIG. 10). The operation unit 301 forms a part of the upper surface of the upper bulging portion 28 in the substantially central portion in the left-right direction, and toward the lower side (specifically, the obliquely lower side slightly inclined toward the back side of the pachinko machine 10). It is configured to be slidable and configured to be rotatable about an axis L0 that coincides with the sliding direction. Hereinafter, in the input device 300, a direction in which the axis L0 continues is referred to as an axial direction, a direction perpendicular to the axis L0 is referred to as a radial direction, and a circumferential direction centering on the axis L0 is referred to as a circumferential direction. In addition, a moving operation that moves by pressing the operation unit 301 downward is referred to as a pressing operation, and an operation that rotates the operation unit 301 about the axis L0 is referred to as a rotation operation.

  The operation unit 301 of the input device 300 is enlarged as compared with the conventional operation unit, and accordingly, the impact force acting on the input device 300 can be increased by hitting the operation unit 301 by the player. High nature. For this reason, the input device 300 is configured to have excellent impact resistance, and even if the operation unit 301 is enlarged, the input device 300 is configured to have an operability with less operation resistance by suppressing an increase in necessary operation force. ing.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the input device 300 has a substantially circular shape in plan view, and is formed to have a thickness along the vertical direction that is approximately half of the left and right and front and rear widths in plan view. As shown in FIG. 2 and the like, a lower plate 29a is disposed below the input device 300, and a speaker housing portion 29c is disposed beside the lower plate 29a. For this reason, the installation space of the functional units such as the lower plate 29a and the speaker housing portion 29c is expanded in the vertical direction by forming the input device 300 thin, and the upper end position of the input device 300 is lowered to make the player The lower end position of the game area 23a (see FIG. 5) that can be viewed from the lower side is set to the lower side, so that the game area 23a can be set longer in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the input device 300 includes a support unit 311, a bearing member 312, an operation unit 313, a decoration unit 314, and a button cover 315, and a bearing member for the support unit 311. 312 and the decoration unit 314 are directly attached and fixed, and the operation unit 313 and the button cover 315 are indirectly attached and fixed to the support unit 311 via the bearing member 312.

  Next, a configuration related to the support unit 311 will be described with reference mainly to FIG. 16 in addition to FIGS. 14 and 15. 16A is a cross-sectional view of the input device 300 taken along the line AA in FIG. 13, and FIG. 16B is a partial cross-sectional view of the input device 300 taken along the line BB in FIG. is there. 16A and 16B, a part of the shape is simplified for easy understanding, and the fixing structure of the bearing member 312 is conceptually shown in a partially enlarged view. .

  The support unit 311 is a member that supports the operation unit 301 so as to be displaceable. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a bottomed box-shaped mounting base 321 whose upper side is opened by a synthetic resin, and a mounting base 321. And a vibration mechanism 322 attached to the lower surface side.

  The mounting base 321 is formed in a cylindrical shape centered on the axis L0 and has a cylindrical outer wall 331 that forms the outer shape of the mounting base 321 and a lower edge corresponding to one end side of the outer wall 331 closer to the axis L0. And a bottom surface portion 332 which is continuous on the radially inner side. The mounting base 321 forms an accommodation space on the side closer to the axis L0 than the outer wall 331. In this housing space, an operation unit 313 as an operation mechanism for operating the operation unit 301, a decoration unit 314 as a decorative part, and the like are stored.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 16A, a cylindrical bearing fixing portion 333 that protrudes upward from the central portion near the axis L0 is integrally formed on the bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321. The bearing fixing portion 333 is formed in a substantially annular outer shape that substantially matches the inner diameter of the bearing member 312 so that the annular bearing member 312 can be fitted to the outside. The bearing fixing portion 333 is intermittently formed such that gap portions are provided at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction centered on the axis L0, and each gap portion is located above the bottom surface portion 332 as shown in FIG. A bearing fixing hook 334 that protrudes to the side is disposed.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 16A, the bearing fixing hook 334 is formed so that its upper end protrudes radially outward so that it can engage with the bearing member 312, and the bearing member 312 is a bearing of the mounting base 321. When attached to the fixing portion 333 from the upper side, it engages with a part of the upper surface of the bearing member 312, and the upward movement of the bearing member 312 is blocked by the bearing fixing hook 334.

  The bearing fixing portion 333 only needs to be in contact with the inner surface side of the bearing member 312 so that the bearing member 312 cannot move in the direction along the radial direction. It is not necessary to have a shape, and a bearing fixing portion is constituted by a plurality of protruding portions such as a columnar shape or a prismatic shape arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, and the side opposite to the axis L0 in the plurality of protruding portions. The inner surface of the bearing member 312 may come into contact with the outer surface on the radially outer side located at the position where the bearing member 312 cannot be moved. Further, in the contact portion of the bearing fixing portion 333 with the bearing member 312, ribs that are continuous in the direction along the axis L <b> 0 and project in a streak shape toward the bearing member 312 are separated by one or a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction. The bearing member 312 may be positioned and supported.

  The upper end portion of the bearing fixing portion 333 in the mounting base 321 is integrally provided with a decorative mounting portion 335 continuously formed on the radially inner side approaching the axis L0 in a lid shape that partially closes the inner side of the bearing fixing portion 333. Is formed. The decoration attachment portion 335 is mainly a plate shape having a thickness in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 16A, the lower portion of the decoration unit 314 comes into contact with the upper surface of the decoration attachment portion 335 and the decoration attachment portion 335 is contacted with the decoration unit 314. Is fixed. The decoration unit 314 is fixed by, for example, inserting a screw from the lower surface side of the decoration attachment portion 335 and fastening and fixing the tip of the screw to the decoration unit 314. The decoration mounting portion 335 includes a screw hole and a positioning hole for fixing the decoration unit 314, a motor hole that allows the rotation motor 303 for driving the decoration portion 302 to be disposed inside the bearing fixing portion 333, and the like. Are formed penetrating in the vertical direction.

  Next, a configuration related to the fixing structure of the input device 300 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 11, 13, and 15.

  The bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321 has a plate shape having a thickness in the vertical direction, and as shown in FIG. 15, a plurality of locations spaced in the circumferential direction so as to surround the axis L0 on the lower surface side of the bottom surface portion 332 An engagement protrusion 336 is formed at the end. The engaging protrusion 336 constitutes a fixing means for fixing the input device 300 integrated by the support unit 311 to the upper bulging portion 28, and as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. On the other hand, a plate-like lower side wall portion 337 having a thickness in the vertical direction on the lower side with a gap in the vertical direction, and a vertical wall portion 338 that vertically connects the edge portion of the lower side wall portion 337 and the bottom surface portion 332. And projecting downward in a cross-sectional shape.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the vertical wall portion 338 protrudes upward from the radially inner edge portion near the axis L0 and the edge portion on the lower side clockwise direction in the lower wall portion 337 and continues to the bottom surface portion 332. ing. For this reason, between the bottom surface portion 332 and the engagement protrusion 336, a shape having a gap space in which the radially outer side spaced from the axis L0 and the counterclockwise direction in the bottom view are opened, is enlarged in FIG. As shown, the input device 300 is fixed so as not to move upward with respect to the upper bulging portion 28 when a part of the upper bulging portion 28 enters the gap space.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the upper bulging portion 28 is formed with an upper mounting recess 28 b corresponding to the outer shape of the input device 300. In addition, in FIG. 11, the schematic shape of the attachment recessed part 28b is shown with the dashed-dotted line.

  On the lower side corresponding to the bottom surface side of the mounting recess 28b, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 11, an engaged portion 28c configured to be engageable with an engaging protrusion 336 of the input device 300 is provided. Corresponding to the 300 engaging protrusions 336, they are provided at three locations. The engaged portion 28c of the mounting recess 28b is constituted by a part of an outer peripheral edge formed by providing a through hole 28d with respect to a plate-like portion made of a synthetic resin having a thickness in the vertical direction. The mating protrusion 336 is formed in a shape and size that can be inserted from above.

  The input device 300 is attached so as to be inserted into the attachment recess 28b from above, and the support unit 311 is inserted while the engagement protrusion 336 of the input device 300 is inserted into the engaged portion 28c of the attachment recess 28b. The input device 300 is rotated by a certain amount in the clockwise direction when viewed from the upper surface side. As a result, the engagement protrusion 336 of the input device 300 enters the lower side of the edge portion corresponding to the engaged portion 28c of the mounting recess 28b, and the upward movement of the input device 300 is restricted.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a cylindrical boss portion 339 protruding downward in parallel with the axis L0 is provided on the bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321 at a position spaced from the axis L0. The boss portion 339 is a portion for restricting the rotational movement of the input device 300, and a screw hole is formed in the central portion and is continuous in the direction along the axis L0. As shown in FIG. 11, with respect to the input device 300 in which the upward movement is restricted by the engagement between the engaging protrusion 336 on the input device 300 side and the engaged portion 28c on the upper bulging portion 28 side, When a screw is inserted from the lower surface side of the upper bulging portion 28 and the tip portion of the screw is fastened to the boss portion 339, the input device 300 is fixed so that it cannot rotate with respect to the mounting recess 28b. Note that FIG. 11 also shows a screw for fixing the input device 300 and shows the periphery of the boss portion 339 in cross-sectional view.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the engagement protrusions 336 are arranged at intervals of approximately 120 degrees in the circumferential direction surrounding the axis L0 on the bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321 in the input device 300. The upper bulging portion 28 comes into contact with the lower surface side of the input device 300 in the region including the vicinity of the input device 300, and the input device 300 is supported. Specifically, the bottom surface portion 332 of the input device 300 abuts on the abutting support surface 28e formed in the outer shape corresponding to the region surrounded by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 13 except for the island portion corresponding to the through hole 28d. Thus, the input device 300 is supported by the upper bulging portion 28.

  The abutting support surface 28e is made of a soft rubber attached so as to overlap the bulging portion structure made of a hard synthetic resin such as polycarbonate which forms the outer shape of the upper bulging portion 28. The anti-vibration member such as a seat may be used, so that the operation force applied to the input device 300 by the player is attenuated by the anti-vibration member, and then the bulging portion structure and the size of the front door frame 14 are spread over the entire area. It can be set as the structure transmitted to the metal base made from a metal plate etc. which are formed in the thickness and to which a bulging part structure is attached. The vibration isolating member is not necessarily provided, and the vibration isolating member may be omitted, and the input device 300 may be directly supported by the bulging portion structure.

  Here, the input device 300 is supported by the bottom surface of the mounting recess 28b formed in the upper bulging portion 28, and the operation unit 301 of the input device 300 is formed to be large and the input device 300 itself is formed to be large. The input device 300 is supported by the upper bulge 28 in a long section of the bulge 28 in the left-right direction. For this reason, when the operation unit 301 is struck, the shear stress and bending stress acting on the upper bulging portion 28 in the periphery of the input device 300 can be kept relatively low, and the upper bulging portion 28 is prevented from being damaged. can do.

  Note that the fixing structure of the input device 300 to the upper bulging portion 28 is not limited to the above form, and may be another fixing structure. In this case, the input device 300 is a portion that forms the radially outer side. The input device 300 is supported by the upper bulging portion 28 in a range close to the axis L0 that overlaps the distal end side in the pressing direction with respect to the operation portion 301 as well as the outer peripheral portion positioned radially outward from the outer shape of the operation portion 301. In addition, it is preferable that the input device 300 is supported by a contact support surface 28e configured by a surface including at least three regions surrounding the axis L0. Since the input device 300 is fixed to the upper bulging portion 28 in a stable state, the input device 300 can be configured to have excellent impact resistance against smashing the operation portion 301.

  Next, a configuration related to the stopper structure for the pressing operation will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 13, 14, and 16.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 16A, the inner surface shape of the outer wall 331 is different in the inner diameter between the upper side and the lower side, and a step is provided on the inner surface of the outer wall 331 so as to face the upper side in the middle in the vertical direction. A stopper surface 341 is formed. The stopper surface 341 is formed in a substantially annular shape with the axis L0 as the center except for a portion where the vibration mechanism 322 is disposed, and is more distant from the axis L0 than the bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321 that supports the lower side of the input device 300. In the bottom view along the axial direction, it is formed at a position surrounding the bottom surface portion 332 as shown by a thick dashed line in FIG. The stopper surface 341 abuts on the lower side with respect to a part of the operation unit 313 (stopper abutting surface 313b) that moves downward together with the operation unit 301 when the operation unit 301 is pressed. Limit further downward movement.

  Here, since the stopper surface 341 is formed so as to surround the bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321, even if the player hits the operation unit 301 and the input device 300 is strongly pushed down, The pressing force is easily supported by the entire bottom surface of the mounting recess 28 b through the input device 300. For this reason, the situation where stress concentrates on the local part of the input device 300 and the mounting recess 28b hardly occurs, and the allowable operation force with respect to the operation unit 301 can be increased to achieve a configuration with excellent impact resistance.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 16A, a hook-shaped upper edge 342 that protrudes radially outward from the upper end of the outer wall 331 is formed on the mounting base 321 of the input device 300. As shown in FIG. 11, the upper edge 342 protrudes to the upper side with respect to the upper edge portion of the mounting recess 28b, and closes the gap between the outer peripheral portion of the input device 300 and the mounting recess 28b. A slight gap is provided between the upper edge 342 and the mounting recess 28b in the vertical direction. Even if a pressing force is transmitted to the mounting base 321 by a pressing operation on the operation unit 301, the upper end of the mounting recess 28b is provided. An excessive load is not input to the edge portion, and the upper edge portion of the mounting recess 28b is hardly damaged.

  Here, as a fixing structure of the input device 300, the upper edge 342 is brought into contact with the upper edge of the opening edge at the upper end of the mounting recess 28 b, and the lower side of the bottom surface 332 of the mounting base 321 is the upper bulging portion 28. It is also possible to support the lower side of the input device 300 by the upper edge 342 without supporting it. However, when the operation portion 301 is formed large, there is a possibility that the end portion of the operation portion 301 separated from the axis L0 may be struck, and in this case, the upper end of the mounting recess 28b close to the struck position. The edge portion and the upper edge portion 342 of the input device 300 are easily damaged. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the pressing force against the input device 300 is supported in a wide range on the bottom surface side of the input device 300 through the bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321, the end portion of the operation unit 301 Can be made difficult to damage the input device 300 and the upper bulging portion 28 even if the power is struck.

  The stopper surface 341 may be formed continuously in an annular shape or may have an intermittent shape, or a part of the operation unit 313 may be in contact with a portion of the stopper surface 341 that is annularly continuous. Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which a part of the operation unit 313 abuts at a plurality of locations that are intermittent in the circumferential direction about the axis L0. In this case, a radially outer end portion of the operation portion 301 that faces the upper side corresponding to the region facing the opposite side to the pressing direction (for example, the region indicated by the arrows pointing to the left and right sides in FIG. 16). Alternatively, the region where the stopper surface 341 is located radially outside the region and is surrounded by the portion of the stopper surface 341 that the operation unit 313 contacts (stopper contact surface 313b) is along the axis L0. It is preferable that the input device 300 be supported by the upper bulging portion 28 within a range projected on the direction side.

  In the input device 300 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16A, a region facing upward in the operation unit 301 (a region corresponding to a range in which an arrow is attached to the upper surface of the operation unit in FIG. 16A). ) The stopper surface 341 is located on the outer side in the radial direction, and the stopper surface 341 and the operation unit 313 are in contact with each other in the region indicated by the thick dashed line in FIG. 13, and the inner side in the radial direction closer to the axis L0 than this region. The contact support surface 28e is arranged so that the input device 300 and the upper bulging portion 28 come into contact with each other. Thereby, even if any part of the operation unit 301 is struck, the input device 300 is supported on the extension line in the direction in which the operation force is directed from the operation point of the operation force or at a position close to the extension line, The input device 300 excellent in impact resistance can be obtained by suppressing the bending stress generated in the input device 300 and the upper bulging portion 28 to a low level.

  Next, the vibration mechanism 322 will be described with reference mainly to FIG.

  The vibration mechanism 322 is a device that transmits vibration to the operation unit 301 when the operation unit 301 is pressed by a certain amount or more. As shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, the vibration mechanism 322 includes a vibration motor 351, a cylindrical vibration transmission member 352 into which the vibration motor 351 is inserted, and an upper side of the vibration transmission member 352. A vibration motor fixing cover 353 for fixing the vibration transmitting member 352 and the vibration motor 351 to the mounting base 321 is provided while surrounding the removed outer peripheral side.

  The vibration motor 351 includes a metal motor main body 351a whose output shaft protrudes radially outward corresponding to one side, and a metal weight 351b attached eccentrically to the output shaft. The weight 351b has a center of gravity at a position deviated from an axis corresponding to the rotation center of the output shaft (that is, a position separated from the axis), and the vibration motor 351 operates to rotate the output shaft. The weight 351b is rotated in an eccentric state, whereby the motor body 351a vibrates. The vibration mechanism 322 is not necessarily configured by the vibration motor 351 described above, and the vibration may be transmitted to the operation unit 301 by another vibration mechanism such as a vibration mechanism that vibrates using a piezoelectric element.

  The vibration motor fixing cover 353 is made of the same material as the mounting base 321 or an equivalently hard resin material, and is made of a hard synthetic resin such as polycarbonate or polyacetal. On the other hand, the vibration transmission member 352 is formed of a soft resin material such as silicon rubber having a lower elastic coefficient than the vibration motor fixing cover 353 and the mounting base 321, and the vibration motor 351 is configured to easily vibrate. Further, on the lower side of the vibration transmitting member 352, a thin plate-like convex portion 352a that partially protrudes downward at a plurality of radially spaced locations separated from the axis L0 has a longitudinal direction in the circumferential direction perpendicular to the radial direction. It is formed to have. By providing the convex portion 352a, the vibration motor 351 and the upper portion of the vibration transmission member 352 are easily displaced downward with a slight force in the vertical direction, and the vibration motor 351 is configured to easily vibrate.

  The bottom surface portion 332 of the mounting base 321 is provided with an opening penetrating in the vertical direction corresponding to the mounting portion of the vibration transmission member 352. Through this opening, the upper surface of the vibration transmitting member 352 is exposed in the accommodation space surrounded by the outer wall 331 of the mounting base 321, and a part of the operation unit 313 installed in the accommodation space (a transmission corresponding to the lower surface of the metal plate 374). The member abutment surface 313a) can be abutted (see FIGS. 16A and 16B). When the operation unit 301 is pressed by a certain amount or more, a part of the operation unit 313 moves downward and comes into contact with the vibration transmission member 352, and the vibration motor 351 is driven in this contact state, whereby the operation unit 313 is driven. The vibration is transmitted to 301. In addition, about the control which vibrates the operation part 301 with the vibration motor 351, well-known control can be used and it abbreviate | omits about the description.

  Here, the relationship between the position where the vibration transmission member 352 and a part of the operation unit 313 abut by the pressing operation of the operation unit 301 and the position where the stopper surface 341 and a part of the operation unit 313 abut will be described. . In the pressing operation of the operation unit 301, the vibration transmitting member 352 and a part of the operating unit 313 (the transmitting member contact) are slightly faster than a part of the operating unit 313 coming into contact with the stopper surface 341, that is, with a small pressing operation amount. The stopper surface 313a) comes into contact with the stopper surface 341 and a portion of the operation unit 313 (stopper contact surface 313b) comes into contact with the stopper surface 341 when the vibration transmitting member 352 is deformed by further pressing operation thereafter. 341 and a vibration transmission member 352 are arranged. Specifically, the distance G1 between the upper surface of the vibration transmission member 352 and the transmission member abutment surface 313a is larger than the gap G2 between the stopper surface 341 and the stopper abutment surface 313b arranged to face each other in the pressing direction. Is set smaller. Thereby, the vibration transmitting member 352 and the operation unit 313 can be brought into contact with each other with a small pressing operation force, and the operation unit 301 can be vibrated efficiently, and the stopper surface 341 can be used to press against the operation unit 301. The structure which supports the pressure in a wide range can be made into a structure excellent in impact resistance.

Further, the sliding friction coefficient between the vibration transmitting member 352 and the transmitting member contact surface 313a is, for example, a combination of silicon rubber and steel and is about 0.5, and the resistance force due to the large sliding friction force at the time of contact is Is likely to occur. On the other hand, the sliding friction coefficient of the stopper surface 341 and the partial resin portion of the operation unit 313 in contact with the stopper surface 341 is set to 0.1 or less due to the contact between the hard resin members. For this reason, when the vibration transmission member 352 and the transmission member contact surface 313a come into contact with each other, the resistance force to the rotation operation of the operation unit 301 is increased. Next, the bearing member 312 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 14 and 16.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 16A, the bearing member 312 is a member formed in an annular shape with the axis L0 as the center. The inner ring 361 and the outer ring 362, the inner ring 361 and the outer ring 362 are arranged concentrically. Are formed of a metal radial bearing having a plurality of spheres 363 interposed therebetween and a holding body (retainer) 364 that holds the plurality of spheres 363 at substantially equal intervals. The bearing member 312 is fixed to the mounting base 321 by fitting an inner ring 361 to the outer periphery of the bearing fixing portion 333 of the mounting base 321, and the outer ring 362 is fixed to the mounting base 321 smoothly and rotatably.

  Below the bearing member 312, there is a rubber bearing seat 365 that has a thickness in the vertical direction and overlaps the lower side of the portion where the inner ring 361 of the bearing member 312 is located between the bearing member 312 and the mounting base 321. It is installed with an intervening space. For this reason, the bearing member 312 is fixed to the mounting base 321 without any gap, and the operation feeling of the pressing operation and the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit 301 can be reduced and the operation feeling can be smooth. Note that the bearing member 312 does not necessarily need to be configured by the bearing of the above form, and may be configured by a bearing of another form, for example, a cylindrical roller is interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The bearing member 312 may be omitted. Further, the bearing seat 365 is not necessarily installed, and the bearing seat 365 may be omitted.

  Next, the configuration of the operation unit 313 will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 to 19 in addition to FIGS. 14 to 16. FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the operation unit 313 viewed from the obliquely upper side, and FIG. 18 is an exploded perspective view of the operation unit 313 viewed from the obliquely lower side. FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the operation unit 313, showing a cross section passing through the axis L 0 and the axial center of the coil spring 373 that generates a reaction force against the pressing operation of the operation unit 301. Is also shown.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the operation unit 313 is a substantially cylindrical member having a thickness in the vertical direction and centering on the axis L <b> 0. The operation unit 313 is attached to the support unit 311 via a bearing member 312 and is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the support unit 311 about the axis L0.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the operation unit 313 includes a rotating member 371 attached to the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312, a moving member 372 attached to the upper side with respect to the rotating member 371, and a moving member 372. A plurality of coil springs 373 for applying an urging force and a metal plate 374 attached to the lower side of the rotating member 371 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the rotation member 371 has a substantially circular outer shape having a thickness in the vertical direction, and has an upper surface portion 381 in which a circular hole is formed in the center portion, and a lower portion than the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface portion 381. And an outer peripheral wall portion 382 continuous in a cylindrical shape. On the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall 382, rectangular groove-shaped guide grooves 383 that are continuous in the vertical direction are formed at a plurality of locations that are spaced apart in the circumferential direction.

  Corresponding to the arrangement position of the guide groove 383, the moving member 372 has a shape that is continuous in the vertical direction with a width slightly narrower than the groove width of the guide groove 383, as shown in FIG. A guide protrusion 393 is provided so as to protrude radially inward where the axis L0 is located. In a state where the moving member 372 is attached to the rotating member 371, the guide protrusion 393 is in a state of entering the guide groove 383. For this reason, the moving member 372 can be slid relative to the rotating member 371 only in the vertical direction along the pressing direction, and the moving member 372 can move relative to the circumferential side in the circumferential direction. The rotation member 371 and the moving member 372 are integrally rotatable.

  As shown in FIG. 18, an opening 384 having a substantially circular outer shape is formed on the inner side of the outer peripheral wall 382 of the rotating member 371 so as to face downward. The opening 384 of the rotating member 371 has an inner shape with a substantially circular cross section having an inner diameter slightly larger than that of the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312, and is relative to the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312 in a state of being attached to the support unit 311. The operation unit 313 is rotatably attached to the support unit 311 by fitting the opening 384 of the rotation member 371. In the opening 384 of the rotating member 371, a rib rib 385 slightly protrudes radially inward and is continuously formed in the vertical direction, and the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312 is a radially inner portion of the rib rib 385. The rotating member 371 is attached to the bearing member 312 in a press-fitted state that slightly deforms. The ribs 385 are not necessarily provided in the opening 384 of the rotating member 371, and the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312 contacts the inner surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 382 with a substantially circular cross section and rotates to the bearing member 312. A member 371 may be attached.

  As shown in FIG. 18, bearing engaging hooks 386 protrude downward from the upper surface portion 381 at a plurality of locations (for example, 6 locations) on the inner peripheral portion of the opening 384 in the rotating member 371. The tip end portion of the bearing engagement hook 386 is located below the bearing member 312 and the rotation member 371 is attached to the bearing member 312 so as not to move upward (see FIG. 16A). The bearing engaging hooks 386 are provided at a plurality of locations apart from each other in the circumferential direction around the axis L <b> 0, and the rotation member 371 is not easily inclined with respect to the bearing member 312. Note that the bearing engaging hooks 386 are preferably provided at least at three or more positions and spaced apart at substantially equal intervals along the circumferential direction, and preferably at four or more positions.

  Here, on the mounting base 321 of the support unit 311, as shown in FIG. 13, a hook operation opening 343 penetrating in the vertical direction is formed corresponding to the installation interval of the bearing engagement hooks 386. The bearing engagement hooks 386 are arranged at substantially equal intervals with respect to the axis L0, and the hook operation openings 343 of the mounting base 321 are arranged at substantially equal intervals with respect to the axis L0 in accordance with the arrangement intervals of the bearing engagement hooks 386. Openings are formed apart from each other. Further, the hook operation opening 343 of the mounting base 321 is formed so that the radial distance from the axis L0 coincides with the arrangement position of the bearing engagement hook 386. For this reason, the bearing engaging hook 386 can be operated from the lower side of the support unit 311 through the hook operation opening 343 of the mounting base 321, and in the state of the input device 300 alone, the bearing member 312 and the bearing are provided as necessary. The rotating member 371 can be easily detached from the bearing member 312 by releasing the engaged state with the engaging hook 386.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the upper surface 381 of the rotating member 371 is formed with spring insertion portions 387 that open upward at a plurality of locations (for example, three locations) spaced apart in the circumferential direction about the axis L0. . As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the spring insertion portion 387 has a substantially circular hole shape opened to a diameter slightly larger than the outer shape of the coil spring 373, and the lower end side of the spring insertion portion 387 is below the coil spring 373. A spring receiving portion 388 capable of supporting the side is formed to protrude inward from the outer peripheral surface of the spring insertion portion 387. A coil spring 373 is inserted into each spring insertion portion 387, a lower portion of the coil spring 373 is supported by a spring receiving portion 388, and deformation of the coil spring 373 in the circumferential direction is suppressed by the inner surface of the spring insertion portion 387. The coil spring 373 is attached to be stretchable along the continuous vertical direction of the spring insertion portion 387.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the moving member 372 overlaps the upper surface portion 381 of the rotating member 371 and has an upper surface portion 391 formed in an outer shape larger than the upper surface portion 381 of the rotating member 371. An outer peripheral wall portion 392 that is continuous in a cylindrical shape is provided below the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface portion 391. The outer peripheral wall portion 392 of the moving member 372 has an inner diameter larger than the outer shape of the outer peripheral wall portion 382 of the rotating member 371 and is attached so as to surround the outer peripheral wall portion 382 of the rotating member 371. The moving member 372 is attached to the rotating member 371 in a state where the guide protrusion 393 formed on the inner surface portion of the outer peripheral wall portion 392 of the moving member 372 enters the guide groove 383 of the rotating member 371.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the moving member 372 has a cylindrical screw mounting boss 394 inserted into the central axis portion of the coil spring 373 corresponding to the installation position of the spring insertion portion 387 of the rotating member 371. It protrudes downward from 391. The screw mounting boss 394 is formed to have a smaller diameter than a through hole formed in the central portion of the spring receiving portion 388, and the tip portion of the screw mounting boss 394 passes through the spring receiving portion 388 up and down. The length of the screw mounting boss 394 is longer than the vertical length of the outer peripheral wall 382 of the rotating member 371 as shown in FIG. The upper end portion of the screw mounting boss 394 protrudes upward with respect to the spring insertion portion 387 of the rotating member 371 in a non-pressing state where the pressing operation is not performed. When the pressing operation is performed, the screw mounting boss 394 moves relatively downward with respect to the spring insertion portion 387 of the rotating member 371, and the tip portion of the screw mounting boss 394 protrudes below the spring receiving portion 388. .

  On the lower side of the screw mounting boss 394, as shown in FIG. 19, an annular metal plate 374 having a thickness in the vertical direction and having a radial width substantially the same as the outer peripheral wall portion 382 of the rotating member 371. Is attached. As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, screw holes 374a are formed in the metal plate 374 so as to penetrate vertically at a plurality of locations (for example, three locations) corresponding to the installation positions of the screw mounting bosses 394. On the other hand, the fixing screw 375 is inserted from below, and the distal end portion of the fixing screw 375 is fastened to the screw mounting boss 394, whereby the moving member 372 and the metal plate 374 are integrated. When the moving member 372 and the metal plate 374 are fastened, the coil spring 373 is installed in the spring insertion portion 387 of the rotating member 371, and the coil spring 373 is compressed between the moving member 372 and the rotating member 371. In this state, the moving member 372 and the metal plate 374 are integrated.

  The moving member 372 is biased upward with respect to the rotating member 371 corresponding to the direction in which the coil spring 373 extends. When a downward pressing force larger than the biasing force of the coil spring 373 acts on the moving member 372, the moving member 372 moves relatively downward with respect to the rotating member 371.

  As shown in FIG. 17, an engagement protrusion 395 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the moving member 372 so as to protrude radially outward from the axis L <b> 0. The engagement protrusion 395 is formed as a tip portion of an engagement hook that is formed to protrude upward so as to be displaceable inward, and is provided at a plurality of locations (for example, four locations) centered on the axis L0. Yes. A cover engaging portion 415 (see FIGS. 14 and 15) of the button cover 315 is engaged with the engaging protrusion 395, whereby the moving member 372 and the button cover 315 are integrated.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 19, the coil spring 373 is in a state where a part thereof is located in a gap space formed between the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312 and the outer wall 331 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321). The rotating member 371 and the moving member 372 are installed. Since the coil spring 373 is disposed on the outer side in the radial direction with respect to the bearing member 312, the operation has the bearing member 312 and can perform both a pressing operation along the axis L 0 and a rotating operation around the axis L 0. The input device 300 having the portion 301 can be thinly formed on the direction side along the axis L0. Therefore, it is possible to easily increase the size of the game area 23a or to secure an installation area for the lower tray 29a.

  Next, the button cover 315 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the button cover 315 is a member that forms, on the surface side, an operation portion 301 that is pressed and rotated by a player. The button cover 315 bulges upward and downwards. It is formed in a substantially circular cap shape in plan view that forms an open internal space. The button cover 315 is configured by combining a plurality of transparent synthetic resin members, and is formed in a substantially circular plate shape having a thickness in the vertical direction to form an upper surface operation portion 301a corresponding to the upper surface portion of the operation portion 301. A button upper surface portion 401, and a button peripheral surface portion 402 that is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape that continues below the outer peripheral portion of the button upper surface portion 401 and forms a peripheral surface operation portion 301 b that corresponds to the outer peripheral portion of the operation portion 301. ing. Here, the operation unit 301, the upper surface operation unit 301a, and the peripheral surface operation unit 301b correspond to a part of the surface that can be directly touched by the player, and the button upper surface unit 401 and the button peripheral surface unit 402 are the operation unit 301, This corresponds to part of the button cover 315 having a thickness for forming the upper surface operation portion 301a and the peripheral surface operation portion 301b on the front surface side.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the upper surface operation part 301a (button upper surface part 401) and the peripheral surface operation part 301b (button peripheral surface part 402) both protrude upward in the upper bulging part 28, and the upper surface operation part 301a and the periphery The surface operation unit 301b is exposed on the front side of the pachinko machine 10 so that the player can directly contact it. The player can perform a pressing operation on the operation unit 301 by pressing the upper surface operation unit 301a with a finger or hitting it with the palm of the hand.

  The circumferential surface operating portion 301b has a length that protrudes upward from the upper end of the outer wall 331 of the mounting base 321 and the upper end of the mounting recess 28b in the upper bulging portion 28 even when the operating portion 301 is pushed to the maximum extent. Is set. In FIG. 11, the height position of the operation unit 301 in a state where the operation unit 301 is pushed in to the maximum is indicated by a one-dot chain line. For this reason, even during the pressing operation, a finger is put on the button peripheral surface portion 402 from the outside in the radial direction with respect to the axis line L0, or both side portions centering on the axis line L0 are gripped to facilitate the rotation operation of the operation unit 301. can do.

  It should be noted that the peripheral surface operation portion 301b does not necessarily have to be exposed on the front side of the pachinko machine 10 so that the player can make contact, only the upper surface operation portion 301a can be contacted by the player, and the button peripheral surface portion 402 is attached. The upper surface of the outer wall 331 of the base 321 and the upper surface of the upper bulging portion 28 may be positioned below the upper end of the mounting recess 28b so that the peripheral surface operating portion 301b is buried in the upper bulged portion 28. Even with this arrangement, the player can rotate the operation unit 301 by rotating the upper surface operation unit 301a. In this case, it is preferable that the radially outer end portion spaced apart from the axis L0 in the upper surface operation portion 301a has a shape that undulates vertically along the circumferential direction, because the rotation operation can be facilitated.

  Here, the detailed shape of the button cover 315 will be described with reference mainly to FIG. 20A is a plan view of the button cover 315, FIG. 20B is a cross-sectional view of the button cover 315 along the line CC in FIG. 20A, and FIG. It is sectional drawing of the button cover 315 in the DD line | wire of Fig.20 (a). In FIG. 20A, the shape of the decoration portion 302 with respect to the operation portion 301 is also shown by a two-dot chain line.

  As shown in FIGS. 20 (b) and 20 (c), the button upper surface portion 401 of the button cover 315 is formed in an arc shape or a curved shape in which the central portion slightly bulges upward, and faces upward. The surface forming the outer surface of the button upper surface portion 401 has a smooth surface shape with little undulation, and the back surface forming the inner surface of the button upper surface portion 401 facing downward is similarly a smooth surface shape with less undulation. Yes. For this reason, the inner surface side of the button cover 315 can be easily seen through the button upper surface portion 401, and the decoration unit 314 disposed below the button cover 315 can be easily seen.

  A corner portion 403 in which the button upper surface portion 401 and the button circumferential surface portion 402 are continuous is formed in an arc shape in a cross-sectional view including the axis L0, as shown in FIGS. 20 (b) and 20 (c). As shown in FIG. 20A, the corner portion 403 is dotted with a plurality of recessed portions 404 in the circumferential direction, and on both sides in the circumferential direction with respect to the recessed portion 404, on the radially outer side separated from the axis L0. Thus, an operation protrusion 405 protruding obliquely upward is formed, and the operation protrusion 405 is disposed between adjacent recesses 404. When the player rotates the button cover 315, the player puts the fingertip into the recessed portion 404 and rotates the fingertip around the axis L0. As a result, the fingertip comes into contact with the operation projection 405 and the operation unit 301 rotates, so that the player can easily rotate the operation unit 301.

  The recessed portion 404 corresponds to a recessed bottom portion 406 located on the radially inner side, an operation projection 405 projecting radially outward on both sides along the circumferential direction with respect to the recessed bottom portion 406, and a pressing direction side of the recessed bottom portion 406. The upper side corresponding to the opposite side of the pressing direction and the radially outer side spaced from the axis L0 are opened, and the pressing direction side and the inner side in the radial direction are opened. It has a concave shape.

  As shown in FIG. 20C, the concave bottom portion 406 is configured by a portion integrally formed with the button upper surface portion 401, and the surface is smoothly continuous with the upper surface operation portion 301a. The player can slide the fingertip that has been operating the button upper surface portion 401 to move into the recessed portion 404, and can move smoothly without being caught. In addition, the concave bottom portion 406 has a surface shape rotated about the axis L0, and the fingertip is dented from the upper surface operation portion 301a to the concave bottom portion 406 with the same feel from any part in the circumferential direction. It can move to the part 404 side. Thus, the player can easily execute the fingertip movement necessary for switching between the pressing operation and the rotation operation on the operation unit 301 with a good quality feel.

  As shown in FIG. 20C, the stepped portion 407 is formed so as to be continuous radially outward with respect to the lower portion of the concave bottom portion 406. The stepped portion 407 has a shape having a surface facing the upper side at a position that is lowered by one step to the lower side corresponding to the front end side in the pressing direction with respect to the upper surface operation unit 301a. The player can easily perform the pressing operation by pushing the step 407 downward with the fingertip, and the fingertip is caught on the operation protrusion 405 by rotating the fingertip about the axis L0. In addition, the turning operation can be easily performed.

  The upper surface of the stepped portion 407 is provided at a height that is always located above the upper end opening edge portion of the support unit 311 in both the non-pressed state and the pressed state. For this reason, the rotation operation can be executed even during the pressing operation of the stepped portion 407, and both the pressing operation and the rotation operation can be executed with only one fingertip.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the recessed portion 404 is formed in a groove shape having an opening on the upper side and recessed on the lower side, and a bottom portion on the lower side formed in an arc shape when viewed radially outward. As described above, the operation unit 301 of the input device 300 has been enlarged from the prior art, and even if the depressions 404 are formed at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction, the opening width (in the circumferential direction) at the upper end side of each depression 404. The width can be formed so that the fingertip of a general adult male can be easily inserted (for example, a width of 1 cm or more). It is preferable that the number of the recessed portions 404 is at least 6 or more in order to facilitate the rotating operation during the pressing operation, and in the present embodiment, there are 10 recessed portions.

  As shown in FIG. 20A and the like, the operation protrusion 405 has a pointed shape with a shorter length on the circumferential side toward the radially inner side closer to the axis L0. For this reason, when the fingertip moves between the button upper surface portion 401 and the recessed portion 404, the fingertip is not easily caught by the radially inner end portion of the operation protrusion 405, and the recessed bottom portion 406 positioned between the operation protrusions 405 adjacent in the circumferential direction. The fingertip can be moved appropriately and easily upward.

  As shown in FIG. 20B, the maximum projecting portion of the operation projecting portion 405 has a shape that is substantially flush with the button upper surface portion 401 on the radially outer side spaced from the axis L0. Even when the player moves the fingertip placed on the button upper surface portion 401 toward the recessed portion 404, the fingertip is caught by the operation protrusion 405 even if the fingertip is moved to a position where the operation protrusion 405 exists. The fingertip can smoothly move on the operation protrusion 405 without any problem. And it can be easily understood from the feeling that the central part of the fingertip protrudes that the dent is located on the circumferential side with respect to the operation protrusion 405. Therefore, the fingertip can be easily moved to the dent 404 side. Can do. That is, the player can easily switch between the pressing operation and the turning operation on the operation unit 301 without moving the line of sight to the operation unit 301. It is possible to play a game by paying attention to the game area 23a located on the front side, the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94, and the like. The maximum protrusion of the operation protrusion 405 is not limited to the shape described above, and it is preferable that the operation protrusion 405 has a shape that forms a step by being positioned below the button upper surface 401.

  The number of the recessed portions 404 and the operation protrusions 405 corresponds to the shape of the decorative portion 302 that can be visually recognized through the operation portion 301 as shown in FIG. The decorative portion 302 has a shape obtained by copying five basic shapes around the axis L0 in the circumferential direction, and the recessed portion 404 and the operation protrusion 405 are formed at 10 places corresponding to an integral multiple of the number. Has been. Therefore, the design of the operation unit 301 and the decoration unit 302 has a sense of unity and looks good, and the design when the decoration unit 302 operates relative to the operation unit 301 can be improved. .

  As shown in FIGS. 20B and 20C, the button cover 315 has a cylindrical inner cover 411 whose upper surface is closed and whose lower surface is opened in a substantially circular shape, and is slightly larger than the inner cover 411. An annular outer cover 412 having an inner diameter and overlapping the outer side of the inner cover 411 is provided. The inner cover 411 and the outer cover 412 are both formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin, and an inner region R corresponding to the opening of the inner cover 411 is located on the back side with respect to the operation unit 301, The inner region R can be seen through from the surface side corresponding to the portion 301. Here, in the outer cover 412, a portion corresponding to the upper surface operation portion 301a penetrates in the vertical direction, and the decoration unit 314 disposed in the inner region R through only the inner cover 411 is visible to the player. Yes. For this reason, the player can easily make the decoration unit 314 as compared with the case where the decoration unit 314 is viewed through the double cover.

  The inner cover 411 is a member that forms a button upper surface portion 401 and a concave bottom portion 406. A cylindrical inner cover peripheral wall portion 413 is integrally formed on the lower side corresponding to the pressing direction side with respect to the concave bottom portion 406. Yes. The inner cover 411 substantially matches the shape obtained by rotating about the axis L0, and the cross-sectional shape including the axis L0 is formed substantially constant in the circumferential direction.

  On the lower side corresponding to the opening end side of the inner cover peripheral wall portion 413, a portion constituted by a width corresponding to the thickness of the inner cover 411 and a width obtained by adding the thickness of the outer cover 412 to the inner cover 411 are configured. The lower end surface is formed in a substantially circular shape facing the lower side, and the lower end surface constitutes a contact portion that contacts a part of the upper surface of the moving member 372 in the operation unit 313. The pressing operation of the button cover 315 on the operation unit 301 is transmitted to the moving member 372 through the lower portion of the inner cover 411, and the repulsive force of the coil spring 373 on the moving member 372 is transmitted to the button cover 315 through the inner cover 411. The Thereby, the button cover 315 and the moving member 372 operate integrally by a pressing operation on the operation unit 301 by the player.

  Here, the inner cover 411 and the outer cover 412 may be configured as one part. In this case, the inner surface portion corresponding to the recessed portion 404 of the button cover 315 is roughly raised and lowered corresponding to the outer surface shape. The constant thickness is preferably set from the viewpoint of moldability of the synthetic resin, and the cross-sectional shape passing through the axis L0 is preferably changed in the circumferential direction.

  On the other hand, in the input device 300 according to this embodiment, the button cover 315 is formed by combining the outer cover 412 and the inner cover, and the inner cover 411 has a cross-sectional shape including the axis L0 that is substantially constant in the circumferential direction. Is formed. For this reason, there is little shape change in the circumferential direction of the inner cover 411, and even if the upper surface operation unit 301a is struck, stress concentration accompanying shape change is reduced, and deformation and breakage due to overload are prevented over a long period of time, and discoloration accompanying deformation As the button cover 315 in which the inconvenience such as a decrease in transparency due to the occurrence of a problem is difficult, the input device 300 having excellent impact resistance can be obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 20 (c), the outer cover 412 has a shape protruding to the side closer to the axis in the upper part than the cylindrical part in the lower side. The upper portion of the outer cover 412 forms an operation projection 405 and a step 407 of the button cover 315. On the lower side corresponding to the pressing direction side with respect to the stepped portion 407 formed by the outer cover 412, the inner cover peripheral wall portion 413 is disposed in contact with the outer cover 412 or provided with a slight gap.

  A part of the lower end surface of the outer cover 412 forms at least a part of the lower surface of the button cover 315 as shown in FIG. 20C, and the outer cover 412 is in contact with the moving member 372. Yes. The pressing force toward the pressing direction with respect to the stepped portion 407 is transmitted to the moving member 372 through a contact portion between the outer cover 412 and the moving member 372. In addition, the lower portion is supported by the inner cover peripheral wall portion 413 for a pressing force of a certain level or more with respect to the stepped portion 407, and this also provides a configuration with excellent impact resistance that prevents the button cover 315 from being damaged. be able to.

  On the opening end side of the inner cover peripheral wall portion 413, as shown in FIG. 15, engaging protrusions 414 partially protruding downward are provided at a plurality of locations (for example, four locations) spaced apart in the circumferential direction. . As shown in FIG. 20B, each engagement protrusion 414 has a shape in which a radially inner wall surface close to the axis L <b> 0 extends downward with respect to the inner cover peripheral wall portion 413, and intermittently in the circumferential direction. On the radially outer side that protrudes and is separated from the axis L0, it is formed in a bowl shape that projects radially outward with respect to the inner cover peripheral wall portion 413. For this reason, the engagement protrusion 414 is formed thicker on the radial side than the inner cover peripheral wall 413. The lower portion of the outer cover 412 has a shape that is recessed upward corresponding to the outer shape of each engaging protrusion 414.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 15, each engaging protrusion 414 has a portion protruding downward on the radially outer side longer in the circumferential direction than a portion protruding downward on the radially inner side. It is a continuous shape. As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 14, the upper surface of the moving member 372 is intermittent in the circumferential direction at a position spaced radially outward from the axis L0 by a distance corresponding to the inner portion of the engaging protrusion 414. The upper surface rib 396 is provided so as to extend in the circumferential direction, the interval between the intermittent portions of the upper surface rib 396 and the length of the engaging protrusion 414 substantially coincide, and the engaging protrusion 414 is intermittently connected to the upper surface rib 396. The button cover 315 is placed on the upper side of the moving member 372 so as to be fitted into the portion. For this reason, the rotational operation force with respect to the button cover 315 is transmitted to the moving member 372 when the end surface on the circumferential direction side of the engaging protrusion 414 contacts the upper surface rib 396, and the button cover 315 and the moving member 372 are integrated. Thus, it can be rotated. In addition, both end portions in the circumferential direction of the radially outer portion of each engagement protrusion 414 are arranged so as to be able to contact the upper surface rib 396 while overlapping the outer side in the radial direction. The movement of the cover 411 in the direction crossing the axis L0 is limited by the engagement between the engagement protrusion 414 and the upper surface rib 396.

  As shown in FIG. 20B, the outer cover 412 has a lower portion having a substantially constant outer diameter and inner diameter centered on the axis L0 and continuing vertically, and the outer portion has a lower outer diameter and inner diameter at the upper portion. It is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape that is gradually narrowed from the side portion. The outer cover 412 is fitted to the inner cover 411 from above and is integrated with the inner cover 411.

  The upper portion of the outer cover 412 is formed with a plurality of protruding portions protruding in a substantially triangular shape on the upper side corresponding to the outer shape of the operation protruding portion 405 in the circumferential direction. A step is provided so that a slightly recessed portion is formed corresponding to the outer shape of the operation protrusion 405 at 412, and the upper portion of the outer cover 412 slightly enters the recessed portion, and the inner cover 411 and The outer cover 412 is engaged. For this reason, the sense of unity between the outer cover 412 and the inner cover 411 is enhanced and the appearance is good, and it is difficult for the fingertips to be caught in the gap at the contact portion between the outer cover 412 and the inner cover 411. The configuration is such that the positional shift on the other side due to the rotational operation force applied to one side of the cover 412 or the inner cover 411 is less likely to occur, and the smooth operability is small.

  On the lower side portion of the outer cover 412, cover engaging portions 415 that engage with the outer peripheral portion of the upper portion of the moving member 372 from the outer side are provided at a plurality of locations (for example, four locations) spaced apart in the circumferential direction. (See FIGS. 14 and 15). The cover engaging portion 415 has a shape that has a substantially rectangular through hole that protrudes downward with respect to the cylindrical portion of the outer cover 412 and penetrates along the radial direction that is separated from the axis L0. The outer cover 412 is fitted and fixed to the moving member 372 in a state in which the protrusion of the engaging protrusion 395 enters the through hole of the cover engaging part 415. The inner cover 411 is disposed between the outer cover 412 and the moving member 372 so that the button cover 315 (the inner cover 411 and the outer cover 412) and the moving member 372 cannot be moved relative to each other. It is integrated.

  Next, the configuration of the decoration unit 314 will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 to 23 in addition to FIGS. 14 and 15. FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of the decoration unit 314 as seen from an obliquely upper side, and FIG. 22 is an exploded perspective view of the decoration unit 314 as seen from an obliquely lower side. FIG. 23A and FIG. 23B are a cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the decoration unit 314 and a partial enlarged view thereof, and show the axis L0 and the output of the rotary motor 303 for rotating the decoration part 302. A cross section passing through the center of the shaft is shown. FIG. 23B shows a state where the blade member 422 is rotated and arranged at a different position with respect to FIG.

  The decoration unit 314 has a function of decorating the input device 300 and a function of detecting the displacement of the operation unit 301, and is fixed to the mounting base 321 of the support unit 311 in a state where members constituting a plurality of functions are integrated. Has been. As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, the decoration unit 314 applies a driving force to the decoration base 421, the blade member 422 that forms the decoration portion 302 that is rotatably provided to the decoration base 421, and the blade member 422. The rotary motor 303 and the transmission gear 423, the light emitting body 424 for emitting the blade member 422, and the input device substrate 427 on which the photosensors 425 and 426 for detecting the operation on the operation unit 301 are mounted, and the blade member 422 below. And a decorative cover plate 428 provided in a fixed manner.

  The decoration base 421 is a member that integrates the members as the decoration unit 314. As shown in FIG. 22, the decoration base 421 includes a main body portion 431 and a connection portion 432 formed to protrude from the main body portion 431 toward the support unit 311. I have. The connecting portion 432 protrudes downward in a columnar shape from a plurality of locations (for example, three locations) on the lower surface of the main body portion 431 along the direction in which the axis L0 continues.

  The decoration base 421 is attached to the support unit 311 in a state where the lower end of the connection part 432 is in contact with the decoration attachment part 335 of the attachment base 321. A screw hole is formed in the lower end surface of the connection portion 432, and a plurality of screws are inserted from the lower side of the decoration attachment portion 335 to fix the connection portion 432 to the decoration attachment portion 335 (see FIGS. 14 and 15). . For this reason, the main body portion 431 of the decoration base 421 is connected and fixed to the support unit 311 in such a state that the main body portion 431 is floated by a thin shaft portion by the connection portion 432 with respect to the mounting base 321.

  As shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 (a), the main body 431 of the decoration base 421 has a central portion close to the axis L0 positioned on the lower side and an outer portion spaced from the axis L0 positioned on the upper side. It is the shape which combined the board part 433,434 arrange | positioned by shifting height in two steps up and down. Hereinafter, the upper plate portion 433 is referred to as an upper plate portion 433, and the lower plate portion 434 is referred to as a lower plate portion 434.

  The upper plate portion 433 is a portion that forms the outer portion of the main body portion 431. The upper plate portion 433 has a substantially circular outer shape, and has a hollow disk shape in which a substantially circular opening 435 is formed in the central portion near the axis L0. Yes. The opening 435 of the upper plate portion 433 forms an edge portion on the upper side of the housing portion that opens upward and is closed on the lower portion.

  As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, the decorative base 421 has a substantially cylindrical box-shaped accommodation portion opened upward by a peripheral wall portion 436 and a lower plate portion 434. The peripheral wall portion 436 has an inner surface that coincides with the opening 435 of the upper plate portion 433 and continues downward in a substantially cylindrical shape, and the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion 436 is connected to the lower plate portion 434. The lower plate portion 434 is formed in a plate shape that has a thickness in the vertical direction and is continuous in the radial direction corresponding to the inner surface side of the peripheral wall portion 436, and the bottom surface side corresponding to the lower side of the peripheral wall portion 436 is the lower plate portion 434. It is blocked by.

  As shown in FIGS. 21 and 23 (a), a support shaft portion 437 that protrudes in a cylindrical shape around the axis L0 is integrally formed at the center of the lower plate portion 434 near the axis L0. . A transmission gear 423 is inserted and attached to the support shaft portion 437 from above, and the transmission gear 423 is supported by the support shaft portion 437 so as to be rotatable about the axis L0. The lower plate portion 434 is opposed to the transmission gear 423 while being opposed thereto, and the lower movement of the transmission gear 423 is restricted by the lower plate portion 434.

  At the lower end of the transmission gear 423, as shown in FIG. 22, a gear portion 423a that is continuous in the circumferential direction is provided by a shape that undulates in the radial direction. As shown in FIG. 23 (a), a drive gear 429 having an input gear portion meshing with the gear portion 423a formed on the outer peripheral portion is provided on the transmission gear 423 on the radially outer side away from the axis L0 with respect to the gear portion 423a. It is arranged in a meshed state. The transmission gear 423 and the drive gear 429 are interlocked with each other by a tooth-shaped gear formed in a circumferential direction at the outer peripheral portion of each gear, and the driving force input from the drive gear 429 side is transmitted to the transmission gear 423. . In FIG. 21 to FIG. 23, the undulating shapes corresponding to the tooth shapes of the transmission gear 423 and the drive gear 429 are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the drive gear 429 is a synthetic resin member that is press-fitted into the distal end portion of the output shaft of the rotary motor 303. As shown in FIG. 23A, the output shaft of the rotary motor 303 is continuous in the vertical direction so as to be parallel to a position separated from the axis L0 corresponding to the rotation center of the transmission gear 423. The drive gear 429 rotates with the rotation of the rotation motor 303, and the transmission gear 423 is interlocked by the rotation of the drive gear 429 based on the rotation of the rotation motor 303.

  At the upper end of the transmission gear 423, as shown in FIG. 21, blade attachment portions 441 are provided that are scattered in the circumferential direction and project upward. An attachment hole portion that can be fitted to the blade attachment portion 441 of the transmission gear 423 is formed at a position corresponding to the protruding portion of the blade attachment portion 441 at the center portion of the blade member 422 near the axis L0. By inserting the blade attachment portion 441 into the attachment hole portion of the blade member 422, the blade member 422 can be rotated in conjunction with the rotation of the transmission gear 423. Accordingly, the blade member 422 is rotated by the rotation control of the rotation motor 303, and the blade member 422 is rotated in both directions on one side and the other side around the axis L0 corresponding to the rotation direction of the rotation motor 303. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 23 (b), the inner surface of the support shaft portion 437 is positioned so as to have a slight thickness from the outer peripheral surface on the radially outer side, and the inner surface has a substantially circular cross section with the axis L0 as the center. A spindle upper recess 438 is formed which is recessed downward in shape. A screw mounting hole 439 that continues downward along the axis L0 is formed on the bottom side of the support shaft upper recess 438 that is recessed downward. A support shaft fixing member 451 is inserted into the support shaft upper concave portion 438 from the upper side and fixed.

  The support shaft fixing member 451 is a member for rotatably attaching the transmission gear 423 and the blade member 422 to the support shaft portion 437 of the decoration base 421. As shown in FIG. 23 (b), the support shaft fixing member 451 has an opening on the upper side and a cylindrical body part 452 that is continuous in the vertical direction, and a bottom surface part 453 that partially closes the lower side of the body part 452. have. A shaft hole penetrating in the vertical direction is formed in the center portion including the axis L0 in the bottom surface portion 453, and a screw 454 as a fixing member is inserted through the shaft hole from above. The tip of the screw 454 is fastened to a screw mounting hole 439 formed in the support shaft portion 437, and the support shaft fixing member 451 is fixed to the decoration base 421 by the screw 454.

  As shown in FIG. 23B, the support shaft fixing member 451 is formed with a gear end side support portion 455 that projects in a hook shape radially outward from the upper edge portion of the body portion 452. The gear end side support portion 455 is formed over substantially the entire circumference centering on the axis L0. A part of the blade member 422 is disposed on the upper side of the transmission gear 423, and the gear end side support portion 455 is located in contact with the upper side of the blade member 422 while overlapping with the upper side of the transmission gear 423 and the blade member 422. . For this reason, the upward movement of the blade member 422 and the transmission gear 423 is limited by the gear end side support portion 455, and the blade member 422 and the transmission gear 423 have an axis line between the support shaft fixing member 451 and the decoration base 421. It is integrated with the decoration base 421 so as to be supported by the support shaft portion 437 so as to be rotatable around L0.

  On the upper side of the blade member 422, as shown in FIG. 23B, a synthetic resin cap member 461 that covers the head of a screw that fixes the support shaft fixing member 451 is attached. The cap member 461 is fixed to the blade member 422 by an engagement hook 471 that protrudes upward from the central portion of the blade member 422 near the axis L0. A plurality of engagement hooks 471 are provided apart from each other in the circumferential direction around the axis L0. A decorative design is added to the upper surface corresponding to the front surface side of the cap member 461 by combining curved surfaces so that the player cannot directly see the heads of the support shaft fixing member 451 and the screw 454 of the blade member 422. The appearance of the decoration corresponding to the central part has been improved.

  The wing member 422 is a member that constitutes the decorative portion 302 that is visually recognized by the player through the button cover 315. As shown in FIGS. 21 to 23, the wing member 422 forms a central portion close to the axis L0 and has a mounting hole in the vertical direction. The base portion 473 has a portion 472 formed therethrough, and a plurality of blade portions 474 projecting radially outward from the base portion 473 away from the axis L0. The wing member 422 is formed of a synthetic resin having translucency, transmits light from the light emitter 424 disposed on the lower side of the wing member 422, and the wing member 422 is viewed from the upper side corresponding to the viewpoint position of the player. It is set as the structure light-emitted when visually recognized.

  The blade member 422 is a member that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation motor 303, and the rotation center of the blade member 422 corresponds to the rotation center of the operation unit 301 (button cover 315). This coincides with the axis L0 corresponding to the rotation center. When there is an input operation by the player to the operation unit 301, the rotation of the rotary motor 303 is controlled to rotate the blade member 422, or the player is waiting for an input operation to the operation unit 301 The blade member 422 is rotated in order to suggest a rotation operation and a rotation direction to the operation unit 301, and an appropriate rotation operation speed in the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit 301 is set to a rotation speed of the blade member 422. Can be suggested.

  The blade member 422 is made of colored transparent, colorless transparent, or opaque synthetic resin, and may be subjected to surface treatment such as painting or plating on a part of the front surface or the back surface, or formed of a metal material such as aluminum. Alternatively, the shape may be other shapes such as imitating a character such as a fish or a doll instead of a feather shape.

  As shown in FIG. 23A, an input device substrate 427 configured by a printed circuit board on which electronic components are mounted and an upper surface side of the input device substrate 427 are attached to the upper side of the decoration base 421. A decorative cover plate 428 is provided. On the back side (lower surface side) of the decorative cover plate 428, a fixing hole to which the tip of the screw is fastened is provided, and the input device substrate 427 and the decorative cover plate 428 are superimposed on the main body portion 431 of the decorative base 421. In this state, a plurality of screws are inserted from the lower side of the decorative base 421, and the tip of the screw is fastened to the decorative base 421 from the lower surface side, so that the space between the decorative base 421 and the decorative cover plate 428 is reached. Are integrated with the input device substrate 427 sandwiched therebetween.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the input device substrate 427 is provided with a light emitter 424 composed of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the front surface side (upper surface side). The light output from the light emitter 424 is applied to the blade member 422 through the decorative cover plate 428 so that the blade member 422 can emit light. The decorative cover plate 428 is constituted by a transparent plate having a thickness in the vertical direction, and the surface and the back surface thereof are provided with decorative undulations, and the surface portion is partially colored by painting or plating, Light can be applied to the blade member 422 by dispersing or condensing the light emitted from the light emitter 424.

  As shown in FIG. 22, a plurality of non-contact type photosensors 425 and 426 are mounted on the back surface side (lower surface side) of the input device substrate 427. Photosensors 425 and 426 are input devices in which a gap portion of the body formed in a U-shape constitutes a detection region, opens downward, and has a gap extending in a circumferential direction around the axis L0. It is mounted on the back side of the substrate 427. The photosensors 425 and 426 detect a pressing operation and a rotating operation on the operation unit 301.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 17, to-be-detected portions 397 and 398 are formed on the upper surface of the moving member 372, which are formed in an annular shape centering on the axis L 0 and projecting upward and downward in the inner and outer sides. . The detection of the operation on the operation unit 301 by the photosensors 425 and 426 is performed by detecting the positions of the detected portions 397 and 398 of the moving member 372 by the photosensors 425 and 426.

  The inner detected portion 397 formed on the side close to the axis L0 is formed in a cylindrical plate shape that is continuous over the entire circumference around the axis L0. In a non-operation state in which no pressing operation is performed on the operation unit 301, the height is such that the inner detected portion 397 is positioned within the detection region of the photosensor 425 provided corresponding to the inner detected portion 397. A photosensor 425 is installed. When the operation unit 313 moves downward by a predetermined amount or more by a pressing operation on the operation unit 301, the detected unit 397 moves to a position outside the detection region of the photosensor 425, and thereby the output state of the photosensor 425 Are switched (for example, switched from an on state to an off state). The photo sensor 425 is connected to a control board (for example, the sound emission control device 143) that is connected to the input device board 427 and controls the input device 300, detects the state of the photo sensor 425, and performs a pressing operation on the operation unit 301. An effect that is detected by the pachinko machine 10 and that corresponds to the pressing operation by the player is executed through display control of the symbol display device 94 and voice output control of the speaker.

  The outer detected part 398 is a part for detecting the turning operation of the operation part 301, and is formed intermittently with a certain interval in the circumferential direction about the axis L0. When a rotation operation is performed on the operation unit 301, a state where the outer detected portion 398 is positioned and a state where it is not positioned are alternately switched with respect to the detection region of the photosensor 426, and the output state of the photosensor 426 Are alternately switched (for example, an on state and an off state are alternately switched). The rotation operation of the operation unit 301 is detected by the switching of the detection state of the outer detected portion 398, the rotation operation amount of the operation unit 301 is detected by the number of detection state switching, and the rotation speed is determined by the switching time interval. Is detected. The rotation operation of the operation unit 301 is also detected by a control board (in this embodiment, the sound emission control device 143) that controls the input device 300, and the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit 301 is controlled by the control board. 10 and an effect corresponding to the turning operation by the player is executed by display control of the symbol display device 94 or the like.

  Here, the outer detected portion 398 is formed so as to protrude greatly above the inner detected portion 397, and the outer detected portion 398 is the photosensor 426 even when the operation portion 301 is pressed to the maximum. The height is set so as not to deviate from the detection area. For this reason, the presence or absence of the outside detected portion 398 can be detected by the photosensor 426 even during the pressing operation on the operation unit 301, and the rotation operation on the operation unit 301 can be performed even when the operation unit 301 is being pressed. Can be detected. Accordingly, it is possible to reliably detect the pressing operation and the rotation operation of the operation unit 301 by the player and execute an appropriate effect corresponding to the player's intention in the pachinko machine 10, and to operate the player. Even during the pressing operation of the unit 301, various effects can be realized by setting an effect to execute the rotation operation in the pachinko machine 10.

  The rotation motor 303 is a member that generates a driving force for rotating the blade member 422 through the transmission gear 423, and is configured by, for example, a stepping motor. As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, the rotary motor 303 has a drive gear 429 attached to its output shaft, and is attached to the lower plate portion 434 of the decorative base 421 with screws from below. The upper end portion of the output shaft of the rotary motor 303 and the drive gear 429 protrude upward from the lower plate portion 434 through a hole portion formed in the lower plate portion 434, and are driven to the transmission gear 423 disposed inside the peripheral wall portion 436. The rotary motor 303 is fixed to the decorative base 421 in a state where the 429 is engaged.

  The amount of rotation of the blade member 422 is controlled by the number of switching of the excitation state of the rotary motor 303. The position of the blade member 422 in the rotational direction is controlled by detecting the detected portion 442 of the transmission gear 423 by the photo sensor 463 mounted on the back surface of the input device substrate 427, whereby the pachinko machine 10 is started up. In the processing, the blade member 422 can be arranged in the direction set as the initial position.

  As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, a click force having a movable body 481 that protrudes downward in a hemispherical shape at a position spaced radially outward from the axis L 0, at the center of the decoration base 421 in the decoration unit 314. A generation mechanism 480 is provided. The click force generation mechanism 480 includes a movable body 481 that is accommodated in the case 482 so as to be operable in the vertical direction along the axis L0, and a compression coil spring (not shown) that applies a biasing force to the movable body 481. The movable body 481 is attached to the decoration base 421 with screws in a state where the movable body 481 is pushed down by the elastic force of the coil spring.

  As shown in FIG. 17, an undulating surface 389 in which an upward slope and a downward slope are alternately undulated in the circumferential direction is centered on the axis L0 at the central side edge portion near the axis L0 on the upper surface of the rotating member 371. Are provided over the entire circumference. The undulating surface 389 is formed at a position facing the lower side with respect to the movable body 481, and the movable member 371 is movable to a height position where the movable body 481 is pressed against the undulating surface 389 by the biasing force of the coil spring. A body 481 is arranged.

  The strength of the movable body 481 that causes the urging force to rotate the operation unit 313 to such an extent that the movable body 481 is positioned in the recessed portion (valley portion) of the undulating surface 389 in a non-operating state where no pressing operation is performed. The spring force of the coil spring is set in In order to rotate the rotation member 371, an operation force necessary for compressing the coil spring and pushing up the movable body 481 is required. When the rotating member 371 is rotated and the movable body 481 gets over the protruding end (top) of the undulating surface 389, the rotating member 371 moves toward the next recessed portion of the undulating surface 389 by the urging force of the coil spring. The operating force for rotating the rotating member 371 is not necessary. When the operation unit 301 is rotated, the player is given an operation feeling (click feeling) in which the rotation operation force fluctuates due to the biasing force of the coil spring, and the movable body 481 clicks on the undulating surface 389. It is possible to listen to the operation sound overcoming the sound and add operability with a sense of moderation in the rotation operation. Note that the click force generation mechanism 480 is not necessarily provided in the input device 300, and the click force generation mechanism 480 may be omitted.

  Next, an operation method of the input device 300 by the player will be described with reference mainly to FIG. FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the operation unit 301 in the vertical direction. FIG. 24A shows a non-pressing state in which no pressing operation is performed, and FIG. The pressing state moved to the maximum on the lower side is shown.

  The operation unit 301 of the input device 300 can always be operated during the game, and specifically, both the pressing operation and the rotation operation of the operation unit 301 can be executed by the player.

  When the player presses the operating portion 301 downward along the axis L0, the pressing force is transmitted to the coil spring 373 through the button cover 315 and the moving member 372 (see FIG. 24A). The upper end portion of the coil spring 373 is always in contact with the moving member 372 and generates a biasing force in a direction to push the moving member 372 upward. When a pressing force larger than the biasing force of the coil spring 373 is applied by the player. The moving member 372 moves downward while the coil spring 373 is compressed, and the button cover 315 integrated with the moving member 372 also moves downward (see FIG. 24B).

  When the moving member 372 moves downward by a certain amount or more, the voice detection control device in which the inner detected portion 397 is located on the lower side outside the detection area of the photosensor 425 and is electrically connected to the photosensor 425. By 143, the pressing operation by the player is detected.

  When the player finishes the pressing operation on the operation unit 301, the moving member 372 and the button cover 315 are moved upward by the biasing force of the coil spring 373, and the operation unit 301 is in a non-pressing position corresponding to the non-pressing state before the pressing operation. Return. In addition, due to the upward movement of the moving member 372, the inner detected portion 397 enters the detection area of the photosensor 425, and the output state of the signal from the photosensor 425 returns to the output state corresponding to the original non-pressed state. Then, the voice light emission control device 143 detects that the non-pressed state has been established.

  When the player rotates the operation unit 301 about the axis L0, the button cover 315 and the operation unit 313 rotate about the axis L0. During the turning operation of the operation unit 301, the click force generating mechanism 480 generates a clicking sensation in which the operating force increases or decreases every fixed amount of rotation, and a clicking sound is generated every fixed amount of rotation.

  As the operation unit 301 rotates, the outer detected portion 398 provided on the moving member 372 also rotates, and the presence / absence of the outer detected portion 398 varies repeatedly with respect to the detection range of the photosensor 426. Thus, the output signal of the photo sensor 426 is repeatedly switched. The signal output from the photosensor 426 is monitored by the sound emission control device 143, and the sound light emission control device 143 detects that the operation unit 301 has been turned. The fluctuation of the output signal of the photo sensor 426 continues until the player's turning operation on the operation unit 301 is finished, and when the turning operation is finished, the fluctuation of the output signal of the photo sensor 426 is stopped. When the fluctuation of the output signal is stopped, the sound emission control device 143 detects that the rotation operation has been stopped.

  When the player performs a turning operation during the pressing operation on the operation unit 301, the outer detected unit is in a state where the inner detected unit 397 is positioned below the detection range of the photosensor 425. The presence or absence of 398 repeatedly varies with respect to the detection range of the photosensor 426. For this reason, the sound emission control device 143 is rotated in a state where the operation unit 301 is pressed by a change in the output signals of both the photosensors 425 and 426 that detect the detected parts 397 and 398 inside and outside. The display control of the symbol display device 94 and the sound output control of the speaker corresponding to the detection state are executed.

  For example, when a player can select a plurality of types of effects, the user can select an effect mode by the rotation operation and press the selected effect mode. Used in situations that are determined by operation. The voice light emission control device 143 controls the display control device 142 to display selectable effects candidates on the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94, and the player selects and displays the effect mode by a turning operation. It can be determined by a pressing operation.

  Here, in the input device 300 of this embodiment, since the execution of the rotation operation can be detected by the sound emission control device 143 even during the pressing operation, the operation unit 301 is erroneously rotated during the pressing operation. Even when an unintended candidate has been selected, the operation unit 301 can be rotated while being pressed to return to the original selection candidate. Since the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit 301 can be detected even during the pressing operation by the photo sensor 426, the sound emission control device 143 performs the rotation operation both before and during the pressing operation of the operation unit 301. Therefore, it is possible to execute the control corresponding to the turning operation by making the turning operation effective.

  In this case, the input device 300 according to the present embodiment is easy to input a force to the operation unit 301 because the operation unit 301 is formed larger, and the bearing member 312 smoothly rotates in the rotation direction. Therefore, there is a possibility that an operating force component in the rotation direction side is added to the pressing operation and the operation unit 301 is acted on the pressing operation, and the operation unit 301 rotates accidentally. . Therefore, a configuration in which the rotation operation can be detected even during the pressing operation is useful.

  Next, the effect of the pachinko machine 10 in the present embodiment will be described.

  In the pachinko machine 10, an internal region located on the opposite side of the upper surface (operation surface) of the operation unit 301 operated by the player is configured to be seen through from the player, There is provided a blade member 422 that constitutes a decorative portion 302 that can be turned in the same direction and opposite to the turning direction of the operation portion 301 when the player performs a turning operation and is visible to the player. Yes. For this reason, before the player performs the rotation operation of the operation unit 301, the decoration unit 302 is displaced to suggest a necessary rotation operation direction to the player, or the operation is performed after the rotation operation. By rotating the decorative portion 302 in the same direction or in the opposite direction, it can be easily understood that a predetermined operation has been performed. Therefore, it can be set as the gaming machine with a high production effect.

  The vane member 422 constituting the decoration portion 302 is operably supported by the support shaft portion 437, and the decoration base 421 forming the support shaft portion 437 is a bearing member 312 from the bottom surface portion 332 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321). It is provided in the site | part which continues on the upper side where the operation part 301 is located via radial inside. For this reason, the decorative portion 302 is attached to the front side via a highly rigid portion that is doubly surrounded by the inner ring 361 and the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312 with respect to the bottom surface portion 332. Therefore, even if the operation unit 301 is struck by a player, the influence on the decoration part 302 can be reduced, and the decoration base 421 including the support part 437 that supports the decoration part 302 and the decoration part 302 operably is damaged. In addition, the durability of the decorative portion 302 can be improved, and the strength required for the decorative portion 302 can be kept low, and the input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  The rotary motor 303 that generates a driving force for operating the blade member 422 constituting the decoration portion 302 is operated by the operation portion 301 from the bottom surface portion 332 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321) via the radially inner side of the bearing member 312. It is attached to the lower plate part 434 of the decorative base 421 corresponding to the upper part that is located. For this reason, the decorative portion 302 is attached to the bottom side of the bottom portion 332 via a highly rigid portion that is doubly surrounded by the inner ring 361 and the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312. The durability of the rotary motor 303 is improved by preventing damage to the parts, and the types of applicable rotary motors 303 are increased by keeping the external force input to the rotary motor 303 low, thereby reducing the cost of the input operation means. It can be made easier to manufacture.

  A stopper surface 341 is provided on the outer wall 331 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321), and movement of the moving member 372 is restricted on the radially outer side with respect to the bottom surface portion 332 as a reference. Since the decorative portion 302 is supported by the continuous support shaft portion 437 via the radially inner side corresponding to the opposite side of the stopper surface 341 with respect to the bottom surface portion 332, the decoration portion 302 is input to the stopper surface 341 by the player's operation. It is possible to make it difficult to transmit the operated force to the support shaft portion 437 side. Therefore, even if the player strongly presses the moving member 372 in the direction along the axis L0, the rate at which the operating force acts on the support shaft portion 437 can be suppressed. The input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost while increasing the durability of the decorative portion 302 by reducing the external force acting on the decorative portion 302 and the like.

  The outer wall 331 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321) that forms the stopper surface 341 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape that surrounds the axis L0, and has a substantially plate-like bottom surface portion 332 that has a thickness on the direction side along the axis L0. The outer wall 331 and the bearing fixing portion 333 are formed so as to project into a double substantially cylindrical shape centering on the axis L0. For this reason, the rigidity of the support unit 311 can be further ensured, and the input device 300 having excellent impact resistance can be obtained.

  The operation force in the pressing operation direction side with respect to the upper surface operation portion 301a by the player's operation does not pass through the inner side in the radial direction of the bearing member 312 and the outer wall 331 and the bottom surface from the stopper surface 341 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321). It is transmitted to the upper bulging part 28 corresponding to the main body side of the pachinko machine 10 via the part 332. For this reason, even if the player strongly presses the moving member 372 in the direction along the axis, the rate at which the operating force acts on the bearing fixing portion 333 can be suppressed. The external force that acts on the decorative portion 302 or the like provided in a portion that passes through the inside in the direction can be further reduced.

  The input device substrate 427 on which the photosensors 425 and 426 are mounted is a portion continuous from the bottom surface portion 332 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321) to the upper side where the operation unit 301 is located via the radially inner side of the bearing member 312. Is attached on the main body 431 of the decorative base 421 (see FIG. 24A). For this reason, even if the operation unit 301 is struck by a player, the influence on the input device substrate 427 can be reduced. Accordingly, the electronic device including the photosensors 425 and 426 mounted on the input device substrate 427 is prevented from being damaged to increase the durability of the input device 300, and the input device substrate 427, the substrate mounting component, and the substrate mounting structure are improved. The required strength can be kept low, and the input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  Since the input device substrate 427 has a shape having a part that is greatly spaced radially outward from the outer ring 362 of the bearing member 312 with respect to the axis L0, the light emitter 424 covers the wide area of the upper surface operation unit 301a in the operation unit 301. The decorativeness can be enhanced by irradiating light efficiently.

  In addition, since the photosensors 425 and 426 are mounted on the back surface side of the input device substrate 427, the photosensors 425 and 426 can be easily installed at appropriate positions in a range where the installation area of the light emitter 424 is widened. it can. Therefore, it is not necessary to install a dedicated substrate for the photosensors 425 and 426, and the input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  Further, a plurality of photosensors 425 and 426 and a light emitting body 424 are collectively mounted on an input device substrate 427 configured to be hardly damaged by the bearing member 312. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the performance of the input device 300 that can appropriately detect the light emitter 424 and reliably detect the operation of the operation unit 301 over a long period of time.

  The button cover 315 surrounds the outer edge of the input device substrate 427 from the upper side. For this reason, even if a malicious player sprinkles liquid or the like on the button cover 315 and causes the input device 300 to malfunction, the liquid is difficult to reach the input device substrate 427. Therefore, failures of the photosensors 425 and 426 mounted on the input device substrate 427 can be reduced, and the performance of the input device 300 can be easily maintained over a long period.

  During the pressing operation along the axis L0 of a certain amount exceeding the interval G1, the vibration transmission member 352 made of silicon rubber and the transmission member contact surface 313a corresponding to the lower surface of the metal plate 374 made of steel contact each other. The rotation resistance corresponding to the rotation of the metal plate 374 in the rotation direction increases, and the resistance force against the rotation operation of the operation unit 301 correspondingly increases (see FIG. 16A). For this reason, during a pressing operation of a certain amount or more, it is difficult to perform a turning operation against the player's intention. Therefore, the operation force required for the rotation operation can be reduced by setting the operation resistance by the bearing member 312, while reducing an erroneous operation during a pressing operation of a certain amount or more, and an input operation that matches the player's intention can be performed. The input device 300 can be easily executed.

  Further, since the transmission member contact surface 313a is formed of a material harder than the upper surface of the vibration transmission member 352 made of silicon rubber, the rigidity of the movement member 372 is increased through the metal plate 374 forming the transmission member contact surface 313a. It can be increased, and a configuration with excellent impact resistance can be obtained in the case where an excessive operating force is input to the operation unit 301. Furthermore, since the upper surface of the vibration transmission member 352 made of silicon rubber is provided in a part in the circumferential direction, the increase in size of the input device 300 accompanying the provision of a structure that increases the resistance can be suppressed.

  The vibration operation of the vibration motor 351 is transmitted to the operation unit 301 through the vibration transmission member 352. For this reason, the vibration of the vibration motor 351 can be efficiently transmitted to the operation unit 301, and a mechanism for vibrating the operation unit 301 and a part of the configuration for increasing the resistance force are shared and reduced. The multi-function input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  The transmission member abutting surface 313a is constituted by a part of one annular metal plate 374 surrounding the axis, and the metal plate 374 is integrated through the operation unit 301 and the moving member 372. For this reason, even if the vibration transmission member 352 and the metal plate 374 are in contact with each other in a part in the circumferential direction, the vibration operation of the vibration motor 351 is easily transmitted to the entire circumferential direction around the axis L0 through the metal plate 374. Therefore, even if the operation unit 301 is formed in a large size, the entire operation unit 301 can be efficiently vibrated with the limited number of vibration motors 351.

  The button cover 315 forming the operation unit 301 has a lid shape with an opening on the moving member 372 side, and has an outer peripheral wall portion 392 of the moving member 372 that is continuous in the circumferential direction with a shape that continues downward from the opening portion. And an annular metal plate 374 located on the lower side thereof. For this reason, the rigidity of the integrated member which comprises the operation part 301 which combined the operation part 301, the moving member 372, and the metal plate 374 is improved, and it becomes easier to transmit the vibration operation | movement of the vibration motor 351 to the operation part 301. FIG. Therefore, the entire operation unit 301 can be vibrated efficiently.

  The vibrations of the vibration motor 351 and the vibration transmission member 352 attached to the bottom surface portion 332 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321) are supported by the portion surrounded by the bearing member 312 and increased in rigidity, that is, from the bottom surface portion 332. It is difficult to transmit to a portion that continues to the side where the operation unit 301 is located via the radially inner side of the member 312. Photosensors 425, 426, and 463 that detect the operation of the decoration unit 302 and the operation unit 301 are attached to the portion, and thus the decoration unit 302 is set while the vibration operation by the vibration motor 351 is set to be large. And the functions of the photosensors 425, 426, and 463 can be easily maintained over a long period of time.

  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 pachinko machine 10 according to the above-described embodiment, the input device 300 is configured to be provided on the upper bulging portion 28 with the operation unit 301 on the upper side, but the input device 300 is placed at other positions such as the lower bulging portion 29. The input unit 300 may be installed in another orientation, such as the orientation of the operation unit 301 facing the front side of the pachinko machine and the direction in which the axis L0 continues in the longitudinal direction of the pachinko machine. You may do it. Two or more input devices 300 may be installed, and the shape and size of the operation unit 301 may be other shapes.

The input operation to the operation unit 301 may be performed by only one of the pressing operation and the rotation operation. When only the rotation operation is possible, the rotation member 371 and the moving member 372 are used. It may be configured integrally. In addition, the input operation to the operation unit 301 is not limited to a pressing operation, and the operation unit 301 may be operable to be pulled out along the axis L0. In this case, it is preferable to provide a part for placing a finger on the operation unit 301. For example, an arc-shaped lever may be formed so as to protrude to the surface side, and both end portions of the lever may be connected to the upper surface of the operation unit. In addition, as an operation of the player in the operation unit 301, the input device 300 may be configured by adding another operation detection mechanism such as attaching another sensor such as a touch sensor to the upper surface operation unit 301a. In this embodiment, the decoration portion 302 is configured to rotate about the axis L0 corresponding to the rotation center of the operation portion 301. However, as an aspect in which the decoration portion 302 operates, another aspect may be employed. It may be possible to operate along L0, or the decorative portion 302 may be configured to be capable of both movement along the axis L0 and rotation around the axis L0. Further, the rotation operation of the decoration unit 302 does not necessarily have to rotate about the axis L0 about which the operation unit 301 rotates, and the rotation center of the decoration unit 302 and the rotation center of the operation unit 301 are shifted. May be arranged. In this case, it is preferable that the rotation center axis line of the operation unit 301 and the rotation center axis line of the decoration unit 302 are arranged substantially in parallel, so that the rotation operation direction and rotation operation of the operation unit 301 can be performed. Execution can be expressed in an easy-to-understand manner for the player.

  In the above embodiment, the blade member 422 constituting the decorative portion 302 is continuous from the bottom surface portion 332 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321) to the upper side where the operation portion 301 is located via the radially inner side of the bearing member 312. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a support shaft portion that supports the blade member 422 may be formed inside the bearing member 312 in the radial direction. Thus, the blade member 422 can be supported at the portion where the rigidity has been increased, and the durability of the operable decorative portion 302 can be increased, and the input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  In the above embodiment, the blade member 422 constituting the decorative portion 302 is continuous from the bottom surface portion 332 of the support unit 311 (mounting base 321) to the upper side where the operation portion 301 is located via the radially inner side of the bearing member 312. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a support shaft portion that supports the blade member 422 may be formed inside the bearing member 312 in the radial direction. Thus, the blade member 422 can be supported at the portion where the rigidity has been increased, and the durability of the operable decorative portion 302 can be increased, and the input device 300 can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  Similarly to the part supported by the blade member 422, the part to which the rotary motor 303 and the photosensors 425, 426, and 463 as electronic components provided in the input device 300 are attached is not necessarily the upper side via the radial inner side of the bearing member 312. It is not necessary to be configured to be attached to a portion that is continuous with the bearing member 312, and at least one of the rotary motor 303 or the photosensors 425, 426, and 463 may be attached to the inside of the bearing member 312 in the radial direction.

  In the above embodiment, the photosensors 425, 426, 463 and the light emitter 424 are collectively mounted on the input device substrate 427. Instead, the photosensors 425, 425 are mounted on the input device substrate 427. Only 426 and 463 may be mounted, and the light-emitting body 424 may be provided on the input device 300 separately from the photosensors 425, 426, and 463 by providing a dedicated substrate. Further, the operation of the operation unit 301 is not necessarily detected by the photosensors 425 and 426, and the operation of the operation unit 301 may be detected by another type of sensor. For example, a contact-type switch may be provided so as to be in contact with the detected portions 397 and 398, or the operation of the operation portion 301 may be detected using an element that detects magnetism.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration is such that the resistance force to the rotation operation is increased by the contact between the vibration transmission member 352 made of silicon rubber and the steel transmission member contact surface 313a, but the rotation operation is performed by a combination of other materials. It is also possible to increase the resistance force against or to increase the resistance force by another mechanism. For example, the rotating shaft portion of the damper enclosing the viscous fluid that generates the rotational resistance force is opposed to the lower side with respect to the metal plate 374, and the metal plate 374 is brought into contact with the metal plate 374 by a pressing operation of a certain amount or more. It may be arranged to increase the resistance to rotation operation, or a motor (for example, a stepping motor) as a rotation driving means for rotating the rotation member 371 is connected to the rotation member 371, At the time of pressing operation of a certain amount or more, a necessary rotational resistance force may be generated by controlling the magnetic force of the motor.

  In the above embodiment, the rotating member 371 is attached to the support unit 311 via the bearing member 312 so as to be rotatable about the axis L0, and the moving member 372 is set to the axis L0 with respect to the rotating member 371. Although it is configured to be supported so as to be movable in the direction along the direction, a moving member as a part of the operation unit is attached to the supporting unit so as to be slidable in the direction along the axis, and operated on the moving member In this case, a rotation member integrated with the part may be rotatably attached, and in this case, a metal plate is attached to the rotation member to form a transmission member contact surface, and vibration transmission provided in the support unit The member 352 may contact the transmission member contact surface by a certain amount of movement of the operation unit, and the rotation member may contact the stopper surface of the support unit 311 by further pressing operation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the vibration transmission member 352 that vibrates with the vibration of the vibration motor 351 is attached to the support unit 311, and the vibration transmission member 352 is integrated with the operation unit 301 by a pressing operation of a certain amount or more. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the vibration motor 351 may be attached to another position such as the movement member 372.

  In the above-described embodiment, the combination of the vibration motor 351 and the vibration transmission member 352 is disposed at only one place in the circumferential direction around the axis L0. Also good. Note that at least one vibration motor 351 is preferably arranged close to the side where game balls may be clogged. For example, the game balls are stored in the upper bulging portion 28 with the axis L0 as a reference. The combination of the vibration motor 351 and the vibration transmission member 352 may be arranged on the rear side or the diagonally left rear side of the pachinko machine 10 corresponding to the part opened on the upper side forming the upper plate 28a. Due to the vibration of the vibration motor 351, it is possible to easily eliminate the clogging of the game balls in the upper plate 28a. In this case, a part of the vibration transmitting member 352 may be exposed to a part of a wall surface constituting a portion where a plurality of game balls are stored, thereby further preventing the game ball from being clogged. It can be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the decorative base 421 and the mounting base 321 are configured by combining separately molded members, but the decorative base 421 and the mounting base 321 are not necessarily formed separately and configured. May be integrally formed.

  You may add the press state holding means which hold | maintains the operation part 301 in a press state with a mechanical latch mechanism, an electromagnet, etc. to the input device 300 in the said embodiment. For example, in a state in which one or a plurality of electromagnets are installed facing the support unit 311 and pressed against the metal plate 374 fixed to the lower side of the moving member 372, and the moving member 372 is pressed. There may be provided a pressed state holding means for generating a magnetic force so that the metal plate 374 comes close to the metal plate 374 with a certain gap and adsorbs the metal plate 374 downward. Even when a rotation operation is performed on the operation unit 301, the electromagnet is always positioned below the metal plate 374 because the metal plate 374 is formed in an annular shape. For this reason, even if a magnetic force is locally generated on the lower side of the moving member 372, a force for moving the moving member 372 downward through the metal plate 374 can be generated. Can be configured.

  Instead of the decoration unit 302 of the input device 300 in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of types of characters may be arranged in the circumferential direction with a certain angular interval. In this case, it is preferable that the number of characters or the constituents constituting the character correspond to the number of the recessed portions 404 of the button cover 315, and the number of recessed portions that is an integral multiple (for example, 2 times) the number of feathers. Are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The number of dent portions obtained by dividing the number of blades by an integer (for example, 2) may be provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. Accordingly, the appearance of the decorative body that is visually recognized so as to overlap with the button cover 315 can be improved, and the button cover 315 can also be used in an effect that suggests the rotational operation speed and the rotational operation direction of the button cover 315. A good-looking decoration that operates while the cover 315 and the decorative body overlap can be added to the input device 300.

You may implement this invention in the pachinko machine etc. of a type different from the said embodiment. 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 arranged ball pachinko machines, sparrow balls, etc. may also be implemented. Non-ball game machines, for example, multiple types of symbols are attached in the circumferential direction. On the effective line that can be seen from the display window after multiple reels are started and the reels start rotating by the insertion of medals and the operation of the start lever, and the stop switch is operated or the reels stop by a predetermined time. In addition, the present invention may be applied to a slot machine that gives a player a privilege such as paying out medals when a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established.

  A gaming machine main body that is supported by the outer frame so as to be openable and closable is provided with a storage unit and a take-in device, and a start lever is operated after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are taken in by the take-in device. The present invention may be applied to a gaming machine in which a reel machine and a slot machine are fused, which starts rotating the reel. As a gaming area in a gaming machine having a reel that is rotated by operating a start lever such as a slot machine, an area in which a specific symbol visible from a display window is displayed corresponds.

<Invention extracted from the above embodiment>
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.

  A pachinko machine or the like, which is a kind of gaming machine, is provided with an input device as input operation means for performing an input operation by a player. Examples of the input device include a push button, an operation lever that can be tilted forward and backward, left and right, or a rotary operation type dial. During a game or while displaying a demonstration screen waiting for a game, the player can select and determine an effect through the input device, and if the operation is performed, on the display screen that displays the effect A display corresponding to the operation is performed, or the operation unit of the input device and its peripheral part emit light, and an effect corresponding to the model can be executed (see, for example, JP 2011-5181 A).

<Feature A group>
In a conventional gaming machine, when the input device is operated, the input device itself or its peripheral portion only emits light, making it difficult to differentiate from other gaming machine manufacturers and other models. For this reason, there is a possibility that there is room for improvement in the effects using decorations in the input device and its surroundings.

<Feature A1>
In a gaming machine provided with input operation means (input device 300) having an operation unit (operation unit 301) that can be operated by a player,
The operation portion is formed of a light-transmitting material, and an internal region located on the opposite side of the operation surface operated by the player is configured to be seen through from the player.
In the internal region, a decorative portion that is displaceable at least in the same direction or opposite to the displacement direction of the operation portion when the player performs a predetermined operation on the operation portion, and is visible from the player A gaming machine provided with a (decorating portion 302).

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine provided with input operation means having a high effect. That is, by moving the decoration portion before the player performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit, the player can indicate a necessary operation direction to the player, or after the predetermined operation, the same direction as or reverse to the operation is performed. By displacing the decorative portion in the direction, it can be easily shown that the predetermined operation has been performed. Therefore, it can be set as the gaming machine with a high production effect.

  Note that the displacement direction includes a moving direction along a predetermined axis, a rotating direction around the predetermined axis, or a direction in which a plurality of moving directions or rotating directions are combined.

<Feature A2>
The input operation means includes a support member (support unit 311) that supports the operation unit in a displaceable manner,
A rotating member (rotating member 371) supported by the supporting member so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction around a predetermined axis;
A bearing member (bearing member 312) interposed between the rotating member and the support member;
A moving member (moving member 372) supported by the rotating member so as to be movable along the axis and operating integrally with the operation unit;
The bearing member can roll between an annular inner ring (inner ring 361) centered on the axis, an annular outer ring (outer ring 362) disposed on the outer peripheral side of the inner ring, and the outer ring and the inner ring. Rolling elements (spheres 363) interposed between
The support member is
A base portion (bottom surface portion 332) provided on the opposite side of the operation portion with respect to the bearing member;
An inner ring support portion (bearing fixing portion 333) that protrudes from the base portion to the one side where the operation portion is located and supports the inner ring of the bearing member on the radially inner side close to the axis. ,
The decoration portion is a decoration support portion provided in a portion continuous to the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction from the base portion, or the operation portion is located via the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction from the base portion. The game machine according to Feature A1, wherein the game machine is operatively supported by a decoration support portion (support shaft portion 437) provided in a portion continuous to the side.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A2, the moving member that operates integrally with the operation unit is supported by the rotating member so as to be movable along the axis, and the rotating member has the bearing member interposed therebetween. Thus, the support member is rotatably supported. For this reason, the rotation resistance of the rotation member is reduced with respect to the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit, and the input operation unit can be configured to be able to rotate the operation unit smoothly.

  In addition, the decoration support portion that operably supports the decoration portion is provided in a portion that is continuous from the base portion to the inside in the radial direction of the bearing member, or the operation portion is provided from the base portion through the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction. It is provided in the site | part which continues on the located side. For this reason, a decoration part will be attached to the high rigidity site | part enclosed by the inner ring | wheel and the outer ring | wheel with respect to the base part doubly, or the front side via the high rigidity site | part. Therefore, even if the operation unit is struck by a player, the influence on the decoration part can be reduced, and the decoration part and the decoration support part are prevented from being damaged to increase the durability of the decoration part. Therefore, the input operation means can be easily manufactured at a low cost by suppressing the required strength.

  In the gaming machine described in the feature A2, the inner ring support portion is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape centering on the axis, and the decoration support portion is provided at a portion continuous with the inner ring support portion on the opposite side to the base portion. In this case, the rigidity of the inner ring support portion can be easily increased, and the influence of slamming the operation portion on the decorative support portion continuing to the front side can be reduced.

<Feature A3>
Drive means (rotating motor 303) for generating a driving force for operating the decorative portion;
The drive means is provided with a drive means mounting portion provided at a portion continuous to the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction from the base portion, or the operation portion is positioned from the base portion through the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction. The game machine according to Feature A2, wherein the game machine is attached to a drive means attachment portion (the lower plate portion 434 of the decoration base 421) provided in a portion continuous on the side to be played.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A3, the driving means is attached to the high-rigidity portion doubled by the inner ring and the outer ring or the driving means attachment portion provided in the portion via the high-rigidity portion. It is done. Therefore, the drive means and its peripheral portion are prevented from being damaged to increase the durability of the drive means, and the external force input to the drive means is kept low, thereby increasing the types of applicable drive means, and the input operation means. Can be easily manufactured at low cost.

<Feature A4>
The support member is a portion protruding from the base portion to one side where the operation portion is located, and is an outer protruding portion (outer wall 331) provided on a radially outer side away from the axis with respect to the outer ring of the bearing member. )
The outer projecting portion is provided with a stopper surface (stopper surface 341) that abuts on the moving member that moves along the axis and restricts the movement of the moving member. A2 or A3 A gaming machine according to any one of the above.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A4, the stopper surface is provided on the outer protruding portion, and the movement of the moving member is restricted on the radially outer side with respect to the base portion. Since the decoration portion is supported by a decoration support portion that is continuous on the radially inner side corresponding to the opposite side of the stopper surface with respect to the base portion, the operation force input to the stopper surface by the player's operation is applied to the decoration support portion. It can be difficult to transmit to the side. Therefore, even if the moving member is strongly operated to move in the direction along the axis by the player, the proportion of the operation force acting on the decoration support part can be suppressed, and the decoration part provided on the decoration support part, etc. The input operation means can be easily manufactured at a low cost while increasing the durability of the decorative portion by reducing the external force acting on the.

  In the gaming machine described in the feature A4, the outer protruding portion may be formed in a substantially cylindrical shape surrounding the axis, or with respect to a substantially plate-like base portion having a thickness on the direction side along the axis. The outer protruding portion and the inner ring support portion may be formed so as to protrude into a double substantially cylindrical shape centered on the axis. Thereby, it can be set as the input operation means excellent in impact resistance.

<Feature A5>
The operation part is configured to be movable on the one side along the axis and on the pressing operation direction side approaching the base part,
The input operation means is in contact with the base portion of the support member while a part of the gaming machine main body is overlapped on the pressing operation direction side,
The operation force toward the pressing operation direction side with respect to the operation portion is transmitted from the stopper surface to the gaming machine body via the outer protrusion and the base portion without passing through the inner ring support portion. A gaming machine according to feature A4.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A5, since the operating force in the pressing operation direction side with respect to the operating portion by the player's operation is transmitted to the gaming machine main body without passing through the inner ring support portion, the moving member is moved by the player. Even if it is strongly moved and operated in the direction along the axis, the proportion of the operating force acting on the inner ring support part can be suppressed, and the decorative part provided on the part that passes through the radially inner side from the inner ring support part The external force acting on the like can be further reduced. In addition, compared with the configuration in which the operating force in the pressing operation direction side is transmitted to the gaming machine main body by the hook-shaped portion protruding outward in the radial direction in the outer protruding portion, the stress is concentrated on the input operating means and the local portion of the gaming machine main body. Therefore, it is possible to make the structure excellent in impact resistance.

<Feature B group>
In the conventional gaming machine, the operation part of the input device is a part where the player directly contacts, so that there is a possibility that a powerful hit may be applied, so that durability is improved, and when the player operates it Although it is desired to improve the operational feeling, it is necessary to suppress an increase in manufacturing cost. For this reason, there is a possibility that there is room for improvement in the structure of the input device and its peripheral portion.

<Feature B1>
In a gaming machine provided with input operation means (input device 300) having an operation unit (operation unit 301) that can be operated by a player,
The input operation means includes a support member (support unit 311) that supports the operation unit in a displaceable manner,
A rotating member (rotating member 371) that is supported by the supporting member so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction around a predetermined axis, and rotates integrally with the operation unit;
A bearing member (bearing member 312) interposed between the rotating member and the support member;
A rotation detecting means (photosensor 426) for detecting a rotation operation of the rotation member;
The support member is
A base portion (bottom surface portion 332) provided on the opposite side of the operation portion with respect to the bearing member;
An inner ring support portion (bearing fixing portion 333) that protrudes to the one side where the operation portion is located from the base portion and supports the bearing member on the radially inner side close to the axis,
The input operation means is attached to a portion (main body portion 431 of the decoration base 421) that is continuous from the base portion on the side where the operation portion is located via the radial inner side of the bearing member, and the rotation detection means. A gaming machine comprising a displacement detection board (input device board 427) on which is mounted.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B1, it is possible to easily manufacture an input operation means excellent in operability and durability at a low cost. That is, the rotating member that operates integrally with the operation unit is rotatably supported by the support member with the bearing member interposed therebetween. For this reason, the rotation resistance of the rotation member is reduced with respect to the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit, and the input operation unit can be configured to be able to rotate the operation unit smoothly.

  In addition, the displacement detection board is attached to a portion that is continuous from the base portion via the radially inner side of the bearing member to the side where the operation portion is located, so even if the operation portion is struck by a player, the displacement detection board is detected. The influence on the substrate can be reduced. Therefore, it is necessary for the displacement detection board, the board-mounted component, and the board mounting structure while preventing damage to the electronic components including the rotation detection means mounted on the displacement detection board and improving the durability of the input operation means. Therefore, it is possible to make the input operation means easy to manufacture at low cost.

<Feature B2>
In a gaming machine provided with input operation means (input device 300) having an operation unit (operation unit 301) that can be operated by a player,
The input operation means includes a support member (support unit 311) that supports the operation unit in a displaceable manner,
A rotating member (rotating member 371) supported by the supporting member so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction around a predetermined axis;
A bearing member (bearing member 312) interposed between the rotating member and the support member;
A moving member (moving member 372) supported by the rotating member so as to be movable along the axis, and operating integrally with the operation unit;
A movement detecting means (photosensor 425) for detecting a moving operation of the moving member;
A rotation detecting means (photosensor 426) for detecting a rotation operation of the rotation member;
The bearing member can roll between an annular inner ring (inner ring 361) centered on the axis, an annular outer ring (outer ring 362) disposed on the outer peripheral side of the inner ring, and the outer ring and the inner ring. Rolling elements (spheres 363) interposed between
The support member is
A base portion (bottom surface portion 332) provided on the opposite side of the operation portion with respect to the bearing member;
An inner ring support portion (bearing fixing portion 333) that protrudes from the base portion to the one side where the operation portion is located and supports the inner ring of the bearing member on the radially inner side close to the axis. ,
The input operation means is attached to a portion (main body portion 431 of the decoration base 421) that is continuous from the base portion via the radially inner side of the bearing member to the side where the operation portion is located, and the movement detection means A gaming machine comprising a displacement detection board (input device board 427) on which at least one of the rotation detection means is mounted.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B2, it is possible to easily manufacture an input operation means excellent in operability and durability at a low cost. That is, the moving member that operates integrally with the operation unit is supported by the rotating member so as to be movable along the axis, and the rotating member can be rotated by the supporting member with the bearing member interposed therebetween. It is supported by. For this reason, the rotation resistance of the rotation member is reduced with respect to the rotation operation with respect to the operation unit, and the input operation unit can be configured to be able to rotate the operation unit smoothly.

  In addition, since the displacement detection board is attached to the part that continues from the base part to the side where the operation part is located via the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction, it has a high rigidity that is doubly surrounded by the inner ring and the outer ring. The displacement detection board will be attached to the part via the part. For this reason, even if the operation unit is struck by the player, the influence on the displacement detection board can be reduced. Therefore, the electronic component including at least one of the movement detection unit and the rotation detection unit mounted on the displacement detection board is prevented from being damaged to increase the durability of the input operation unit, and the displacement detection board, the board mounting component, and The input operation means can be easily manufactured at low cost by suppressing the strength required for the board mounting structure.

  In the gaming machine described in the feature B2, the inner ring support portion is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape centering on the axis, and the displacement detection board is attached to a portion continuous with the inner ring support portion on the opposite side to the base portion. In this case, the rigidity of the inner ring support portion can be easily increased, and the influence of banging the operation portion on the displacement detection board attached to the portion continuing to the front side can be reduced. it can.

<Feature B3>
The operation portion is disposed at a position overlapping the one side with respect to the displacement detection board, and the axial direction side is a thickness direction, and the operation portion is greatly continuous radially outwardly away from the axis from the outer ring of the bearing member. 1 operation surface portion (upper surface operation portion 301a), and a cylindrical second operation surface portion (circumferential surface operation portion 301b) that is continuous from the outer peripheral portion of the first operation surface portion toward the base portion,
The displacement detection board is attached to a predetermined position continuous to the opposite side of the base surface portion with respect to the inner ring support portion, and has a portion that is largely spaced radially outward from the axis of the outer ring of the bearing member. Shape and
On the surface side facing the one side of the displacement detection substrate, operation unit light emitting means (light emitting body 424) for causing the operation unit to emit light is mounted at a plurality of locations.
The game machine according to claim B2, wherein the movement detection means and the rotation detection means are mounted on the back side of the displacement detection board.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B3, the displacement detection board is formed in a shape having a portion that is largely spaced radially outward from the axis of the outer ring of the bearing member. The decorativeness can be enhanced by efficiently irradiating light from the operation unit light emitting means.

  In addition, since the movement detection means and the rotation detection means are mounted on the back side of the displacement detection board, the movement detection means and the rotation detection means are appropriately connected within the range where the installation area of the operation unit light emitting means is expanded. Can be easily installed at the position. Therefore, it is not necessary to install a dedicated substrate for the movement detection means and the rotation detection means, and the input operation means can be easily manufactured at low cost.

  Furthermore, a plurality of detection means and an operation unit light emitting means are collectively mounted on a displacement detection substrate that is configured to be hardly damaged by the bearing member. For this reason, it is possible to maintain the performance of the input operation unit capable of appropriately emitting light from the operation unit light emitting unit and capable of reliably detecting the operation of the operation unit over a long period of time.

<Feature B4>
The operation portion is formed as a part of a transparent plastic cover body (button cover 315) having a part facing upward and configured to be movable at least downward. ,
The cover body has an upper surface portion (first operation surface portion in the feature B3, upper surface operation portion 301a) facing upward as a part of the operation portion, and a cylindrical outer periphery that continues below the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface portion. Part (second operation surface part in feature B3, circumferential surface operation part 301b),
The gaming machine according to B2 or B3, wherein the outer peripheral portion has a length that is continuous to the operation direction side while surrounding at least an outer edge of the displacement detection board.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B4, since the cover body surrounds the outer edge from the upper side with respect to the displacement detection board, a malicious player sprinkles liquid or the like on the cover body to input operation means. Even if an attempt is made to break down the liquid, it becomes difficult for the liquid to reach the displacement detection substrate. Therefore, the failure of the movement detection means and the rotation detection means mounted on the displacement detection board can be reduced, and the performance of the input operation means can be easily maintained over a long period.

<Feature B5>
The input operation means includes biasing means (coil spring 373) for biasing the moving member on the one side along the axis.
The support member is a portion protruding to the one side, and has an outer protrusion (outer wall 331) provided on a radially outer side spaced from the axis with respect to the outer ring of the bearing member,
The biasing means is installed between the rotating member and the moving member in a state where at least a part thereof is positioned in a gap space formed between the outer ring of the bearing member and the outer protruding portion. A gaming machine according to any one of features B2 to B4.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B5, the input operation means having the bearing member can be thinly formed in the direction side along the axis, and the game area can be enlarged or the installation area for the dish member for storing the ball can be secured. Can be made easier.

<Feature B6>
The operation portion is disposed at a position overlapping the one side with respect to the displacement detection board, and the axial direction side is a thickness direction, and the operation portion is greatly continuous radially outwardly away from the axis from the outer ring of the bearing member. 1 operation surface part (upper surface operation part 301a),
A cylindrical second operation surface portion (peripheral surface operation portion 301b) continuous from the outer peripheral portion of the first operation surface portion to the side closer to the base portion;
In the corner portion where the first operation surface portion and the second operation surface portion are continuous, indentations having a shape recessed inward are dotted in the circumferential direction,
The concave portion is a radially outer side spaced from the axis line with respect to the first operation surface portion, and a concave bottom portion (concave bottom portion 406) continuous to the side approaching the base portion;
A shape having a plurality of operation protrusions (operation protrusions 405) formed to protrude on at least one of the one side or the radially outer side on both sides along the circumferential direction with respect to the concave bottom part,
The gaming machine according to any one of features B2 to B5, wherein the operation protrusion is formed such that a length on a circumferential side is shorter toward a radially inner side closer to the axis.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B6, the player uses the first operation surface portion to press and move the operation portion along the axial direction, and uses the second operation surface portion side to rotate the operation portion. It can be rotated in the direction.

  Here, since the concave bottom part which comprises a recessed part is continuing on the radial direction outer side spaced apart from an axis line with respect to a 1st operation surface part, it contacts either one of a 1st operation surface part and a concave bottom part. By switching the fingertip to the other side, switching between the pressing operation and the rotating operation can be easily performed with a good feeling. Also, since the operation protrusions are provided on both sides along the circumferential direction with respect to the concave bottom part, the player turns the fingertips located on the concave bottom part to the circumferential direction side to place the fingertips on the operation protrusions. The operating portion can be easily turned by hooking.

  Furthermore, since the length of the circumferential direction side is formed shorter toward the radially inner side closer to the axial line, the operation protrusion has a radially inner end at the operation protrusion when the fingertip moves between the pressing operation surface portion and the continuous operation surface portion. It is difficult for the fingertip to be caught by the fingertip, and the fingertip can be appropriately moved to the concave bottom portion located between the operation projections adjacent in the circumferential direction.

<Feature B7>
The operation protrusion has a shape that is substantially flush with a radially outer side spaced from the axis with respect to the pressing operation surface in a cross-sectional view including the maximum protruding portion and the axis, or the pressing operation surface. The gaming machine according to Feature B6, wherein the gaming machine is shaped to form a step on a side closer to the base portion.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B7, the movement from the pressing operation surface portion to the fingertip from the continuous operation surface portion can be performed more smoothly.

<Feature C group>
In a conventional gaming machine, an input device may be configured so that a movement operation along the axis line and a rotation operation around the axis line can be executed, such as a determination operation performed by pushing a dial or the like that can be rotated. It is done. However, if an attempt is made to achieve smooth operability with low operational resistance by reducing the rotational resistance force, there is a risk that the rotational operation will be executed during the moving operation, and the input is contrary to the player's intention. There is a possibility of becoming an operation.

<Feature C1>
In a gaming machine provided with input operation means (input device 300) having an operation unit (operation unit 301) capable of a movement operation along an axis and a rotation operation around the axis by a player,
The input operation means detects a rotation operation on the operation unit by a player, and a rotation detection means (photo sensor 426) capable of detecting a rotation operation during a predetermined movement operation;
A gaming machine comprising resistance increasing means (upper surface of the vibration transmitting member 352) for increasing a resistance force to the rotating operation of the operating portion when the predetermined movement operation is executed by the player. .

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of reducing the input operation against the player's intention while realizing smooth operability. That is, since the resistance force to the rotation operation of the operation unit increases during the predetermined movement operation, the rotation operation contrary to the player's intention during the predetermined movement operation. Becomes difficult to execute. Therefore, the operation force required for the rotation operation before the execution of the predetermined movement operation can reduce the erroneous operation during the predetermined movement operation while setting the operation resistance to be small, and the input that matches the intention of the player It can be set as the input operation means which operation is easy to perform.

<Feature C2>
The input operation means is provided with a fixing portion for fixing the input operation means to the gaming machine main body, and a support member (support unit 311) that supports the operation section in a displaceable manner;
An intermediary member (rotating member 371) supported by the support member so as to be capable of moving along the axis or rotating around the axis;
An operation unit constituting member (moving member 372) supported by the supporting member via the mediating member and capable of moving along the axis and rotating around the axis with respect to the supporting member. A combination of a metal plate 374 and a button cover 315),
The operation portion constituting member has an operation portion side contact surface (transmission member contact surface 313a) continuously provided in the circumferential direction facing the distal end side in the movement direction of the operation portion at a position separated from the axis. Is provided,
The resistance increasing means constitutes a part of the support member and is provided to face the operation part side contact surface in a part along the circumferential direction, and is softer than the operation part side contact surface A soft abutment surface (vibration transmission) that abuts on the abutment surface on the operation unit side when a predetermined or greater amount of movement operation along the axis is performed on the operation unit as the predetermined movement operation. The gaming machine according to Feature C1, further comprising an upper surface of the member 352.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C2, when a moving operation of a certain amount or more along the axis is performed on the operation unit, the operation unit side contact surface contacts the soft contact surface, and before the contact As compared with the above, the resistance force in the direction of rotation increases. Therefore, it is possible to reduce erroneous operations during a predetermined movement operation on the operation unit.

  In addition, since the operation unit side contact surface is formed of a material harder than the soft contact surface, it is possible to increase the rigidity of the operation unit component, and when an excessive operation force is input to the operation unit It can be set as the structure excellent in impact resistance with respect to these. Furthermore, since the soft contact surface is provided in a part in the circumferential direction, it is possible to suppress an increase in the size of the input operation means associated with the provision of the resistance increasing means.

<Feature C3>
Vibration means (vibration motor 351) that vibrates to vibrate the operation unit;
A vibration transmission member (vibration transmission member 352) having a cylindrical portion on which the vibration means can be mounted inside;
The game machine according to C2, wherein the soft contact surface is constituted by a part of an outer surface of the vibration transmitting member.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C3, the vibration operation of the vibration unit can be efficiently transmitted to the operation unit through the vibration transmission member, and the structure for vibrating the operation unit and the resistance increasing unit are configured. It is possible to make the input operation means easy to manufacture at a low cost by using a common system.

<Feature C4>
The operation part constituting member is a resin-made operation base member (moving member 372) and one piece that is attached to the operation base member and that is continuous in an annular shape surrounding the axis, with the direction side along the axis being the thickness direction. The game machine according to C2 or C3, wherein the operation unit side contact surface is constituted by a part of the metal plate.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C4, since the operation base member is reinforced by the metal plate, it is possible to increase the rigidity of the operation unit constituent member and to have a configuration excellent in impact resistance.

  In addition, in the gaming machine described in the feature C4 that is dependent on the feature C3, even if the vibration transmitting member and the metal plate are in contact with each other in the circumferential direction, the vibration operation of the vibration means is centered on the axis line through the metal plate. It becomes easy to transmit to the whole. Therefore, even if the operation unit is formed in a relatively large size, the entire operation unit can be vibrated efficiently.

<Feature C5>
The intermediary member is rotatably supported by the support member on a circumferential side centered on the axis,
The operation portion constituting member is supported by the mediating member so as to be movable along the axis, and operates integrally with the operation portion,
The input operation means has a bearing member (bearing member 312) interposed between the rotating member and the support member,
The bearing member can roll between an annular inner ring (inner ring 361) centered on the axis, an annular outer ring (outer ring 362) disposed on the outer peripheral side of the inner ring, and the outer ring and the inner ring. Rolling elements (spheres 363) interposed between
The support member is
A base portion (bottom surface portion 332) provided on the opposite side of the operation portion with respect to the bearing member;
An inner ring support portion (bearing fixing portion 333) that protrudes from the base portion to the one side where the operation portion is located and supports the inner ring of the bearing member on the radially inner side close to the axis. ,
The operation part constituent member has a cylindrical outer peripheral wall part (outer wall 331) continuous to the base part side on the radially outer side of the outer ring of the bearing member,
The metal plate is attached to an end near the base portion with respect to the outer peripheral wall portion,
The gaming machine according to C4, wherein the vibration means and the vibration transmission member are attached to the base portion.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C5, since the rigidity of the operation unit constituent member is enhanced by the outer peripheral wall portion and the metal plate of the operation unit constituent member, the vibration operation of the vibration means can be performed through the metal plate and the outer peripheral wall unit. It becomes easy to transmit to the operation unit. Therefore, the entire operation unit can be vibrated efficiently.

  In addition, the vibration of the vibration means and the vibration transmitting member attached to the base portion is caused by the operation portion passing through the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction from the base portion, that is, the portion surrounded by the bearing member and having increased rigidity. It is hard to be transmitted to the part which continues to the side where it is located. For this reason, by attaching a detection means for detecting the operation of the decoration part and the operation part to the part, the damage of the decoration part and the function of the detection means can be maintained for a long time while setting the vibration operation by the vibration means large. Can be made easier.

  Note that at least one feature described in the features A1 to A5, the features B1 to B7, and the features C1 to C5 may be applied in combination with any other or a plurality of features. The basic configuration of the gaming machine to which the above-described features can be applied is shown below.

  Pachinko gaming machine: launch operation means operated by a player, game ball launch means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the launch operation means, and a passage section for guiding the launched game ball to a predetermined game area And a gaming machine that provides each player with a bonus when a game ball passes through a predetermined passing portion of the gaming parts.

  Revolving type gaming machine such as a slot machine: equipped with a picture display device for variably displaying a plurality of pictures, variably starting display of the plurality of pictures due to the operation of the start operation means, and due to the operation of the stop operation means In addition, a gaming machine in which the variable display of the plurality of patterns is stopped when a predetermined time elapses and a privilege is given to the player according to the pattern after the stop.

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

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 300 ... Input device, 301 ... Operation part, 301a ... Upper surface operation part, 301b ... Peripheral surface operation part, 302 ... Decoration part, 303 ... Rotary motor, 311 ... Support unit, 312 ... Bearing member, 315 ... Button cover, 331 ... outer wall, 332 ... bottom face part, 333 ... bearing fixing part, 341 ... stopper face, 352 ... vibration transmission member, 361 ... inner ring, 362 ... outer ring, 363 ... spherical body, 371 ... rotating member, 372 ... movement Member, 373 ... Coil spring, 374 ... Metal plate, 405 ... Operation protrusion, 406 ... Concave bottom, 421 ... Decoration base, 424 ... Luminescent body, 425, 426 ... Photo sensor, 434 ... Lower plate part, 437 ... Support shaft part

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine provided with an input operation means having an operation unit operable by a player,
The operation portion is formed of a light-transmitting material, and an internal region located on the opposite side of the operation surface operated by the player is configured to be seen through from the player.
In the internal region, a decorative portion that is displaceable at least in the same direction or opposite to the displacement direction of the operation portion when the player performs a predetermined operation on the operation portion, and is visible from the player A gaming machine characterized by that. The input operation means includes a support member that supports the operation unit in a displaceable manner,
A rotating member supported by the supporting member so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction around a predetermined axis;
A bearing member interposed between the rotating member and the support member;
A movable member that is supported by the rotating member so as to be movable along the axis, and that operates integrally with the operation unit;
The bearing member includes an annular inner ring centered on the axis, an annular outer ring disposed on the outer peripheral side of the inner ring, and a rolling element interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring so as to allow rolling. And
The support member is
A base portion provided on the opposite side of the operation portion with respect to the bearing member;
An inner ring support portion that protrudes from the base portion to one side where the operation portion is located, and that supports the inner ring of the bearing member on the radially inner side close to the axis,
The decoration portion is a decoration support portion provided in a portion continuous to the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction from the base portion, or the operation portion is located via the inside of the bearing member in the radial direction from the base portion. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine is operatively supported by a decoration support portion provided at a site continuous on the side. The support member is a portion that protrudes to the one side where the operation portion is located from the base portion, and has an outer protrusion provided on a radially outer side spaced from the axis with respect to the outer ring of the bearing member. ,
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the outer protrusion is provided with a stopper surface that abuts on the moving member that moves along the axis and restricts the movement of the moving member.

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