JP2016013423A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of improving decoration properties of a moving member passing through an opening formed in a fixed member.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: a fixed member 10 in which an opening 11 is formed; and a moving member 20 for causing the size of a part exposed at one side of the opening 11 to change by movement through the inside of the opening 11. The moving member 20 includes: a decoration part 22 passing through the opening 11; and a covering part 23 that is provided outside the decoration part 22 and can make visible the decoration part 22 positioned inside.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a moving member.

  Patent Document 1 listed below describes a gaming machine including an effect button that is a moving member that can be operated by a player. The effect button in the following Patent Document 1 can protrude greatly upward from the peripheral portion thereof (see FIG. 5 of Patent Document 1, etc.), and when this occurs, the amount of movement (stroke) of the button at the time of operation Becomes larger.

JP2013-116169A

  In a gaming machine provided with such a moving member, the cross-sectional shape of the moving member and the shape of the opening where the moving member appears and disappears are set to be substantially the same. If the moving member has a circular cross section, the opening is set to a circle having the same size. If the cross-sectional shape of the moving member and the shape of the opening are not substantially the same, dust or the like enters the inside through the gap between the moving member and the opening periphery, or a player's hand is sandwiched between the moving member and the opening periphery. It can cause problems. Therefore, in many cases, the moving member has a simple shape such as a circular cross section described in Patent Document 1, and it has been difficult to improve the decorativeness.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of enhancing the decorativeness of a moving member passing through an opening.

  A gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a fixing member formed with an opening, and a portion exposed on one side of the opening by moving so as to pass inside the opening. A moving member that changes in size, and the moving member is provided on the outer side of the decorative portion, and the covering portion that is provided on the outer side of the decorative portion so that the decorative portion located on the inner side is visible. It is characterized by having.

  The gaming machine according to claim 2 is the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the moving member that passes through the opening is an outer edge shape of a cross section cut by a plane substantially orthogonal to a moving direction of the moving member. Is formed so as to be substantially the same in the moving direction of the moving member and substantially the same as the shape of the inner peripheral edge of the opening.

  The gaming machine according to claim 3 is the gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the conductive member has an outer edge shape of a cross section cut by a plane substantially orthogonal to a moving direction of the moving member. Is formed so as to change in the moving direction of the moving member.

  The gaming machine according to claim 4 is the gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the decorative portion has an outer edge shape of a cross section cut along a plane substantially orthogonal to a moving direction of the moving member as the distance from the opening increases. It has the part which becomes large.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the moving member is moved by an operation of a player.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, a covering portion that allows the decorative portion to be visually recognized is provided outside the decorative portion that passes through the opening, and the outer edge shape of the portion that passes through the opening of the moving member is defined by the covering portion. As a result, the degree of freedom in designing the decorative portion increases. That is, the decorativeness of the moving member can be improved.

  As in the second aspect of the invention, the outer edge shape of the cross section of the moving member passing through the opening is substantially the same in the moving direction of the moving member and substantially the same as the inner peripheral edge of the opening. If formed in this way, there is no gap between the peripheral edge of the opening and the moving member (covering part) (the gap becomes small), and dust or the like enters between the two, It is possible to prevent a hand or the like from being caught.

  Even if the outer edge shape of the cross section of the decorative portion is formed so as to change in the moving direction of the moving member as in the invention described in claim 3, dust or the like is generated from the gap between the opening periphery and the moving member. It is possible to prevent the player from entering or the player's hands etc. being sandwiched between them. In particular, when the outer edge shape of the cross-section of the decorative part has a portion that increases as the distance from the opening increases, the player holds a hand or the like between the decorative part and the periphery of the opening (assuming that no covering part is provided). However, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent such a situation from occurring.

  In the case of a moving member that is moved by a player's operation, there is an increased risk that the player may pinch a hand or the like between the decorative portion and the periphery of the opening (assuming that no covering portion is provided). According to the invention described in the above, it is possible to prevent such a situation from occurring.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a decoration unit. It is a side view of a decoration unit, Comprising: The state to which a moving member is located in an original position is shown. It is a side view of a decoration unit, Comprising: The state to which a moving member is located in the terminal position is shown. It is the figure which showed the decoration unit (moving member) which removed the coating | coated part. It is a figure for demonstrating the slide mechanism which slides a moving member. It is the sectional view on the AA line shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the structure (modification) provided so that a coating | coated part may be located in the outer side of a part of 2nd decoration part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described. As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 includes a frame-shaped machine frame 90 having a predetermined depth. A front frame 91 is attached to the machine frame 90. The left side edge of the front frame 91 is rotatably supported by the machine frame 90 and can be opened and closed on the front side. A glass frame 92 is attached to the front frame 91. The left edge of the glass frame 92 is rotatably supported by the front frame 91 and can be opened and closed on the front side.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, an effect unit 1u that can be operated by a player is attached to the right side of the front frame 91. Details of the effect unit 1u will be described later.

  A transparent plate such as a glass plate or a plastic plate is provided in the central opening of the glass frame 92, and the player can visually recognize the game board 93 from the front side through the transparent plate. In addition, an upper plate unit 94 is provided below the glass frame 92 for storing the paid-out game balls until they are sent to the launching device. The upper plate unit 94 is provided with an upper plate switch for causing the stored game balls to flow down to the lower plate unit 95, a ball lending switch for paying out lending balls that can be lent.

  At the bottom of the front frame 91, there is a lower plate unit 95 that can store game balls when the paid-out game balls cannot enter the upper plate unit 94, and a touch switch for launching the game balls. A firing handle 96 provided is provided.

  The game board 93 is formed of a substantially square plywood and is detachably attached to the front frame 91. This game board 93 is provided with a strip-shaped guide rail 931 made of a thin metal plate for guiding a game ball launched from the launching device so as to have a substantially arc shape. A part of the outer shell is formed.

  In the game area of the game board 93, a start winning port 981, a big winning port 982, and the like are provided. An opening is formed in the game board 93, and a display device 97 that is visible through the opening is provided. As the display device 97, for example, a liquid crystal display device is used, and a special symbol or the like indicating whether the determination result is a big hit is displayed on the display screen (display unit) of the display device 97.

  Further, the game area of the game board 93 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the game balls flowing down collide. The game ball flowing down the game area changes into various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail. A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out when a game ball wins the above-mentioned various prize winning openings. The jackpot lottery is performed when the game ball wins the start winning opening 981.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the effect unit 1u attached to the front frame 91 will be described. In the following description, when simply referred to as the vertical direction, the direction along the moving direction of the moving member 20 described later in detail (the upper side in the direction of gravity is defined as the upper side) is assumed. The moving member 20 in the present embodiment is provided such that the central axis thereof is slightly inclined with respect to the direction of gravity, and moves along the inclined direction. The time when the moving member 20 is located at the uppermost position is called the original position, and the time when the moving member 20 is located at the lowermost position is called the end position.

  The effect unit 1u shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and the like has a fixed member 10 and a moving member 20. The fixing member 10 is a member fixed to the front frame 91 and is a member that decorates the right side of the frame. The fixing member 10 may be any member as long as it is a member fixed to the main body side of the gaming machine 1 so as not to move. An opening 11 is formed in the fixing member 10. A space inside the fixing member 10 exists below the opening 11, and a space outside the fixing member 10 exists above the opening 11. That is, the portion located above the opening 11 is exposed without being covered by the fixing member 10.

  The moving member 20 is a member operated by the player. In the present embodiment, it is arranged on the right side of the front frame 91, but any position may be used as long as it is arranged in a place where the player can touch. The moving member 20 in the present embodiment is a member that looks like a “sword”.

  The moving member 20 includes a first decorative part 21, a second decorative part 22 (corresponding to the decorative part in the present invention), and a covering part 23. The first decoration portion 21 is a portion that is shaped like a “handle” or “sword” of a sword. The second decorative portion 22 (see FIG. 5 and the like) is a portion provided below the first decorative portion 21 and is a portion imitating a “blade” of a sword. In this way, the moving member 20 constructs a decoration mode in which the player can recognize that it is a “sword” by the first decoration part 21 and the second decoration part 22. As will be described later, when the moving member 20 moves, the second decorative portion 22 passes through the opening 11 formed in the fixing member 10.

  The covering portion 23 is a portion provided outside the second decorative portion 22. The covering portion 23 in the present embodiment is provided so as to cover the periphery of the second decorative portion 22 that is a “blade” portion that is elongated in the vertical direction. The covering portion 23 is formed of a material that allows the second decorative portion 22 located inside thereof to be visually recognized. The covering portion 23 in the present embodiment is formed of a colorless and transparent synthetic resin material. Therefore, the 2nd decoration part 22 located inside the coating | coated part 23 is visually recognized by the aspect as it is. That is, since the second decorative portion 22 (“blade”) is visually recognized as it is through the covering portion 23, the entire moving member 20 is recognized as an image of a “sword”.

  The moving member 20 having such a configuration is slidably supported with respect to the main body side of the gaming machine 1 or the fixed member 10. Any slide mechanism may be used, but the slide mechanism of the moving member 20 in the present embodiment is as shown in FIG. The guided member 30 is fixed to the moving member 20 in the present embodiment. The guided member 30 is slidably supported on a guiding shaft 41 fixed to the guiding member 40. The guide member 40 is a member fixed to the main body side of the gaming machine 1. That is, the moving member 20 slides along the axial direction of the guide shaft 41 via the guided member 30. A biasing force of a biasing member (not shown) that biases the moving member 20 toward the original position acts on at least one of the moving member 20 and the guided member 30. Therefore, when no external force is applied to the moving member 20, the moving member 20 is located at the original position.

  The guide member 40 is provided with a switch (not shown) that is turned ON when the guided member 30 is positioned at the lowest position. When the player moves the moving member 20 downward against the urging force of the urging member and the moving member 20 is positioned at the lowest end position, the switch is turned on. Thus, when the switch is turned on, it is detected that the moving member 20 has been operated by the player. In addition, you may employ | adopt methods other than this as the detection method of the movement member 20 having been operated (arriving at the terminal position). The moving member 20 is used for various effects. The usage method may be the same usage method as an effect button (for example, the effect button described in Patent Document 1) mounted on a known gaming machine, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The effect using the moving member 20 is a big hit when a predetermined image is displayed on the display device 97 when the moving member 20 is operated, and is lost when a different image is displayed. Production can be exemplified.

  Thus, the moving member 20 operated by the player passes through the inside of the opening 11 formed in the fixed member 10. As the moving member 20 moves from the original position to the terminal position, the area where the moving member 20 is covered by the fixed member 10 increases. That is, when the moving member 20 is located at the original position, the portion exposed above the opening 11 is relatively larger than when the moving member 20 is located at the terminal position (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  When the moving member 20 moves from the original position to the terminal position (from the terminal position to the original position), at least a part of the second decorative portion 22 of the moving member 20 passes through the inside of the opening 11. Since the covering portion 23 is provided outside the second decorative portion 22, the covering portion 23 passes through the inside of the opening 11.

  The covering portion 23 has a cylindrical shape whose central axis is along the moving direction of the moving member 20. In the present embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the covering portion 23 cut along a plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 is substantially elliptical (see FIG. 7 and the like). When the moving member 20 is moved, the portion that passes through the opening 11 of the covering portion 23 has an outer edge shape of a cross-section cut along a plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 as a whole in the moving direction of the moving member 20. It is substantially the same throughout. That is, the cross section of the portion of the covering portion 23 that passes through the opening 11 is set so that the outer edge shape is substantially the same regardless of where the moving member 20 is cut in the moving direction (vertical direction). In other words, the portion of the covering portion 23 that passes through the opening 11 has a substantially constant thickness in the moving direction of the moving member 20.

  Further, when the moving member 20 is moved, a portion that passes through the opening 11 of the covering portion 23 (that is, a portion that passes through the opening 11 in the moving member 20) is cut along a plane that is substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20. The outer edge shape of the cross section is set to be substantially the same as the shape of the inner peripheral edge of the opening 11 (the shape of the inner peripheral edge of the opening 11 viewed along the moving direction of the moving member 20) (see FIG. 7 and the like). . That is, the shape of the inner peripheral edge of the opening 11 in the present embodiment is substantially elliptical. Strictly speaking, since the covering portion 23 passes through the opening 11, the outer edge shape of the cross section is set to be slightly smaller than the shape of the inner peripheral edge of the opening 11. Therefore, there is almost no gap between the inner peripheral edge of the opening 11 and the outer surface of the covering portion 23.

  On the other hand, the outer edge shape of the cross section cut | disconnected by the plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 changes the 2nd decoration part 22 located inside the coating | coated part 23 in the moving direction of the said moving member 20. FIG. That is, the thickness is not constant in the moving direction of the moving member 20 (having a relatively thick part and a thin part). The second decorative portion 22 in the present embodiment is a portion in which the outer edge shape of a cross section cut by a plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 increases as the moving member 20 moves away from the opening 11 in a state where the moving member 20 is located at the original position. 222. Specifically, the second decorative portion 22 having a shape imitating a “blade” of a sword has a portion protruding upward (hereinafter referred to as a protruding portion 221). The outer edge shape of the cross section cut along the plane passing through the tip of the protrusion 221 is the largest (see FIGS. 5 and 7).

  Thus, since the 2nd decoration part 22 is comprised in order to shape a predetermined | prescribed form (this embodiment "sword"), the cross section cut | disconnected by the plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 The outer edge shape of the moving member 20 changes in the moving direction of the moving member 20. In other words, in order to prevent the outer edge shape (thickness) from changing, the decoration form is restricted. In the present embodiment, since the covering portion 23 that allows the second decorative portion 22 to be visually recognized is provided so as to surround the second decorative portion 22, the decorative function by the second decorative portion 22 is secured. The outer edge shape of the portion of the moving member 20 that passes through the opening 11 is determined by the covering portion 23.

  And the part which passes the opening 11 in the said covering part 23 is substantially the same in the outer edge shape of the cross section cut | disconnected by the plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 over the whole in the moving direction of the said moving member 20, In addition, since it is formed so as to be substantially the same as the inner peripheral edge of the opening 11, the outer surface of the covering portion 23 (the moving member 20) and the inner edge of the opening 11 are located at any position in the moving range of the moving member 20. The gap between is small. That is, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering through the gap. In addition, it is possible to prevent the player from sandwiching a hand or the like between the two.

  In particular, the second decorative portion 22 in the present embodiment has a larger outer edge shape in a cross section cut by a plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member 20 as the moving member 20 moves away from the opening 11 in a state where the moving member 20 is located at the original position. The part (projection part 221) which becomes. Assuming that the covering portion 23 is not provided outside the second decorative portion 22, when the player operates the moving member 20, a portion (protruding portion 221) that increases as the distance from the opening 11 increases. There is a risk that a hand or the like may be caught between the peripheral portions. In the present embodiment, since the covering portion 23 is located outside the portion (protruding portion 221) that increases as the distance from the opening 11 in the second decorative portion 22 is increased, it is possible to prevent such a situation from occurring. .

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, the moving member 20 in the above embodiment has been described as being operated by a player (moving by the player's force), but a member (so-called accessory) that is moved by a driving source such as a motor. The same technical idea can be applied to the above. However, if the moving member 20 is operated by a player, there is an increased risk that the player will pinch the hand between the moving member 20 and the peripheral portion of the opening 11. It can be said that the significance of application is great.

  Moreover, the moving direction of the moving member 20 in the said embodiment is an example to the last. The shapes of the covering portion 23 and the second decorative portion 22 are set based on the moving direction of the moving member 20.

  Moreover, although the coating | coated part 23 in the said embodiment demonstrated that it was formed with the colorless and transparent material, if it can visually recognize the 2nd decoration part 22 located inside, it will be such a material. It may not be formed. For example, by forming at least a part of the covering portion 23 with a colored translucent material, the appearance of the second decorative portion 22 positioned inside the covering portion 23 may be changed. That is, the covering portion 23 may contribute to the decoration of the moving member 20.

  Moreover, although the coating | coated part 23 in the said embodiment was a cylindrical part, and it was provided that the 2nd decoration part 22 was enclosed, as shown in FIG. You may provide so that it may be located in the outer side of a part of decoration part 22a. That is, the outer edge shape of the cross section of the portion of the moving member 20 that passes through the opening 11 may be configured to be defined by the covering portion 23a and the second decorative portion 22a, instead of being configured only by the covering portion. In this case, what is necessary is just to set so that the outer edge shape prescribed | regulated by the coating | coated part 23a and the 2nd decoration part 22a may become substantially the same as the opening 11. FIG.

1 gaming machine 1u presentation unit 10 fixing member 11 opening 20 moving member 22 second decorative portion 221 protruding portion 23 covering portion

Claims (5)

A fixing member formed with an opening;
A moving member in which the size of a portion exposed on one side of the opening changes by moving through the inside of the opening;
With
The moving member is
A decorative part passing through the opening;
A covering portion that is provided on the outer side of the decorative portion and allows the decorative portion located on the inner side to be visually recognized;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising:   The portion of the moving member that passes through the opening has an outer edge shape of a cross section cut by a plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving member, substantially the same in the moving direction of the moving member, and the opening of the opening. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is formed to be substantially the same as the shape of the inner peripheral edge.   The said decoration part is formed so that the outer edge shape of the cross section cut | disconnected by the plane substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the said moving member may change in the moving direction of the said moving member. Item 3. The gaming machine according to Item 2.   The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the decorative portion has a portion in which an outer edge shape of a cross section cut along a plane substantially orthogonal to a moving direction of the moving member increases as the distance from the opening increases. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the moving member is moved by a player's operation.

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