JP2017055784A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine from which a prescribed member provided to a movable performance generator installed on a back side of a light guide plate can be easily removed without making the surface of the light guide plate dirty with finger marks, fingerprints or the like, in a configuration provided with the movable performance generator and the light guide plate provided in front of the same.SOLUTION: A game machine where a frame-like decorative frame 13 is fixed to a game area where game balls can flow down and which is provided with a movable performance generator in an opening of a non-game area formed inside the decorative frame 13, comprises: a light source installed in the decorative frame 13; a light guide plate 21 which is removably fixed to the decorative frame 13 in such a way that it closes the opening of the decorative frame 13 from a front side, on the end face of which light of the light source is made incident, and which can display prescribed design on the surface; holding members 22 which are provided at end parts of the light guide plate 21 and can hold the light guide plate; and attaching/detaching fixing members 23 capable of attaching/detaching the light guide plate 21 to/from the decorative frame 13 from the front side. By removing the light guide plate 21 from the decorative frame 13, a prescribed member provided to the movable performance generator can be taken out from the front side of the opening.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine equipped with a movable director and a light guide plate arranged on the front side thereof.

  Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a light guide plate (transparent acrylic plate) is installed on the game board, and a predetermined design is displayed on the surface of the light guide plate by causing light from the light source to enter the end face of the light guide plate. In addition, a moving effect (such as an object imitating a predetermined character or a liquid crystal display) is arranged on the game board (see, for example, Patent Document 1) and a game board that enhances the effect during the game. There has been proposed a technique in which an effect in a game is enhanced by operating a director in a manner corresponding to a game situation (see Patent Document 2).

  In addition, in a gaming machine equipped with a movable directing agent, for example, during the period until the gaming machine is transported from the production base to the amusement store, the movable directing agent will not be damaged due to vibration or the like. For this reason, measures are taken such that a cushioning material such as styrene foam is inserted into the gap where the movable effect agent is placed.

JP 2014-097289 A JP2015-047429A

In addition, as a method of further enhancing the effect during the game, the light guide plate is fixed to the game board so as to cover the front of the movable effect agent, and when the game enters a predetermined game state, the effect of the movable effect agent It is conceivable to perform the operation and the display effect for displaying a predetermined design on the surface of the light guide plate in parallel.
However, when such a configuration is adopted, a predetermined member, for example, a cushioning material, which is provided for the movable effect agent for suppressing the play of the movable effect agent is fixed to the game board. By installing it on the back side of the light guide plate, it corresponds to the size of the buffer material between the light guide plate and the game board so that the buffer material can be removed from the game board when installing the gaming machine in the game store There is a need to provide a gap. Similarly, a predetermined member provided for the movable director, for example, each part (lens or LED, etc.) of the movable director is inspected, repaired, or replaced. It is necessary to provide a gap for performing inspection, repair, replacement, etc. between the light guide plate and the game board. For this reason, the shape, installation position, and size of the light guide plate are limited, and a satisfactory rendering effect cannot be obtained.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and has a structure in which a movable director and a light guide plate are provided on the front side thereof, and without contaminating the surface of the light guide plate with hand dirt or fingerprints, It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine in which a predetermined member provided for a movable performance accessory provided on the rear side can be easily removed.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a frame-shaped decorative frame is fixed to a game area where a game ball can flow down, and is movable so as to be movable within an opening of a non-game area formed inside the decorative frame. In a gaming machine provided with a director, the light source installed in the decorative frame and detachably fixed to the decorative frame so as to close the opening of the decorative frame from the front side, and the light of the light source is incident from the end surface. A light guide plate capable of displaying a predetermined design on the surface thereof, a gripping member provided at an end of the light guide plate and capable of being gripped, and a detachable fixing member capable of detaching the light guide plate from the front side with respect to the decorative frame And removing the light guide plate from the decoration frame in a state in which the decoration frame is fixed to the game area, thereby providing a predetermined member provided for the movable effect agent from the front side of the opening. It can be taken out.

  With the above configuration, when removing the light guide plate from the decorative frame with the decorative frame fixed to the game area, the light guide plate can be removed from the decorative frame without directly touching the light guide plate by gripping the gripping member. The surface of the light guide plate is not stained with dirt or fingerprints, and the shape and size of the light guide plate are not limited.

  In a second aspect based on the first aspect, the predetermined member is a ratchet member for suppressing movement of the movable effect accessory held at an initial position.

  With the above configuration, the gaming machine can be reliably transported without being damaged during the period until it is transported to the amusement store.

  According to a third invention, in the first invention or the second invention, the gripping member is provided so as to be able to be fixed by overlapping a predetermined number of the light guide plates in the front-rear direction and integrated with the decoration frame. The grip member having a design is provided at a position where light from the light source that has entered from the end face of the light guide plate is not blocked.

  With the above configuration, the decorative frame and the gripping member provided on the light guide plate are integrated and harmonized.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily remove the predetermined member provided for the movable effect agent provided on the rear side of the light guide plate without soiling the surface of the light guide plate with hand dirt or fingerprints.

It is the perspective view seen from the front of the gaming machine according to the present invention. Similarly it is a front view of a game board. It is a front view of a light-guide plate unit and a decoration frame similarly. It is the perspective view seen from the front of the state which similarly removed the light-guide plate unit from the decoration frame. It is a top view of a light-guide plate unit. It is the VI-VI sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is the schematic diagram of the state which looked at the characteristic part which concerns on this invention from the side.

Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims of the present application, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 can be opened and closed around a vertical axis by a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed in an island facility of a game arcade and a hinge (not shown) on the left frame portion of the outer frame 2. An inner frame 3 attached to the inner frame 3, a game board 4 (see FIG. 2) attached to the inner frame 3 to which various elements are assembled, and a left frame portion of the inner frame 3 around a vertical axis by upper and lower hinges (not shown). A glass frame 5 fitted with a glass plate (or synthetic resin plate) 5a that is attached so as to be freely opened and closed so that the player can see through the front of the game board 4, and fixed to the back side of the game board 4 with screws. Set plate 30, a tray portion 6 for storing game balls provided at a lower portion of the glass frame 5 and paid out from a prize ball payout device (not shown) installed on the back side of the game board 4, and a glass frame A game board that is provided on the lower back side of 5 and that is stored in the tray 6 is introduced. And a launching device (not shown) for launching toward a substantially circular game area 4a (see FIG. 2) formed on the front surface of the player, and a game ball stored in the saucer portion 6 are operated when the game ball is launched into the game area 4a. A launching handle 7 that is provided, a speaker device 8 that is provided at the top of the glass frame 5 and outputs a sound effect according to the gaming state, and an illumination that is provided on the front side of the glass frame 5 and that is turned on, off, and flashing according to the gaming situation An electrical decoration device 9 for performing an effect, a display device 10 (see FIG. 2) installed on the back side of the game board 4, and a microcomputer installed on the rear side of the game board 4 for controlling the game progress and the game effect. Various control devices (not shown) configured by

  The display device 10 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and the display screen 10a that is visible to the player through the glass plate 5a includes various characters that are information related to the game and three columns of left column, middle column, and right column. An effect design (not shown) composed of numbers and the like is varied and stopped, and a moving image according to the game state at that time is displayed to produce a game excitement effect.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 4 is formed in a substantially square shape when viewed from the front by a transparent synthetic resin plate such as acrylic resin, and has a circular shape (elliptical shape) surrounded by inner and outer guide rails 12 and 12 on the front surface. Game area 4a is formed. The game ball stored in the tray 6 is launched from the launching device when the launching handle 7 is rotated, and is guided to the upper left by the inner and outer guide rails 12 and 12, and the upper left of the game area 4a. It is introduced into the game area 4a from the part and flows down.

  An opening is provided in a substantially central portion inside the game area 4a of the game board 4 so that an effect design displayed on a display screen 10a of the display device 10 and a display screen of movable effect actors 11 and 11 described later can be visually recognized. The display window 13a is formed, and the frame-shaped decorative frame 13 is fixed by screws with a front view having various patterns on the surface. Further, the inside of the opening of the display window 13a in the decorative frame 13 is a non-game area.

The decorative frame 13 has a frame shape surrounding the display window 13a, and a light guide plate 21 composed of a transparent acrylic plate having a shape capable of closing the substantially entire area of the display window 13a is provided on the front side thereof as described below. It is fixed detachably with a structure.
Since the decoration frame 13 is fixed to the game area 4a, in addition to decorating the game area 4a, the flow direction of the game ball flowing down the game area 4a is changed or the game ball is moved in a predetermined direction. It also has a function to guide to.

  On the front side of the display device 10, on the rear side of the light guide plate 21, the upper and lower movable effect actors 11 and 11 configured by a liquid crystal display capable of displaying an effect operation and an effect image according to the game situation are installed. In addition, although the movable production | use actor 11 and 11 operate | moves on the back side of the light-guide plate 21 with the drive mechanism (illustration omitted) containing the motor installed between the back surface of the game board 4 and the set board 30, Since the drive mechanism and operation are not directly related to the present invention, their detailed description is omitted.

In addition, in the space between the back surface of the light guide plate 21 and the movable effect agent 11, the movable effect agent 11 due to vibrations during conveyance, the period until the game machine 1 is transported from the production base to the amusement store, In order to suppress the rattling of 11, the movable effect actors 11 and 11 are held at the initial position (the position where the upper and lower movable effect actors 11 are arranged in the vertical direction) and are the predetermined members. The cushioning material 25 constituting the stop member is accommodated (see FIG. 7). When the gaming machine 1 is installed in a game store, the cushioning material 25 is taken out in the game store with the following operations.
In the present embodiment, the predetermined member is the buffer material 25, but each component of the movable effect agent 11 provided on the back surface of the light guide plate 21, for example, a lens or LED that is a part of a decorative member, or the movable effect agent 11 It may be used as a link member for transmitting power, etc. When performing inspection, separation, replacement, etc. of the movable effect including the parts of these decorative members, it is easy to remove the light guide plate as described later. It is possible to perform the work such as removal.

  It is to be noted that the movable effect actors 11 and 11 are assumed to be liquid crystal displays, and on the front display screen there are various characters that are information relating to the game, and three-column numbers such as left column, middle column, and right column. In the case where the display device 10 is configured to fluctuate and stop display, the display device 10 may be omitted as necessary.

  Further, the game area 4a includes a number of game nails (not shown) and windmills (not shown) that change the flow direction of the game balls driven into the game area 4a, and a display area below the display window 13a. Among the game balls flowing down the left region of 4a (the region on the left side of the decorative frame 13), a warp ball (game ball) that has entered the warp hole 13b provided in the left part of the decorative frame 13 is introduced toward the center, A stage 13c that can roll the warp ball in the left and right and front and rear directions, a game ball that is below the stage 13c and that flows down the game area 4a and a warp ball that has dropped from the front side of the stage 13c can enter the first. A start winning port 14; a second start winning port 15 below the first start winning port 14 and capable of changing into a state where a game ball flowing down the game area 4a can enter or cannot enter; Below the second starting prize opening 15 Thus, the game state is changed from the normal game state (hereinafter referred to as the normal game state) based on the result of the lottery performed when the game balls are won at the first start winning port 14 and the second start winning port 15. And a decorative frame that allows a game ball flowing down the game area 4a to change from a state in which it cannot enter to a state in which it can enter when the game state is advantageous to the player (hereinafter referred to as a big hit game state), and a decorative frame A right-handed passage 13d formed on the upper surface and the right outer peripheral surface of 13 and capable of guiding a game ball to the right area of the game area 4a (the area on the right side of the decorative frame 13); and the right area of the game area 4a (of the decorative frame 13) The right-hand side area), the through-chucker 17 through which the game ball that has passed through the right-handed passage 13d can pass, and the out-ball (not entering any winning opening) at the most downstream of the game area 4a The game ball is discharged to the back side of the game board 4 That the out port 18, is provided.

A detection sensor (not shown) is provided in each of the first start winning opening 14, the second starting winning opening 15, and the big winning opening 16, for detecting the entering of a game ball. When detecting the passing of the game ball, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out from the prize ball payout device as prize balls.
In addition, the game ball entered the first start winning port 14, the second start winning port 15, and the big winning port 16, and each detection sensor provided in each of the winning ports 14, 15, 16 detected the game ball. Is called "winning".

The first start winning opening 14 is a game ball winning opening that is always open upward.
The second start winning opening 15 has a pair of left and right opening / closing members (electric tulips) 15a that can be rotated about a front-rear axis and opened to the outer side to allow a game ball to enter. .
Further, when the big winning opening 16 is shifted to the big hit gaming state, the opening / closing member 16a that can move from the closed state where the game ball cannot enter to the open state where the ball can enter can be rotated about the horizontal axis. Thus, it is possible to enter a game ball by opening it forward.

  In the normal gaming state, the game balls stored in the tray 6 are fired by the launching device, and the game balls that are driven into the game area 4a win the first start winning opening 14, and this is triggered by the control device. As a result of the jackpot lottery executed, a visual effect is displayed for a predetermined time on the display screen 10a of the display device 10 or the display screen of the movable effect accessory 11 in a predetermined effect mode based on a predetermined variation pattern. Later, when the effect symbol is confirmed and displayed in a specific combination via reach and a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 16 becomes a big hit gaming state and the opening / closing member 16a is rotated forward to open. To do. When reach occurs, as a reach effect, light from a light source 24a described later is incident on the upper surface 21b of the light guide plate 21 to display a predetermined design on the surface of the light guide plate 21 or a movable effect. The action items 11 and 11 are operated, and an effect image corresponding to the form of the reach at that time is displayed, so that a game excitement effect is performed.

  When a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses after the grand prize opening 16 is opened or when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls enter the grand prize opening 16, one round (large prize opening) The period from when the 16 is opened until it is closed) is finished, the open / close member 16a is closed, and the special winning opening 16 is once closed. Then, when an interval between rounds (for example, 5 seconds) in which the special winning opening 16 is closed has elapsed, the process proceeds to the next round and the special winning opening 16 is opened again. This is continued until the maximum round (for example, 15 rounds).

  As a result, in the big hit gaming state, a large number of game balls can be won in the big winning opening 16, and a large number of game balls are paid out to the tray 6 as prize balls from the payout device in a short time.

  Next, the decorative frame 13, the light guide plate 21, the left and right grip members 22, 22 fixed to the light guide plate 21, and the light guide plate 21 detachably fixed to the decorative frame 13, which are characteristic features of the present invention. The light guide plate unit 20 including the fixing member 23 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the light guide plate unit 20 in a form in which the light guide plate 21 is attached to the decorative frame 13, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the light guide plate unit 20 in a form in which the light guide plate 21 is removed from the decorative frame 13. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the light guide plate unit 20, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a side view of the gaming machine 1 for explaining the characteristic part according to the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the state seen from.
The decorative frame 13 is fixed to the game area 4a by screws so as to surround the display window 13a of the game board 4, and a plurality of light sources (for example, LEDs) 24a are provided on the upper portion as shown in FIG. A light source substrate 24 arranged side by side in the left-right direction is attached.

The light source 24a is disposed so as to face the upper end surface 21b of the light guide plate 21 fixed to the decorative frame 13, and the light can enter the light guide plate 21 from the upper end surface 21b. In addition, the light of the light source 24a which entered from the upper end surface 21b of the light guide plate 21 goes straight downward. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the decorative frame 13 is provided with four boss portions 13 f that protrude forward in a cylindrical shape. In the front surface of the boss portion 13f, there is provided an insertion hole 13e into which a later-described grommet 232 of the detachable fixing member 23 can be inserted and pulled out from the front.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the two light guide plates 21 are opposed to each other and overlapped in the front-rear direction. However, the light guide plates 21 do not have to be two and may be one. good.

  The light guide plate 21 is made of a transparent acrylic resin, has a shape that covers a substantially entire area of the opening of the decorative frame 13, and is detachably fixed to the decorative frame 13 from the front side by a detachable fixing member 23. A large number of extremely small recesses are formed so as to simulate a predetermined design. In a state in which the light guide plate 21 is fixed to the decorative frame 13, the light of the light source 24 a that has entered from the upper end surface 21 b of the light guide plate 21 is refracted and diffused by the recesses, and a predetermined design is displayed on the surface. . In addition, the light guide plate 21 has an insertion hole 21 a that forms a fixing portion having a function of fixing the light guide plate 21 to the decorative frame 13 by being externally fitted to the outer periphery of each boss portion 13 f of the decorative frame 13. Are formed. Two insertion holes 21 a are provided on each of the left and right side portions of the light guide plate 21 that are portions that do not block the light of the light source 24 a that has entered from the upper end surface 21 b of the light guide plate 21.

The left and right grip members 22, 22 are formed of a material different from that of the light guide plate 21 and are designed to be integrated with the decorative frame 13 by a predetermined color, pattern, etc. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the left and right ends of the light guide plates 21 and 21 are fixed to both ends of the light guide plates 21 and 21, respectively. .
In addition, each gripping member 22, 22 is provided with a through hole 22 a that is in a position overlapping the front side of the insertion hole 13 e of the decorative frame 13 and through which the grommet 232 of the attachment / detachment fixing member 23 passes. The left and right grip members 22, 22 are fixed to the left and right sides of the light guide plate 21 so as not to block the light of the light source 24 a that has entered from the upper end surface 21 b of the light guide plate 21.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the detachable fixing member 23 includes a cylindrical grommet 232 made of synthetic resin and a synthetic resin snap pin 231 facing in the front-rear direction. The grommet 232 has a cylinder part 232a provided with a slit (not shown) so as to be elastically deformable in the radial direction, and a flange part 232b provided at the front end of the cylinder part 232a. The snap pin 231 includes a shaft portion 231a inserted into the cylindrical portion 232a of the grommet 232, and a hook-shaped knob 231b formed at the front end of the shaft portion 231a.

  To fix the light guide plate 21 to the decorative frame 13 fixed to the game area 4a, as shown in FIG. 6, the insertion hole 21a of the light guide plate 21 is externally fitted to the boss portion 13f of the decorative frame 13 from the front side. With the shaft portion 231a of the snap pin 231 being inserted shallowly into the tube portion 232a of the grommet 232, the tube portion 232a is inserted from the front into the through hole 22a of the gripping member 22 and the insertion hole 13e of the boss portion 13f, and then the shaft By deeply pushing the portion 231a, the diameter of the cylindrical portion 232a is expanded and engaged with the insertion hole 13e of the boss portion 13f. Thereby, the light guide plate 21 can be fixed to the decorative frame 13 from the front side with the detachable fixing member 23.

  Further, in the gaming machine 1 newly brought into the game store, it is necessary to take out the cushioning material 25 accommodated in the space between the light guide plate 21 and the movable effect accessory 11. In this case, when the knob portion 231b of the snap pin 231 is pulled forward and the shaft portion 231a is pulled out from the cylindrical portion 232a of the grommet 232, the expanded cylindrical portion 232a is reduced in diameter, and the difference in the decorative frame 13 is reduced. The cylindrical portion 232a can be pulled out from the insertion hole 13e. Thereby, the light guide plate 21 can be removed from the decorative frame 13 and the cushioning material 25 can be easily taken out while the decorative frame 13 is fixed to the game area 4a. Further, after the buffer material 25 is taken out, the light guide plate 21 is fixed to the decorative frame 13 again in the manner described above.

  Further, when the light guide plate 21 is attached to and detached from the decorative frame 13, the operator does not directly touch the light guide plate 21 by holding the grip members 22, 22 provided on the left and right sides of the light guide plate 21 in the game store. Since it can be attached and detached, it is possible to prevent fingerprints and the like from adhering to the light guide plate 21, and when the light guide plate 21 emits light by the light source 24a, it can emit light clearly.

As described above, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment has the following effects.
(1) During the period until the gaming machine 1 is transported from the production base to the amusement store, a cushioning material 25 is provided between the back side of the light guide plate 21 and the movable effector 11 for suppressing the play of the movable effector 11. Even in the gaming machine 1 packed in the space, the light guide plate 21 can be removed from the decorative frame 13 while the decorative frame 13 is fixed to the gaming area 4a in the game store. Can be easily removed from In addition, by removing the light guide plate 21 from the decorative frame 13, it is possible to easily perform inspection, repair, replacement, and the like of the movable effect actor 11.
(2) After the cushioning material 25 is removed from the gaming machine 1, the light guide plate 21 can be easily fixed again to the decorative frame 13 with the detachable fixing member 23 from the front side.
(3) Since the light guide plate 21 can be attached to and detached from the decoration frame 13 while the decoration frame 13 is fixed to the game area 4a, there is no need to remove the decoration frame 13 that affects the flow direction of the game ball from the game area 4a. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous attachment of the decorative frame 13 by an unfamiliar operator, and there is no adverse effect on the flow direction of the game ball.
(4) When attaching / detaching the light guide plate 21 to / from the game board 4, the operator can work without holding the gripping member 22 and directly touching the surface of the light guide plate 21. Can be prevented, and the light guide plate 21 can emit surface light neatly.
(5) Since the buffer material 25 can be taken out by removing the light guide plate 21 from the decorative frame 13, the shape and size of the light guide plate 21 are not limited. Thereby, the light-guide plate 21 can be enlarged and a powerful surface-emitting display effect can be performed.
(6) Since the attachment / detachment fixing member 23 is constituted by the grommet 232 and the snap pin 231, the light guide plate 21 can be easily attached / detached from the game board 4 without using a tool.
(7) Both sides of the light guide plate 21, which are portions that do not obstruct the passage of light of the light source 24 a that enters the upper end surface 21 b of the light guide plate 21 with the gripping member 22, the insertion hole 21 a of the light guide plate 21, and the detachable fixing member 23 By providing in the part, the light of the light source 24a entering the light guide plate 21 from the upper end surface 21b is not blocked, so that the design can be displayed more clearly and large on the surface of the light guide plate 21.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, a deformation | transformation and change can be performed with respect to this embodiment within the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.
(A) The detachable fixing member 23 is a screw instead of the snap latch. In short, as long as the light guide plate 21 can be attached to and detached from the decorative frame 13 as long as the light guide plate 21 can be attached to and detached from the decorative frame 13 while the decorative frame 13 is fixed to the game area 4a. Anything is acceptable.
(B) The gripping member 22 and the detachable fixing member 23 may be made of a transparent material that has a sense of unity with the decoration of the decorative frame 13, or may be patterned or colored with an opaque material.
(C) Instead of the cushioning material, the cushioning material 25 is a pin that can be attached to and detached from the drive mechanism so as to prevent the movable effect actor 11 from moving.
(D) The light from the light source 24 a is incident from the side end face of the light guide plate 21 facing the left-right direction. In this case, the holding member 22 and the insertion hole 21a of the light guide plate 21 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the light guide plate 21 as positions that do not block the light of the light source 24a.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Game board 4a Game area | region 5 Glass frame 5a Glass plate 6 Receptacle part 7 Launching handle 8 Speaker apparatus 9 Illumination apparatus 10 Display apparatus 10a Display screen 11 Movable effect actor 12 Guide rail 13 Decoration Frame 13a Display window 13b Warp hole 13c Stage 13d Right-handed passage 13e Insertion hole 13f Boss portion 14 First start winning opening 15 Second starting winning opening 15a Opening / closing member 16 Large winning opening 16a Opening / closing member 17 Through chucker 18 Out opening 20 Guide Optical plate unit 21 Light guide plate 21a Insertion hole (fixed part)
21b Upper end surface 22 Holding member 22a Through hole 23 Detachable fixing member (snap latch)
231 Snap pin 231a Shaft portion 231b Knob portion 232 Grommet 232a Tube portion 232b Gutter portion 24 Light source substrate 24a Light source (LED)
25 Buffer material (rattle stop member, predetermined member)
30 set board

Claims (3)

A frame-shaped decorative frame is fixed to the game area where game balls can flow down,
In a gaming machine provided with a movable effect accessory that performs a predetermined effect operation as movable within an opening of a non-game area formed inside the decorative frame,
A light source installed in the decorative frame;
A light guide plate that is detachably fixed to the decorative frame so as to close the opening of the decorative frame from the front side, and is capable of displaying a predetermined design on the surface by entering light of the light source from an end surface;
A gripping member provided at an end of the light guide plate and capable of gripping;
An attachment / detachment fixing member that makes the light guide plate attachable / detachable from the front side to the decorative frame,
With the decorative frame fixed to the game area, the predetermined member provided for the movable effect accessory can be taken out from the front side of the opening by removing the light guide plate from the decorative frame. A featured gaming machine. The predetermined member is
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a ratchet member for suppressing the movement of the movable effect item held at the initial position. The gripping member is
A predetermined number of the light guide plates are provided so as to be overlapped and fixed in the front-rear direction,
The said holding member which gave the design which becomes integral with the said decoration frame was provided in the position which does not block the light of the said light source which entered from the end surface of the said light-guide plate. Gaming machine.

Images