JP2017127754A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of efficiently operating an operation member.SOLUTION: In a process shifting from a normal state to a maximal movement state, a middle wave member 202 is displaced by a drive force where energization force of a small wave energization member 405 is added to a drive force from a front side motor 402, during a process where the middle wave member 202 and a small wave member 203 move together till the small wave member 203 becomes a maximal movement state (a first process). After that in a process till the middle wave member 202 becomes the maximal movement state (a second process), the middle wave member 202 is displaced by a drive force where energization force of the small wave energization member 405 is not added to the drive force from the front side motor 402. At a start time of movement when the middle wave member 202 returns, it is possible to achieve a quick movement of the middle wave member 202 by eliminating influence of the energization force of the small wave energization member 405.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17

Description

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

  A slot machine, which is a type of gaming machine, includes a housing in which a reel device and a control device are mounted, and a front door that is attached to the front side of the housing so as to be opened and closed. The front door is formed with a display window portion that allows the symbols attached to the outer peripheral surface of the reel to be visually recognized from the front of the gaming machine, and further includes a medal insertion device, a start lever, a stop button, and the like.

  When playing a game, the reel starts rotating when a player inserts a medal (or bet operation) or starts a game every time the game is played, and the reel stops rotating when a stop operation is performed by the player. . And a privilege is provided to a player according to the stop symbol visually recognized through the display window part after the stop.

  In the slot machine as described above, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination are performed by the control device, and the stop symbol corresponding to the lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that makes the player expect a lottery result is performed. As a part of this production, there is a known model in which an operation member that is operated by a motor or the like is arranged at a position that can be visually recognized by the player, and the operation of this operation member is added to the production. By doing so, the player is surprised, and an effect that enhances a sense of expectation for the subsequent result is performed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-173166 A

  However, there is a problem that as the operating member becomes larger and the weight increases, and as the operation member is operated more quickly, a high-performance power generator is required and the cost of parts increases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances exemplified above, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of operating an operation member efficiently.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1
In a gaming machine in which a game value is given to a player when identification information that starts changing when a start condition is satisfied stops in a predetermined manner,
Driving means;
A first operating member that is partly visible by the player and is displaceable between a first state and a second state after being displaced by the driving force of the driving means with respect to the first state;
In a part of the process of switching between the first state and the second state, and in a predetermined first process including at least the first state, the first operation member is engaged with the first operation member. A second motion member that can be linked to the member;
When the first operating member is engaged with the second operating member and the first operating member is displaced from the first state to the second state, a biasing force toward the displacing direction of the second operating member is applied to the second operating member. And a biasing means for imparting a biasing force toward the direction of displacement of the first motion member to the first motion member in the first step via the second motion member,
The first operating member may be in the first state before the start condition is satisfied, and may be in the second state in a game cycle in which the start condition is satisfied. In the first process, the driving means The urging means is displaced by a driving force obtained by applying at least the urging force of the urging means to the driving force of the urging means, and the urging means with respect to the driving force of the driving means in a predetermined second process after the first process. It can be displaced by the driving force that cannot be applied,
As control for returning to the first state after the first operating member is switched from the first state to the second state, the displacement to the second state is stopped in the first step, and then the first Control means for performing control to return to the first state after the operating member is displaced to a position corresponding to the second process is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of operating the operation member efficiently.

It is a front view of the slot machine in one embodiment. It is a perspective view of the slot machine in the state where the front door is closed. It is a perspective view of the slot machine in a state where the front door is opened. It is a front view of the housing | casing in the state which removed the front door. (A) is a front view of the wave member in a normal state, (b) is a front view of the wave member in a maximum movement state. It is a perspective view of the upper side display unit seen from the front side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper side display unit seen from the front side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper side display unit seen from the rear side. It is a disassembled perspective view of a rear side operation mechanism part. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the large wave member seen from the diagonal back side. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the large wave member seen from the rear side. It is a disassembled perspective view of a front side operation mechanism part. It is a disassembled perspective view of a part of front side operation mechanism part. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the small wave member seen from the front side. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the small wave member seen from the diagonal back side. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the small wave member seen from the rear side. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the small wave member and medium wave member seen from the diagonal back side. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the small wave member and medium wave member seen from the rear side. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the small wave member and medium wave member seen from the rear side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the large wave member seen from the front side. It is a front view in the principal part of a large wave member. It is sectional drawing of the large wave member in the AA line of FIG. (A) is the figure which showed arrangement | positioning of the groove | channel of a large wave diffusion member, (b) is the figure which showed typically the cross section of a large wave diffusion member and a large wave light emission board | substrate. It is the figure which showed the arrangement | positioning position of an inner surface protrusion part and many grooves. It is the figure which showed arrangement | positioning of LED in each light emission board | substrate. It is a top view which shows the arrangement position of a wave member. It is the figure which showed the irradiation state by periphery irradiation LED of a medium wave member. It is the figure which showed the irradiation state by back irradiation LED of a small wave member.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a slot machine which is a kind of gaming machine will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the slot machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the slot machine 10 with the front door 21 closed, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the slot machine 10 with the front door 21 open. FIG. 4 is a front view of the housing 11 with the front door 21 removed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slot machine 10 includes a housing 11. The housing 11 is formed in a square box shape opened toward the front of the slot machine 10 by combining a plurality of plate portions 12 to 16. Specifically, it includes a bottom plate portion 12, a back plate portion 13, a left side plate portion 14, a right side plate portion 15, and a top plate portion 16, and the adjacent plate portions 12 to 16 are fixed by a fixing means such as adhesion. As a result, the housing 11 is formed. When the slot machine 10 is installed in the game hall, the casing 11 is attached by, for example, driving nails against a so-called island facility.

  A front door 21 is attached to the front side of the housing 11. The front door 21 is supported by the casing 11 so that the inner space of the casing 11 can be opened and closed with the left side portion as a rotation axis. Specifically, a housing side support member 17 is provided on the left side plate portion 14 of the housing 11, and a door side support member 22 is provided on the left side portion of the front door 21. Each of these support members 17 and 22 is made of metal, and a pair of upper and lower support shaft portions 17a are integrally formed on the housing side support member 17, and the door-side support member 22 has one support shaft portion 17a. A support hole 22a is formed corresponding to the pair. The front door 21 is supported by the housing 11 so as to be openable and closable by the support holes 22a being inserted into the corresponding support shafts 17a and supported at the lower side.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure by which a spindle part is formed in the door side support member 22, and a support hole part is formed in the housing | casing side support member 17, and in this case, each spindle part is inserted in each support hole part to which it corresponds. The lower side is supported.

  When the front door 21 is closed with respect to the housing 11, the back surface of the front door 21 comes into contact with the entire periphery of the front opening of the housing 11 from the front. Therefore, when the front door 21 is in a closed state, the entire front opening of the housing 11 is covered with the front door 21. A locking device 23 is provided on the right side of the front door 21, that is, on the opening / closing front end side, and a metal locking receiving member 18 is provided on the right side plate 15 of the housing 11 as shown in FIG. ing. When the front door 21 is in the closed state, the locking device 23 is in a locked state with respect to the lock receiving member 18 and the opening operation of the front door 21 is prevented.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a plurality of electric devices are mounted in the housing 11. Specifically, a power supply device 31 and a hopper device 32 are provided side by side on the bottom plate portion 12 of the housing 11. The power supply device 31 is connected to the power supply of the game hall, and generates and supplies the operating power necessary for the hopper device 32 and various devices to be described later, based on the power supplied from the power supply. Further, the power supply device 31 changes to a power switch operated at power-on or power-off, a reset button for resetting various states of the slot machine 10, and a medal grant rate (for example, winning probability in internal lottery) Is provided with a setting key insertion hole that is operated to change the setting state to “6” from “setting 1” (lowest grant rate) to “setting 6” (highest grant rate). Yes. The hopper device 32 includes a storage tank 32a for storing medals in a space opened upward, and a payout device 32b for paying out medals stored in the storage tank 32a. The medal is stored and the medal is paid out to the player according to the game result.

  In the housing 11, a reel unit 101 is provided above the power supply device 31 and the hopper device 32. The reel unit 101 includes a left reel 102L, a middle reel 102M, and a right reel 102R formed in a cylindrical shape as a plurality of rotating bodies. Each of the reels 102L to 102R is rotatably supported so that the central axis thereof is the rotation axis of the reels 102L to 102R. The rotation axes of the reels 102L to 102R are arranged on the same axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction. Each of the reels 102L to 102R is connected to a reel drive motor including a stepping motor, and the reels 102L to 102R can be individually rotated, that is, independently driven by the drive of the reel drive motor. It has a configuration.

  As shown in FIG. 3, belt-like belts 103L, 103M, and 103R are wound around the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 102L to 102R. A plurality of types of symbols are attached to the peripheral surfaces of the belt-like belts 103L to 103R (for example, 21 pieces each), and each reel drive motor is driven to rotate, and each reel 102L to 102R rotates. The position of the symbol will change continuously.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the symbols attached to the reels 102 </ b> L to 102 </ b> R are visible from the front of the slot machine 10 through the transparent resin window panel 131 provided in the upper half of the front door 21. Yes. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, a horizontally elongated display window 27 is formed in the lower portion of the area overlapping the window panel 131 on the rear surface of the front door 21 so as to surround the upper, lower, left and right sides. The display unit 111 is mounted, and the range of the reel unit 101 that can be viewed from the front of the slot machine 10 is limited to the range of the display window 27 surrounded by the broken line on the lower side of FIG. That is, the display window 27 is partitioned by using the window panel 131 and the display unit 111. The range in which the display window portion 27 is formed is set such that the number of symbols that can be visually recognized as a whole is three in each of the reels 102L to 102R in the vertical direction. When each of the reels 102L to 102R rotates forward, the image is displayed as if the symbol is moving from the top to the bottom through the display window 27. In addition, when all the reels 102L to 102R are stopped, a total of nine symbols, three in the vertical direction and three in the horizontal direction, are visible to the player.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a predetermined number of combination lines L <b> 1 to L <b> 5 are set in a range where nine symbols visible from the display window 27 are arranged. Specifically, a total of five combination lines L1 to L5 are set, with three parallel in the horizontal direction and two in the diagonal direction. These combination lines L1 to L5 are activated by the number corresponding to the bets of medals and virtual medals, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the internal lottery is stopped and displayed on the activated combination lines. As a result, a privilege is given to the player. The number of combination lines may be 6 or more, or may be less than 5, and the maximum number of combination lines may be changed according to a predetermined condition such as a game state.

  Each of the reels 102L to 102R is provided with a small role symbol, a replay symbol, and a special symbol. As a small role design, there are “Watermelon” design, “Bell” design, and “Cherry” design, and the “Watermelon” design is aligned with the left, middle, and right on one of the effective lines. 15 medals are paid out, and if the “bell” symbol is aligned with the left, middle or right on any active line, 8 medals are paid out and the “cherry” on the left reel 102L When the symbol stops on the active line, two medals are paid out. In addition, if the re-game symbols are aligned with any of the left, middle and right on any active line, no medal will be paid out, but a new game can be started without requiring a new betting operation. Become.

  As a special symbol, there are “7” symbol and “BAR” symbol. If “7” symbol is aligned with left / middle / right on any active line, it will be considered as the first special game state. When the state shifts to the big bonus state and the “BAR” symbols are aligned with any of the left, middle and right on any active line, the state shifts to the regular bonus state as the second special gaming state. The big bonus state and the regular bonus state are states in which the payout rate of medals and virtual medals at each game round is improved compared to the normal game state. Specifically, when winning is made by internal lottery, each reel 102L ~ This is a state in which the winning of the “bell” combination that is stopped and displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L5 occurs more frequently than in the normal gaming state regardless of the stop timing of 102R. The big bonus state is a state that ends when the total number of medals and virtual medals paid out to the player in the state exceeds a first predetermined number (for example, 350), and the regular bonus state is This state is terminated when the total number of medals and virtual medals paid out to the player in this state becomes equal to or greater than a second predetermined number (for example, 150) smaller than the first predetermined number.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an area above the display window 27 in the window panel 131 is an area where the display surface 112 a of the display device 112 provided in the display unit 111 can be viewed from the front of the slot machine 10. That is, the window panel portion 131 includes an upper panel portion 131a that allows the display surface 112a to be visually recognized, and a lower panel portion 131b that allows the symbols of the reels 102L to 102R to be visually recognized. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the window panel part 131 is provided with a partition part 134 so as to partition the upper panel part 131a and the lower panel part 131b vertically.

  In the front door 21, an effect light emitting unit 133 and a notification light emitting unit 132 are provided around the window panel unit 131. The effect light-emitting unit 133 performs light effects according to the game situation, and the notification light-emitting unit 132 performs light emission control according to the occurrence of an abnormality.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the front door 21, an area below the window panel portion 131 bulges forward of the slot machine 10 from the window panel portion 131 to form an operation area 24. Are provided with various operation units. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a start lever 151 that is operated to start rotation of each reel 102 </ b> L to 102 </ b> R is provided on the left side of the front surface of the operation area 24. When the start lever 151 is operated in a situation where at least one of a medal and a virtual medal is betted, the reels 102L to 102R start to rotate all at once.

  As shown in FIG. 2, stop buttons 153L, 153M, and 153R that are operated to individually stop the rotating reels 102L to 102R are provided on the right side of the start lever 151. The stop buttons 153L to 153R are respectively disposed directly below the reels 102L to 102R to be stopped when viewed from the front. The stop operation of each of the stop buttons 153L to 153R is validated when a predetermined time elapses after the left reel 102L starts to rotate.

  On the right side of the upper surface of the operation area 24, as shown in FIG. 2, an insertion member 155 provided with a medal insertion slot 155a for inserting a medal is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, a selector 113 is provided on the rear surface of the front door 21, and a medal inserted into the medal slot 155a is guided by the selector 113 to the hopper device 32 when it can be inserted. If it cannot be inserted, the medal outlet 25a provided at the lower front of the front door 21 is led to the medal tray 25.

  On the left side of the upper surface of the operation area 24, a credit insertion button 152 that is operated to insert a credited virtual medal is provided. By operating the credit insertion button 152, virtual medals are inserted within the range of the number of virtual medals credited and the maximum number of bets.

  A settlement button 156 is provided below the start lever 151 in front of the operation area 24. By operating the settlement button 156, the hopper device 32 is driven and controlled, and the credited virtual medal is paid out to the medal tray 25 as an actual medal. The medal tray 25 is formed at the lower end of the front door 21 so as to protrude forward of the slot machine 10 and has a medal storage area opened upward.

  The operation area 24 and the medal tray 25 are spaced apart in the vertical direction, and a decorative panel portion 26 is provided between them. The decoration panel unit 26 is provided with decorations such as characters and patterns corresponding to the model of the slot machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of left and right audio output units 157 with built-in speakers for notifying the player of the game state and the like are provided on the left and right sides of the operation area 24 and the left and right sides of the medal outlet 25a. It is provided so as to be separated, and sound can be output from a total of four places.

  On the upper side of the operation area 24, an operation button 154 that is operated to switch the content of the effect on the display device 112 is provided to the left of the medal slot 155a. As a mode of switching the effect contents by operating the operation button 154, when a predetermined display effect is executed on the display device 112 in the middle of one game, the display on the display device 112 is performed in accordance with the operation of the operation button 154. Examples include a mode in which the performance progresses to a specific performance and a mode in which a predetermined image is displayed. As another aspect, there is an aspect in which the mode is switched in accordance with the operation of the operation button 154 in a situation where there are a plurality of modes in which the contents of the selected effects are different as the display effects of one game. It is done. In addition, the operation of the operation button 154 is not executed as an effect. For example, a configuration in which the game content of the slot machine 10 is explained on the display device 112 in accordance with the operation of the operation button 154, or the slot machine A configuration in which the contents of ten game histories are displayed is exemplified.

  A game flow of the slot machine 10 configured as described above will be briefly described.

  First, at least one of a medal and a virtual medal is inserted based on at least one of a medal insertion operation to the medal insertion slot 155a and a pressing operation of the credit insertion button 152. In this case, when one medal or one virtual medal is inserted, the center line L1 is set as an effective line, and when the total number of inserted medals and virtual medals is 2, the center line is set. When L1, upper line L2, and lower line L3 are set as active lines and the total number of medals and virtual medals inserted is 3, the center line L1, the upper line L2, the lower line L3, and a pair of diagonal lines L4 , L5 is set to the active line.

In addition, when the total number of medals and virtual medals is already three, if a medal is further inserted into the medal insertion slot 155a, the inserted medal is credited as a virtual medal.

  When the start lever 151 is pushed down in a situation where the total number of medals and virtual medals inserted is a predetermined number (for example, three), an internal lottery is executed and rotation of the reels 102L to 102R is started. Thereafter, the respective stop buttons 153L to 153R are sequentially pressed to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels 102L to 102R. In this case, pull-in control on the active line is executed for the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in the internal lottery. Specifically, at a timing when a predetermined stop button is pressed, even if the symbol corresponding to the winning combination does not exist on the active line for the target reel, the symbol is in the active line. If it is included in a predetermined number (for example, four) of symbols existing on the upstream side, it is configured to be drawn on the effective line and stopped. In the configuration, the “bell” symbol and the replay symbol are set so that the arrangement interval in each reel 102L to 102R is within the above-mentioned pull-in control range, whereas the “watermelon” symbol, “cherry” The “symbol”, “7” symbol, and “BAR” symbol are set so that the arrangement interval on each of the reels 102L to 102R can be out of the range of the pull-in control.

  When all the reels 102L to 102R are stopped, a winning determination is made on whether or not the winning combination in the internal lottery is established on any of the effective lines L1 to L5, and the winning is established. When it is determined that the player has played, a privilege corresponding to the winning is given to the player. For example, when a prize for a predetermined small role is established, the number of medals corresponding to the small role is controlled to be paid out to the player. In this case, when the number of credited virtual medals is less than the maximum number (for example, 50), the virtual medals are credited within the range of the maximum number. On the other hand, when the maximum number has been reached, the hopper device 32 is driven and controlled and paid out to the player as an actual medal. Further, when the re-game winning is established, the re-game is controlled to be given to the player, and when the big bonus winning is established, the gaming state shifts to the big bonus state. When the regular bonus winning is established, the gaming state is controlled to shift to the regular bonus state.

  The internal lottery and various controls are executed by the main controller 41. As shown in FIG. 4, the main control device 41 is provided above the reel unit 101 in the housing 11. The main control device 41 includes a main control board 42 on which one of the CPU 43, ROM 44 and RAM 45 for executing the internal lottery and various controls is mounted, a board box 46 for housing the main control board 42, It has. The board box 46 includes a pair of case bodies 47 (one case body is not shown), and the pair of case bodies 47 are combined so that the main control board 42 is sandwiched in the thickness direction. The main control board 42 is accommodated in the board box 46. Each case body 47 is formed of a transparent (or colorless and transparent) resin so that the main control board 42 can be visually confirmed through the case body 47 from the outside of the board box 46. In addition, a plurality of coupling structures 48 for coupling the case bodies 47 are provided at the edge portion of each case body 47, and the coupling structures 48 are configured to require partial destruction when the coupling is released. Therefore, when the internal space of the substrate box 46 is illegally opened, the broken portion remains in the coupling structure 48, so that the trace of the unauthorized opening remains.

  In addition, as a structure for leaving an open trace on the substrate box 46, a sealing seal that leaves a trace that the adhesive layer has been peeled off by leaving the adhesive layer on the adhesion target is to be straddled across the boundaries between the plurality of case bodies. In this case, an adhesive may be applied to the boundary between a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box, or these structures and the coupling structure 48 may be combined.

  The main control device 41 is fixed to the back plate portion 13 of the housing 11. Specifically, the main control device 41 has a substantially rectangular front and back surfaces and is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, corresponding to the shape of the main control board 42 having a substantially rectangular shape. Further, the wall portion for generating the surface in the substrate box 46 is opposed to the element mounting surface on which the CPU 43, ROM 44 and RAM 45 are mounted in the main control substrate 42.

  The main control device 41 is fixed to the back plate portion 13 via the support unit 51. Although not described in detail in the drawings, the support unit 51 is supported by a support pedestal 52 fixed to the back plate portion 13 and is rotatable with respect to the support pedestal 52 in the front-rear direction with a lower end portion as a rotation axis. And a supporting member 53. A pair of left and right support hooks 54 are integrally formed on the support pedestal 52. When the support member 53 is superimposed on the support pedestal 52 from the front, the support member 53 is fixed to the support pedestal 52. Forward displacement is regulated. The releasing operation of the state fixed by the support hook 54 can be performed by elastically deforming the support hook 54 from the front opening side of the housing 11 when the front door 21 is opened. It is not necessary to destroy the member during the release operation.

  The main control device 41 has a lower region inserted into the support member 53 from above and is fixed to the support member 53. The fixing requires a predetermined member to be broken when it is released and leaves a trace of the releasing of the fixing. However, it is possible to use a screw or the like so as not to break when releasing the fixing. In the configuration in which the main control device 41 is fixed to the support member 53, the region of the surface portion of the substrate box 46 that faces the element mounting surface of the main control substrate 42 is not covered by the support member 53. Therefore, even when the main control device 41 is fixed to the support member 53, the visibility of the element mounting surface from the outside of the substrate box 46 is ensured. In a state where the support member 53 in which the main control device 41 is integrated is superimposed on the support base 52 and the main control device 41 is disposed at the initial position, the back surface of the main control device 41 is the back plate portion of the housing 11. 13 and the main control device 41 is in an upright state.

  Since the main control device 41 is fixed to the back plate portion 13 as described above, the main control device 41 exists at a position far from the front opening portion of the housing 11, and unauthorized tampering is performed from the front opening portion. Even if a tool is inserted to try to cheat the main control device 41, it is difficult to do so. In addition, since the element mounting surface of the main control board 42 faces the front of the slot machine 10, it is possible to easily visually check the element mounting surface when the front door 21 is in an open state, thereby facilitating confirmation of fraud. Is planned.

  On the other hand, when the support member 53 integrated with the main control device 41 is rotated forward so as to be separated from the support pedestal 52, the upper end of the main control device 41 is set to the front opening side of the housing 11. It can be pulled out. In this state, the main control device 41 is positioned such that the upper end position is in front of the front-rear direction center of each of the reels 102L to 102R and behind the front opening of the housing 11. The device 41 can be pulled out forward. As a result, the main controller 41 can be visually confirmed at a closer position.

  Next, the configuration of the upper display unit 200 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state in which the upper panel portion 131a is seen through, FIG. 5 is a front view of the wave members 201 to 203 as operating members, and FIG. 5 (a) shows a normal state. 5 (b) shows the maximum movement state. 6 is a perspective view of the upper display unit 200 viewed from the front side, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the upper display unit 200 viewed from the front side, and FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the upper display unit 200 viewed from the rear side. It is a perspective view. Here, in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the side decorative member 227 constituting the upper display unit 200 is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the upper display unit 200 is a member that is provided on the upper side of the display window portion 27 and that forms part of the display unit 111 together with the members that form the left and right sides and the lower portion of the display window portion 27. is there. The upper display unit 200 is provided on the front side of the display device 112, and is attached so that the display device 112 and the display control device 114 that controls the display content of the display device 112 overlap on the back side. As shown in FIG. 1, the display surface 112a of the display device 112 is disposed so as to be visible from the front side at the center portion of the upper panel portion 131a, and the upper display unit 200 is visually recognized by the player on the front side of the display surface 112a. An effect by a three-dimensional operation member is added to the front side of the two-dimensional effect provided on the display surface 112a of the display device 112.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the upper display unit 200 is provided with a horizontally elongated display opening 211 at the center in a state where the upper panel 131a is seen through, and the display device is provided through the display opening 211. The display surface 112a of 112 can be visually recognized by the player. Below the display opening 211, a character portion 212 made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin formed in a shape simulating a fish and bulging forward is provided in the center of the character portion 212. On both the left and right sides, a background portion 213 that forms the background of the character portion 212 is formed in a shape extending in the left-right direction. The background portion 213 is formed of a synthetic resin having a silver surface. Both end portions of the background portion 213 are formed so as to rise obliquely upward along the outer edge shape of the upper panel portion 131a, and are used as decoration portions covering the entire left and right direction of the lower portion of the range visible from the upper panel portion 131a. ing.

  On both the left and right sides of the display opening 211, as shown in FIG. 5A, a wave toward the center side in the left-right direction (specifically, the center side of the upper display unit 200 and the center side of the slot machine 10). A total of six wave members 201 to 203 simulating the left and right are provided. The wave members 201 to 203 are formed symmetrically so as to be line symmetric with respect to the center line in the left-right direction of the display opening 211. The three wave members 201 to 203 on one side on the left and right are the smallest wave member 203 located on the lower side of the front side, the medium wave member 202 located on the center in the front and rear and upper and lower sides, and the large wave located on the upper side on the back side. The member 201 is comprised. These wave members 201 to 203 are provided so as to be movable from the left and right sides toward the center side, and are arranged separately on the left and right sides as shown in FIG. 5A in a normal gaming state. In the maximum movement state in which the wave members 201 to 203 have moved to the maximum with respect to this normal state, as shown in FIG. 5B, the large wave member 201 is arranged with a slight gap at the center portion, and the medium wave member 202 is arrange | positioned at the both right and left sides of the large wave member 201, and also the small wave member 203 is arrange | positioned at the both sides.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the upper display unit 200 includes a mounting base 221 that integrally supports each component, a rear operation mechanism 222 that enables the large wave member 201 to operate, a small wave member 203, and a medium wave. A front operation mechanism 223 for enabling the member 202 to operate, a lower cover 224 for decorating the lower front side, a relay board unit 225 for fixing the relay board 231 to the mounting base 221, and an electronic component are covered. And a protective cover 226.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the lower cover 224 includes a transmission portion 214 in addition to the character portion 212 and the background portion 213 described above. The transmissive portion 214 is provided on the back side of the background portion 213, and a part of the background portion 213 is formed as an opening, so that the transparent portion 214 can be visually recognized by the player through the opening portion. It is a member. As shown in FIG. 7, a board 407 on which an LED is mounted is located on the back side of the character part 212 and the transmissive part 214, and the board 407 is electrically connected to the display control device 114. The LED on the board 407 is controlled by the display control device 114 so that it emits light at a color and lighting interval corresponding to the state of the game, such as a lottery result performed by operating the start lever 151, and the character part 212 and the transmission part 214 emits light corresponding to the game state. The character part 212 and the transmission part 214 are fixed to the member forming the background part 213 by screws and integrated, and are attached to the left and right sides of the background part 213 with fixing holes penetrating in the horizontal direction. By 215, it is fixed to the mounting base 221 located on the rear side.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the mounting base 221 is formed in a horizontally long box shape whose front side is opened by a synthetic resin. When the rear operation mechanism 222, the front operation mechanism 223, or the like is attached to the attachment base 221, the upper display unit 200 in which the six wave members 201 to 203 are disposed and integrated inside the box-shaped portion. Is formed. A base mounting portion 241 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the mounting base 221. The base mounting portion 241 is provided with a mounting hole protruding outward and penetrating in the front-rear direction. A screw is inserted through the base mounting portion 241 so that the upper display unit is connected to the front door 21. 200 is fixed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of display device mounting portions 242 projecting in a cylindrical shape toward the rear on both the left and right sides are provided on the back side of the mounting base 221, and the display device 112 is screwed to the display device mounting portion 242. It is fixed by. Further, in the vicinity of the display device mounting portion 242, a control device mounting portion 243 that protrudes rearward on both the left and right sides is provided, and the display control device 114 slides downward from above on the rear side of the control device mounting portion 243. Then, it is fixed with screws (see FIG. 3). In the center portion of the mounting base 221, a horizontally long base window portion 244 formed to be approximately the same size as the display surface 112a of the display device 112 is provided, and the display surface 112a of the display device 112 is played through the base window portion 244. It is possible to see from the person.

  The rear operation mechanism 222 is a mechanism that moves the large wave member 201 in the left-right direction, and has a left-right symmetric shape as shown in FIG. Therefore, the right rear operation mechanism 222 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11 in addition to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the right side portion of the rear operation mechanism 222, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are operation explanatory views of the large wave member 201 viewed from the oblique rear side and the rear side. ) And FIG. 11A show a normal state of the large wave member 201, and FIGS. 10B and 11B show a maximum movement state of the large wave member 201. 10 and 11, only a part of the constituent members in the right side portion of the rear operation mechanism unit 222 is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the rear operation mechanism 222 includes a rear support shaft 301 that movably supports the large wave member 201, and a large wave member that moves in the left-right direction with a lower end portion inserted through the rear support shaft 301. 201, a rear motor 302 that drives the large wave member 201, a back side decorative member 303 that decorates the back side of the large wave member 201, and the like.

  The large wave member 201 can be moved left and right by operating the rear motor 302. In order to operate the large wave member 201, as shown in FIG. 9, the rear operation mechanism unit 222 includes a rear motor 302 constituted by a stepping motor, two large and small gears 304 and 305, and a rear arm 306. have.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the mounting base 221 is provided with circular base shaft holes 245 penetrating back and forth on the left and right wall surfaces of the base window 244 and slightly below the center in the vertical direction. Yes. The rear motor 302 has a rotation shaft 302 a inserted through the base shaft hole 245, and the main body portion is fixed to the back side of the mounting base 221 with a screw. The rear motor 302 is connected to the display control device 114 via a wiring (not shown), and the number of steps is controlled by the control of the display control device 114, whereby the large wave member 201 operates.

  The rotation shaft 302 a of the rear motor 302 is disposed so as to protrude to the front side of the mounting base 221 through the base shaft hole 245 of the mounting base 221. The rotating shaft 302a of the rear motor 302 is formed in a shape in which a part of a cylindrical peripheral surface is cut out by a flat surface, and a mounting hole 305a for a small gear 305 having a small diameter of two large and small gears 304 and 305 is formed. Press fit.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the two large and small gears 304 and 305 are formed of a spur gear that is formed in a disc shape from a synthetic resin such as polyacetal and is provided with teeth that can mesh with each other in parallel to the shaft on the circumferential surface. Has been. The large gear 304 is attached to the small gear 305 so as to be rotatable by a screw from the front side of the attachment base 221 at a position on the center side in the left-right direction of the attachment base 221. The large gear 304 is supported at its central portion so that the screw serves as a rotation shaft, and has a small resistance and can be freely rotated around the rotation shaft extending in the front-rear direction. That is, the external shape of the screw is set to an external shape in which a gap is provided on the outer periphery of the screw with respect to the mounting hole of the large gear 304. When the large gear 304 is attached to the rear motor 302 so as to mesh with the teeth of the small gear 305, the small gear 305 rotates in the same direction as the rotation of the rear motor 302. The large gear 304 rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the small gear 305.

  On the side opposite to the side on which the small gear 305 is disposed with respect to the large gear 304, that is, on the center side of the mounting base 221, a gear portion 311 that meshes with the large gear 304 is provided in a semicircular outer periphery as shown in FIG. A synthetic resin rear arm 306 formed on the surface is provided. The gear portion 311 of the rear arm 306 is formed in a semicircular shape having an outer peripheral surface outside the mounting base 221 on which the large gear 304 is provided, and a screw is inserted through the center portion thereof to the front side of the mounting base 221. It is attached with screws.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, the upper end portion of the gear portion 311 extends upward, and the upper end portion has a gently arcuate arm portion 312 having a concave on the side where the large gear 304 is disposed. Is provided. On the distal end side of the arm portion 312, an arc groove portion 313 that penetrates in the front-rear direction in a shape along the arc shape is formed in the center portion in the width direction. The rotational force of the rear motor 302 is transmitted to the gear portion 311 of the rear arm 306 via the two large and small gears 304 and 305, and the arm portion 312 swings in the left-right direction by the rotation of the rear motor 302. .

  As shown in FIG. 9, the large wave member 201 is a synthetic resin member formed by stacking four plate-like members having substantially the same shape in a front view and further attaching a small member. The large wave member 201 includes a large wave front cover 321 disposed on the foremost side, a large wave transparent cover 322 disposed on the back side thereof, a plate-shaped large wave diffusion member 323 that diffuses light, light emitting means such as an LED, and the like. And a large-wave light emitting substrate 324 on which electronic components such as resistors are mounted, and these are fixed by screws and integrated.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the upper portion of the large wave member 201 is formed in a waveform that vortexes clockwise, and the portions corresponding to the central portion of the vortex are a large wave front cover 321, a large wave transparent cover 322, and a large wave diffusion member 323. Are provided with circular through holes penetrating in the front-rear direction. A transparent synthetic resin large wave central lens 325 whose outer shape is circular and whose central portion bulges forward is inserted into the through hole from the rear side, and is fixed between the large wave front cover 321 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324. ing. The through-hole of the large wave front cover 321 is formed by a cylindrical wall surrounding the large wave central lens 325, and the large wave central lens 325 and the large wave transparent cover 322 do not leak each other's emission colors to the other side. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the large wave member 201 is formed to have substantially the same height as the vertical width in the box formed by the mounting base 221. A large wave slide base 326 made of synthetic resin is attached to the lower end portion of the large wave member 201 with a screw from the back side.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the large wave slide base 326 includes a base portion 331 having a thickness in the front-rear direction, and is fixed to the large-wave front cover 321 by screws that are inserted in the front-rear direction at both left and right ends of the base portion 331. Is done. Under the base portion 331 of the large wave slide base 326, there is provided an insertion portion 333 that is horizontally long and bulges forward, and forms substantially square rod insertion holes 332 on both sides in the left-right direction. A rod-like rear support shaft 301 having a circular cross section formed of a steel material is inserted into the rod insertion hole 332 of the insertion portion 333, and the rear support shaft 301 is fixed to the lower end portion of the mounting base 221. The large wave member 201 is supported at its lower portion so as to be slidable in the left-right direction by the insertion portion 333 inserted through the rear support shaft 301.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the rear support shaft 301 is disposed so as to enter the U-shaped rear bearing portion 246 that is open to the front side formed in the left and right sides and the center portion of the lower portion of the mounting base 221. In this arrangement state, the front operating mechanism 223 is fixed to the mounting base 221 so that the rear support shaft 301 is prevented from moving forward and fixed.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the upper portion of the large wave member 201 is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes upward from the upper end portion of the large wave transparent cover 322, and the inner portion has a size that covers the periphery of the protruding portion. A slide cover 327 that is engaged with and fixed to the protrusion is attached from above the protrusion. The slide cover 327 is formed of a blue opaque synthetic resin, the upper edge portion protrudes rearward, and the edge portion is disposed in a groove provided in the upper portion of the mounting base 221. When the large wave member 201 moves in the left-right direction, the upper portion of the large wave member 201 is supported by the mounting base 221 and the lower portion is supported by the rear support shaft 301, and the large wave member 201 falls in the moving direction. The large wave member 201 can be moved at a higher speed by realizing stable movement.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the large wave diffusion member 323 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324 are provided with circular holes 323a and 324a penetrating in the front-rear direction at positions below the center in the vertical direction. On the back side of the large wave transparent cover 322, a cylindrical fixed boss 322a inserted from the front side into the circular holes 323a and 324a of the large wave transparent cover 322 and the large wave central lens 325 is provided. The outer diameter of the fixed boss 322 a of the large wave transparent cover 322 is set to be slightly smaller than the width of the arc groove 313 of the rear arm 306. As shown in FIG. 10A, the fixed boss 322a of the large wave transparent cover 322 enters the arc groove 313 of the rear arm 306, and the head having an outer shape larger than the width of the arc groove 313 at the rear end of the fixed boss 322a. A screw with is attached. When the rear arm 306 rotates with respect to the center of the gear portion 311, the fixed boss 322 a relatively moves in the arc groove portion 313 of the rear arm 306, and the large wave member 201 moves to the axis of the rear support shaft 301. Move along the direction.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a large wave detection unit 334 formed in a substantially rectangular shape is provided on the upper part of the movement direction base end side opposite to the movement direction of the large wave member 201 in the large wave slide base 326. . The large wave detection unit 334 is arranged so as to be inserted into a groove corresponding to the detection range of the non-contact type photosensor 307, and the photosensor 307 is fixed to the front side of the mounting base 221. In the state in which the large wave detection unit 334 is detected by the photosensor 307, as shown in FIG. 7, the left and right large wave members 201 are separated to the maximum in the left-right direction, and this separated state is the reference position of the large wave member 201. This reference position is in a normal state. When the large wave member 201 is not at the reference position in the initialization process when the power is turned on, the rear motor 302 is driven and controlled by the display control device 114 so that the large wave member 201 approaches the reference position, and the large wave detection unit 334 is operated by the photosensor 307. The display control device 114 recognizes that the large wave member 201 is disposed at the reference position. In the normal state after the game is started, the large wave member 201 is basically arranged at the reference position, and when the large wave member 201 is moved to the center side in the contents of the production, the movement is made to a necessary amount. The rear motor 302 is driven by the corresponding amount of rotation.

  On the rear side of the rear arm 306, a back side decorative member 303 configured by a pair of front and rear sides covering both left and right side portions of the wall surface on the back side of the mounting base 221 is provided. As shown in FIG. 9, the back side decorative member 303 has a thickness in the front-rear direction and is formed by stacking two plate members made of synthetic resin that expresses a swaying state imitating the flow of water by front and rear undulations. It is a member to be formed, and is fixed to the surface on the back side of the opening of the mounting base 221 with screws from the front side.

  The back side front decorative member 341 disposed on the front side of the back side decorative member 303 is formed of a colored transparent synthetic resin colored in blue as shown in FIG. 9, and a central portion corresponding to a part thereof Is provided with a vertically long front opening 341a and is bent in the left-right direction so that both left and right ends are partially narrower than the back-side rear decorative member 342. The entire rear surface decorative member 342 is colored silver by plating or painting, and the front opening 341a and the left and right side portions are not concealed by the rear front decorative member 341 and are exposed from the front side. The

  As shown in FIG. 9, a circular portion having a thickness in the front and rear is provided at the lower end portion of the outer portion that becomes the wall side of the mounting base 221 in the back side front decoration member 341. A small gear 305 is disposed on the rear side of the circular portion, so that the small gear 305 is prevented from coming off to the front side, and the small gear 305 is prevented from being directly visually recognized from the front side. It is supposed to be.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a relay board unit 225 having a relay board 231 attached to the front side so as to have a thickness in the front and rear is provided on the rear side of the right large wave member 201. The relay board unit 225 has a vertically long relay board 231 attached to the upper portion thereof, the lower side of the relay board unit 225 bulges out to cover the back side of the rear motor 302, and the portion extending further downward is a front operation mechanism. It has a relay substrate base 232 made of transparent resin that covers the back side of the front motor 402 of the part 223. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the relay board base 232 is provided with an opening for exposing a connector provided on the relay board 231 to the back side, and a hook-shaped portion for latching the wiring.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a protective cover 226 is provided on the rear side of the left large wave member 201 to cover the back sides of the two motors 302 and 402 that constitute the front operation mechanism unit 223 and the rear operation mechanism unit 222. ing. The protective cover 226 has a shape close to the shape excluding the upper portion where the relay board 231 is provided in the relay board unit 225 described above, and bulges to the rear side so as to cover the back side of the two motors 302 and 402. A hook-shaped part for hooking the wiring is provided.

  The front side operation mechanism part 223 is a mechanism part for enabling the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 to move in the left-right direction, and has a symmetrical shape as shown in FIG. Therefore, the right-side front operating mechanism 223 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 19 in addition to FIGS. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the right side portion of the front side operation mechanism unit 223, and FIG. 13 is an exploded view of members related to the link member 452 in the right side portion of the front side operation mechanism unit 223 as viewed from the diagonally front side and the diagonally rear side. FIGS. 14 to 16 are operation explanatory views of the small wave member 203 as viewed from the front side, the oblique rear side, and the rear side. FIGS. 14 (a) to 16 (a) are small wave members 203. 14 (b) to 16 (b) show the maximum movement state of the wavelet member 203. FIG. FIGS. 17 to 19 are operation explanatory views of the small wave member 203 and the medium wave member 202 as viewed from the oblique rear side and the rear side. FIGS. 17A to 19A show the medium wave member 202 and the small wave. The normal state of the member 203 is shown, and FIG. 17B and FIG. 19B show the maximum movement state of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the front-side operation mechanism unit 223 moves in the left-right direction with the front-side support shaft 401 movably supporting the medium wave member 202 and the small-wave member 203 and the lower end portion inserted through the front-side support shaft 401. It has a medium wave member 202 and a small wave member 203, a front motor 402 that drives the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203, a front base 403 that integrates these members, and the like. The front base 403 is a member that is formed horizontally by a synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 8, the front base 403 is formed to have a width that is substantially the same as the width of the mounting base 221. It is fixed with screws.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the medium wave member 202 is a synthetic resin member formed by stacking four plate-like members having substantially the same shape in front view and further attaching a small member. Has the same configuration. The configurations of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are the same as those of the above-described large wave member 201, and the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 have a front cover 411, 431, a transparent cover 412, 432, and a diffusion. The members 413 and 433, the light emitting substrates 414 and 434, the center lenses 415 and 435, and the slide bases 416 and 436 are provided. Since this structure is the same structure as the large wave member 201, description of the part of the same structure is abbreviate | omitted and only a different part is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are arranged on the near side of the large wave member 201 and are arranged in order of increasing from the near side. The medium wave member 202 is set to a height at which the upper end is positioned below the large wave central lens 325 provided in the upper center portion of the large wave member 201, and the small wave member is disposed below the medium wave central lens 415 of the medium wave member 202. The height of the wavelet member 203 is set so that the upper end of 203 is located. Each of the three wave members 201 to 203 has a lower portion supported by the support shafts 301 and 401, and the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are supported only by the lower portion. The slide cover 327 is not configured to support the upper portion.

  As shown in FIG. 12, a synthetic resin medium-wave slide base 416 is attached to the lower end portion of the medium-wave member 202 from the back side with screws. The medium wave slide base 416 includes a base portion 421 having a thickness in the front-rear direction, and is fixed to the medium-wave front cover 411 by screws that are inserted through the base portion 421 in the front-rear direction. Under the base portion 421 of the medium wave slide base 416, there are provided insertion portions 423 that are horizontally long and bulge to the front side, and form substantially square rod insertion holes 422 on both sides in the left-right direction. A front support shaft 401 formed of a steel material is inserted into the rod insertion hole 422 of the insertion portion 423, and the front support shaft 401 is fixed to the front side of the front base 403. The middle wave member 202 is supported at its lower portion so as to be slidable in the left-right direction by the insertion portion 423 inserted through the front support shaft 401. The front support shaft 401 is attached to a U-shaped front bearing portion 403a that is open on the front side and formed on the left and right sides and the central portion of the front surface of the front base 403, and is provided on the front side of the front base 403. A part of the cover 404 is positioned at an open portion of the front bearing portion 403a, and the front support shaft 401 is prevented from moving forward.

  As shown in FIG. 12, a synthetic resin small wave slide base 436 is also attached to the lower end portion of the small wave member 203 from the back side thereof with screws. The small wave slide base 436 includes a base portion 441 having a thickness in the front-rear direction, and is fixed to the small wave front cover 431 by a screw inserted through the base portion 441 in the front-rear direction. Under the base portion 441 of the small wave slide base 436, there is provided an insertion portion 443 that is horizontally long and bulges to the rear side and forms a substantially square rod insertion hole 442 on both sides in the left-right direction. The front support shaft 401 is also inserted into the rod insertion hole 442 of the insertion portion 443, and the front support shaft 401 is fixed to the front surface of the front base 403.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the front side portion of the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave slide base 416 is provided with a horizontally elongated rectangular groove portion 424 that is open in the left and right direction. The length of the horizontally elongated groove portion 424 in the left and right direction is a small wave slide. It is sufficiently longer than the insertion part 443 of the base 436, and the vertical width of the horizontally long groove part 424 is set slightly longer than the vertical width of the insertion part 443. The depth of the laterally long groove portion 424 is formed substantially the same as the protruding length of the insertion portion 443 of the small wave slide base 436 to the rear side, and the rod insertion hole 442 of the small wave slide base 436 and the rod insertion hole 422 of the medium wave slide base 416. Is deep enough to match. Therefore, the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 can be attached to the front support shaft 401 in a state where the insertion part 443 of the small wave slide base 436 is inserted into the insertion part 423 of the medium wave slide base 416 from the front side. . With this attachment method, when the front support shaft 401 is inserted into the rod insertion hole 442 of the medium wave slide base 416 and the small wave slide base 436, the small wave slide base 436 is inserted into the inner surface of the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave slide base 416. The insertion portion 442 is relatively movable in a length range in which a gap is provided in the left-right direction.

  On the lower side of the wavelet member 203, as shown in FIG. 14, a wavelet urging member 405 constituted by a coil spring is provided. The small wave urging member 405 urges the small wave member 203 toward the center in the left-right direction, and one end of the wave urging member 405 is hooked on the fixed-side engagement portion 404a near the center in the left-right direction of the front cover 404. The end side is latched by a movable side engaging portion 431a that protrudes downward from the lower surface of the wave front cover 431 of the wave member 203. The small wave urging member 405 is provided on the front side with respect to the front support shaft 401 at a height position where the upper end portion overlaps with the front support shaft 401, and at a height position lower than the front support shaft 401, They are arranged substantially in parallel.

  The small wave urging member 405 is set so that the urging force is applied to the small wave member 203 toward the center in the entire movement range. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5A, from the normal state where the wavelet member 203 is disposed outside the edge of the display opening 211, the display opening 211 as shown in FIG. The small wave biasing member 405 is set to a length that is extended from a single state in the entire range up to the maximum movement state in which the maximum movement is made to the center side in the left-right direction.

  When the small wave member 203 is supported by the front support shaft 401 in a single state excluding the medium wave member 202 as shown in FIG. 15B, the small wave member 203 is urged by the urging force of the small wave urging member 405. The small wave biasing member 405 is disposed at a position where the length is minimum. The position where the length of the wavelet urging member 405 is minimum is a position where the wavelet member 203 is in the maximum moving state, and the wavelet slide base 436 is interposed between the insertion portion 443 and the base portion 441 of the wavelet slide base 436. A stopper surface 444 that faces the leading end side in the moving direction of the first base 403 is in contact with the stopper portion 403 b of the front base 403. The stopper portion 403b and the stopper surface 444 of the small wave slide base 436 are positioned between the small wave urging member 405 and the front support shaft 401 in the front-rear direction, and at both end portions of the small wave urging member 405 in the left-right direction. It is a portion between the portions to be hooked, and is located at a portion between the left and right ends of the insertion portion 443 of the small wave slide base 436. Thereby, even if the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is set large, the contact portion between the stopper surface 444 and the stopper portion 403b can be brought close to both the small wave urging member 405 and the front support shaft 401. The bending force generated between the engaging portion of the small wave urging member 405 in the small wave slide base 436 and the front support shaft 401 can be reduced to prevent breakage.

  As shown in FIG. 16A, a rectangular wave support plate 445 having a thickness in the front-rear direction and long in the left-right direction extends downward from the insertion portion 443 of the wave-wave slide base 436. It is provided to be put out. Corresponding to the small wave support plate 445, the front base 403 is provided with a recess 403c that is open on the upper side and the rear side so that the small wave support plate 445 can enter and is closed on both the front side, the lower side, and the left and right sides. In the normal state of the wavelet member 203 shown in FIG. 16 (a), the recess 403c is close to the movement direction base end side end corresponding to the outside of the upper display unit 200, and the wavelet member 203 shown in FIG. 16 (b). In the maximum movement state, the end in the moving direction corresponding to the center side is set to a size close to each other.

  The lower edge of the small wave support plate 445 is formed in a hook-like cross-sectional shape projecting forward, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. A portion 446 is formed. The front end of the small wave protrusion engaging portion 446 contacts the front side wall of the recess 403c of the front base 403, and the front end and the front side of the small wave protrusion engaging portion 446 are moved when the small wave member 203 moves in the left-right direction. The recess 403c of the base 403 moves while being slid in contact. When a force that rotates rearward about the front support shaft 401 is applied to the small wave member 203, the small wave support plate 445 positioned on the lower side of the front support shaft 401 tries to move forward. Since the small wave protrusion engaging portion 446 contacts the front base 403, the rotation is prevented.

  On the front wall surface of the recessed portion 403c of the front base 403, as shown in a partially enlarged view in FIG. 15 (a), a horizontally long small wave ridge receiving portion 403d protruding rearward from the central portion in the left-right direction is provided. The protrusion is provided so as to overlap the upper side of the small wave protrusion engaging portion 446. The wavelet protrusion receiving portion 403d of the front base 403 regulates the movement of the wavelet member 203 to the upper side of the wavelet protrusion engaging part 446, and the wavelet member is driven by the rotational force about the front support shaft 401 of the wavelet member 203. It restricts that 203 and the front side base 403 rotate with a deformation | transformation.

  The medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are provided to be movable left and right when the front motor 402 is operated. In order to operate the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203, the front operation mechanism 223 is fixed to a front motor 402 constituted by a stepping motor and a rotating shaft 402a of the front motor 402 as shown in FIG. A crank member 451, a link member 452 connected to the crank member 451 at one end side, and a front arm 453 connected to the other end side of the link member 452.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the front motor 402 has a pivot shaft 402 a inserted into a vertically long groove-like shaft insertion portion 403 e opened upward on both the left and right sides of the front base 403, and the main body portion is located on the back side of the front base 403. It is fixed with screws. The front motor 402 is connected to the display control device 114 via a wiring (not shown), and the number of steps is controlled by the control of the display control device 114, whereby the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 operate.

  The rotating shaft 402a of the front motor 402 is disposed so as to protrude to the front side of the front base 403 through the shaft insertion portion 403e of the front base 403. A rotation shaft 402a of the front motor 402 is formed in a shape in which a part of a cylindrical peripheral surface is cut out by a flat surface, a shaft mounting hole 461 of a crank member 451 is inserted, and a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft 402a. It is fixed with screws from the side (see FIG. 17A).

  The crank member 451 is a member formed of synthetic resin and provided so as to transmit the rotational force of the rotation shaft 402a of the front motor 402 to a position separated from the rotation shaft 402a. As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the crank member 451 includes a cylindrical rotation shaft portion 462 through which the rotation shaft 402a of the front motor 402 is inserted, and the front side of the rotation shaft portion 462. An extension portion 463 extending from the front end side of the motor 402 to the direction perpendicular to the axis separated from the rotation shaft 402 a, and the front end portion of the extension portion 463 rotates with respect to the extension portion 463. A link mounting portion 464 is provided on the rear side opposite to the shaft portion 462 and protruding in a cylindrical shape in the front-rear direction parallel to the rotation shaft 402a. One end side of the link member 452 is located on the front side of the link mounting portion 464, and the link member 452 is connected by a screw.

  As shown in FIG. 13A, the link member 452 is formed of a synthetic resin into a rod shape having a longitudinal direction in the left-right direction, and shaft holes 471 and 472 penetrating in the front-rear direction are provided at both side ends. ing. The shaft hole 471 on one side where the crank member 451 is provided is connected to the link mounting portion 464 of the crank member 451 by a screw, and the other shaft hole 472 has a screw inserted from the rear side to a part of the front arm 453. Are connected. The screws inserted into both the shaft holes 471 and 472 of the link member 452 are set so that the head is larger than the shaft holes 471 and 472 and the shaft portion is slightly smaller than the shaft hole, and both ends of the link member 452 are crank members. 451 and the front arm 453 are rotatably connected.

  As shown in FIG. 12, a front arm 453 to which one end side of the link member 452 is connected and fixed is provided on the side opposite to the side where the crank member 451 is disposed with respect to the link member 452, that is, on the center side of the front base 403. Is provided. The front arm 453 is a member that increases the amount of movement of the link member 452 and transmits it to the medium wave member 202. As shown in FIG. 13A, the front arm 453 extends in the up-down direction and has a thickness in the front-rear direction. The main body 482 is formed in a plate shape. Two shaft holes 483 and 484 are provided in the lower part of the main body 482, and one end side of the link member 452 is connected to the upper shaft hole 484. A long hole 481 along the longitudinal direction of the front arm 453 is provided in the upper portion of the main body 482 in the crank member 451 so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 12, a cylindrical arm shaft 403f that protrudes forward is provided on the front side of the front base 403 and at the center side with respect to the front motor 402. The arm shaft 403f is set to have an outer diameter slightly smaller than the shaft hole 483 so that a slight clearance is formed with respect to the lower shaft hole 483 of the front arm 453, and the front arm 453 is centered on the arm shaft 403f. It is possible to rotate freely. In addition, a screw is fixed from the front side in a state where the lower shaft hole 483 is fitted from the front side to the arm shaft 403f, and the head of this screw has a larger diameter than the lower shaft hole 483. By being formed, the front arm 453 is connected to the arm shaft 403f so as not to be disengaged from the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 17, a long hole 481 of the front arm 453 is positioned on the back surface side of the medium wave slide base 416, and a screw is inserted from the back surface side of the front arm 453 through the long hole 481. The medium wave slide base 416 is connected to the long hole 481. Specifically, a cylindrical shaft portion 416a (see FIG. 17B) having an outer shape slightly smaller in diameter than the width of the long hole 481 of the front arm 453 is rearward of the middle wave slide base 416. The shaft portion 416a is positioned inside the elongated hole 481, and a screw is fixed to the protruding end portion. By forming the head portion of the screw with a diameter larger than the width of the long hole 481, the medium wave slide base 416 is connected to the front arm 453 through the long hole 481. When the front arm 453 swings left and right around the lower shaft hole 483, the elongated hole 481 of the front arm 453 moves to the left and right, and the medium wave slide base 416 is linked to the movement of the front support shaft 401. It moves along the axial direction.

  As shown in FIG. 13B, the crank member 451 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape at the end on the base end side in the moving direction opposite to the moving direction of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203. In addition, a medium wave detection unit 473 is provided. The medium wave detection unit 473 is disposed so as to pass through a groove corresponding to the detection range of the non-contact type photosensor 454, and the photosensor 454 is fixed to the front side of the front base 403. In the state in which the medium wave detection unit 473 is detected by the photosensor 454, as shown in FIG. 7, the left and right medium wave members 202 are maximally separated in the left and right directions, and this separated state is the reference position of the medium wave member 202. It is said that. When the medium wave member 202 is not at the reference position in the initialization process when the power is turned on, the rear motor 302 is driven and controlled by the display controller 114 so that the medium wave member 202 approaches the reference position, and the medium wave detection unit 473 is The display control device 114 recognizes that the medium wave member 202 is disposed at the reference position by being detected by the photosensor 454. In the normal state after the game is started, the medium wave member 202 is basically arranged at the reference position. When the medium wave member 202 is moved to the center side in the contents of the production, the movement is necessary. The front motor 402 is driven by the amount of rotation corresponding to the amount.

  On the back surface side of the medium wave slide base 416, as shown in FIG. 17A, a medium wave rear support portion 425 that protrudes slightly rearward in a linear shape extending in the left-right direction is provided from the front support shaft 401. A total of three locations are formed, one on the upper side and two on the lower side of the front support shaft 401. These medium wave rear side support portions 425 are in contact with or close to the front surface of the front arm 453, limit the blurring toward the rear side of the medium wave member 202, and center on the front support shaft 401 of the medium wave member 202. Limit the rotation.

  As shown in FIG. 17A, a rectangular medium-wave support plate 426 that has a thickness in the front-rear direction and is long in the left-right direction is formed below the insertion portion 423 in the medium-wave slide base 416. Has been. The lower end edge of the medium wave support plate 426 is formed in a bowl-like cross-sectional shape that protrudes to the front side, like the small wave protrusion engaging portion 446 described above, and the medium wave protrusion that protrudes in a horizontally long line shape to the front side. A strip engaging portion is formed. The front end of the medium wave ridge engaging portion is in contact with the lower wall surface of the recessed portion 403 c of the front base 403. When a force that rotates rearward about the front support shaft 401 is applied to the medium wave member 202, the medium wave support plate 426 positioned below the front support shaft 401 attempts to move forward. However, since the medium wave protrusion engaging portion comes into contact with the front base 403, the rotation is prevented.

  As shown in FIG. 15 (a), a laterally long medium wave ridge receiving portion 403g protruding rearward is provided on the lower wall surface of the recess 403c of the front base 403, above the medium wave ridge engaging portion. It is provided with a protruding amount that overlaps with. The medium wave protrusion receiving portion 403g restricts the upward movement of the medium wave member 202, and the medium wave member 202 and the front base 403 are deformed by the rotational force around the front support shaft 401 of the medium wave member 202. The accompanying rotation is restricted.

  Next, operations of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 15 to 19.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are moved to the center side in the left and right direction to the maximum movement state (in FIG. To the state). In the normal state, as shown in FIG. 18A, the crank member 451 is tilted toward the movement direction base end side corresponding to the outer side with respect to the rotation shaft 402 a of the front motor 402. In this state, the front arm 453 connected to the crank member 451 via the link member 452 is also tilted toward the movement direction base end side, and the medium wave slide base 416 is inserted into the elongated hole 481 of the tilted front arm 453. The medium wave member 202 to which the shaft portion 416a is connected is arranged in a normal state.

  In the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave slide base 416 of the medium wave member 202 in this normal state, the insertion portion 443 of the small wave member 203 is moved by the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 as shown in FIG. The movement direction front end side surface 443a of the insertion portion 443 of the small wave member 203 and the inner surface 423a of the wall portion on the movement direction front end side of the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202 are in contact with each other. For this reason, the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is supported by the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202, and the urging force is an urging force for moving the medium wave member 202 toward the front end side in the moving direction. It has become. This urging force is transmitted to the front motor 402 through the front arm 453, the link member 452, and the crank member 451, and is held at a position corresponding to the normal state by the magnetic force of the stepping motor constituting the front motor 402.

  Here, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. 18A, the straight line connecting the shaft holes 471 and 472 on both sides of the link member 452 is substantially horizontal, and the shaft is attached as the rotation center of the crank member 451. A straight line connecting the hole 461 and the link mounting portion 464 is inclined slightly upward by about 5 degrees in a state close to horizontal. The rotational force by which the crank member 451 is rotated by the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is a distance from the rotation center of the crank member 451 to the position of the link member 452 (specifically, a straight line connecting the shaft holes 471 and 472). ) Is multiplied by the force acting on the link member 452, and the more the crank member 451 is tilted, the smaller the rotational force becomes, that is, the crank member 451 is difficult to rotate. Therefore, in the normal state, the braking force of the front motor 402 for countering the biasing force of the small wave biasing member 405 may be small, and even with the front motor 402 having a small braking force, The small wave member 203 and the medium wave member 202 can be held in a normal state. When the inclination of the crank member 451 is collinear with the shaft holes 471 and 472 of the link member 452, the rotational force is zero in the calculation, so that the normal state is that the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is large. If the inclination of the crank member 451 is set accordingly, the crank member 451 can be set not to rotate even if a motor having a small braking force is used.

  When the front motor 402 rotates in the direction in which the crank member 451 stands up with respect to the normal state, the link attachment portion 464 pushes the link member 452 to the front end side in the moving direction in which the front arm 453 is arranged. Operate. When the front arm 453 is pushed by the link member 452, the front arm 453 swings toward the distal end in the movement direction around the lower shaft hole 483, and the upper elongated hole 481 also moves toward the distal end in the movement direction. The medium wave member 202 connected to the front arm 453 by the connection between the long hole 481 and the shaft portion 416a of the medium wave slide base 416 also gradually moves toward the distal end side in the movement direction.

  When the rotation amount of the front motor 402 reaches the number of steps corresponding to the maximum movement amount, as shown in FIG. 18 (b), the crank member 451 is further tilted to the front end side in the movement direction than the vertically standing state, and the front side Similarly, the arm 453 is tilted toward the front end side in the moving direction, and the medium wave member 202 moves to a position corresponding to the arm 453 and stops. When the medium wave member 202 moves from the normal state to the maximum movement state, the medium wave member 202 moves by L2 corresponding to the amount of movement of the shaft portion 416a of the medium wave slide base 416 and stops.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the small wave member 203 is arranged in the left and right direction away from the medium wave member 202 in the maximum movement state, and the left and right movements are smaller than the movement amount L <b> 2 of the medium wave member 202. The member is set to the amount L1. The small wave member 203 moves together with the medium wave member 202 until the middle of the movement range of the medium wave member 202, and the stopper surface 444 of the small wave slide base 436 is moved to the stopper portion 403 b of the front base 403 as shown in FIG. When the contact is made, the small wave member 203 is moved to the maximum state and stopped. When the small wave member 203 reaches the maximum movement state, the medium wave member 202 is disposed at a position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. In this state, as shown in FIG. 19A, the movement direction front end side surface 443a of the small wave member 203 and the inner surface 423a of the wall portion on the front end side in the movement direction of the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202 are kept in contact with each other. . When the medium wave member 202 moves to the distal end side in the movement direction beyond the maximum movement state of the small wave member 203, the wall on the distal end side in the movement direction in the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202 from the movement direction distal end side surface 443a. The inner surface 423a of the portion is separated, and the amount of separation is maximized when the medium wave member 202 is in the maximum movement state (see FIG. 19B).

  The three types of wave members 201 to 203 described above operate in the following situation. For example, the normal state (see FIG. 5A) is set before the game is started by operating the start lever 151, and the maximum moving state is set when a preset condition is satisfied after the start lever 151 is operated. The For example, when the big bonus is won in the lottery after the start lever 151 is operated, the maximum movement state (see FIG. 5B) is made with a probability of 50%, and 0.1 when the big bonus is lost. The maximum movement state is established with a probability of%, and when the player finishes stopping all the stop buttons 153L to 153R, the normal state is restored. As described above, the display device 112 displays an effect that makes the player expect a big bonus to be won by changing the probability of moving the wave members 201 to 203 depending on whether or not a predetermined combination is won. In addition to the effect on the surface 112a, or instead of the effect, the player can visually recognize the effect produced by the operation of the three types of wave members 201 to 203. By setting the movement probabilities of the wave members 201 to 203 to be different depending on whether or not the predetermined combination is won, the expected winning degree of the predetermined combination can be changed.

  Here, it is not always necessary to operate all the left and right sides of the three wave members 201 to 203 at the same time, all or a part of one side may be operated, and the movement amount is not necessarily the maximum movement state. It is not necessary to operate all the wave members 201 to 203 until the wave members are operated to the middle part between the normal state and the maximum movement state, and then the three wave members 201 to 203 return to the normal state. Any or all of them may be controlled. That is, among the three types of wave members 201 to 203, the number of wave members to be moved, the moving amount, the moving speed, the number of times of moving in the left-right direction, or a combination operation thereof, the type of winning combination and winning, By different depending on the expectation level of the winning, it is possible to suggest to the player the advance notice or the expectation level of the winning combination, and after the winning is established, the three kinds of wave members 201 to 203 are operated to establish the winning. It can also be a suggestion. For example, when the big bonus winning expectation is high, all the wave members 201 to 203 move, and when the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 move and the large wave member 201 does not move, the expectation degree is high. By changing the mode of the wave members 201 to 203 to be operated, such as lowering, it is possible to indicate to the player the expected winning degree of the big bonus. In addition, about these control, since the display control apparatus 114 receives the lottery result of the main control apparatus 41, and can be implement | achieved by control of the motors 302 and 402 by the display control apparatus 114, since it is general control, Although a detailed description of the control is omitted, in place of the control of the motors 302 and 402 by the display control device 114, the motor is controlled by another general control such as control by another control device such as the main control device 41. 302 and 402 may be controlled.

  As described above, the slot machine 10 includes the medium wave member 202 that can be displaced by the front motor 402, the small wave member 203, and the small wave biasing member 405. The medium wave member 202 is in a normal state before the game is started. (See FIG. 5 (a)), and there may be a maximum movement state (see FIG. 5 (b)) in the game times when the start condition is satisfied. In the process of transition from the normal state to the maximum movement state, in the process (first process) until the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 move together and the small wave member 203 reaches the maximum movement state (first process), the front motor 402 The medium wave member 202 is displaced by the driving force obtained by applying the biasing force of the small wave biasing member 405 to the driving force from. In the process (second process) until the medium wave member 202 reaches the maximum movement state after the first process, the driving force from which the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is not applied to the driving force from the front motor 402 is used. The medium wave member 202 is displaced.

  For this reason, in the first process corresponding to the movement start stage, the driving force of the medium wave member 202 is increased by the small wave urging member 405. The resistance such as the frictional force in the stationary state is larger than the resistance during the movement, and the maximum urging force by the small wave urging member 405 is added to the moving direction side of the medium wave member 202 at the movement start stage where the resistance is large. Therefore, the medium wave member 202 can be quickly moved beyond the capability of the front motor 402 while setting the driving force of the front motor 402 required for movement low. Therefore, the medium wave member 202 that is heavy can be moved to the maximum movement state in a short time, and the player can be surprised at a low cost.

  On the other hand, in the second process, the medium wave member 202 moves without applying the urging force of the small wave urging member 405. In other words, in the second process section, the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is not applied to the medium wave member 202. For this reason, when the medium wave member 202 returns from the maximum movement state to the original normal state, the medium wave member 202 starts to be displaced in the maximum movement state where the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is not applied, During the movement of the medium wave member 202, the medium wave member 202 can be brought into contact with the small wave member 203, and the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 can be displaced together in the section of the first process. Therefore, the influence of the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is eliminated at the start of movement when the medium wave member 202 is returned, and the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is increased while suppressing the driving force of the front motor 402 required for the returning operation. Accordingly, the medium wave member 202 can be moved quickly and efficiently.

  When the movement amount smaller than the maximum movement amount of the small wave member 203 is set as the movement amount of the medium wave member 202, if the medium wave member 202 is returned from the set position to the original position, the resistance force at the start of movement is set. And the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 may cause the medium wave member 202 not to move to the normal state side. The situation becomes more likely to occur as the usage time increases, such as when the last name of the sliding member decreases due to deterioration of parts or adhesion of dirt. In order to avoid this, as the control of the front motor 402 by the display control device 114, the medium wave member 202 is further moved to a position where it has moved to the center side larger than the maximum movement amount of the small wave member 203 after stopping at the above movement amount. After that, it is preferable to set the display control device 114 to control the movement to the outside corresponding to the normal state. By executing this control, it is possible to reduce the situation in which the medium wave member 202 does not return to the position corresponding to the normal state due to the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 or the like. In this case, it is preferable that the medium wave member 202 is further moved to the maximum movement amount of the medium wave member 202 and then moved to the outside and then the movement speed of the medium wave member 202 is easily increased. .

  Further, since the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are supported by the front support shaft 401 as a pair on the left and right, the operation mechanism of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 is configured to be small. Can do. Further, since the operations of the plurality of wave members 202 and 203 can be controlled only by the control of the front motor 402, it is possible to realize the control of the plurality of operation members while simplifying the control program.

  Further, the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 is transmitted to the small wave member 203 by the movable side engaging portion 431a of the small wave member 203 as a first engaging portion provided on the front side with respect to the front side support shaft 401, and the front side support shaft. The driving force of the front motor 402 is transmitted to the medium wave member 202 by the shaft portion 416 a of the medium wave member 202 as the second engagement portion provided on the rear side with respect to 401. For this reason, since the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 and the driving force of the front motor 402 are added by the engaging portions provided before and after the front support shaft 401, the force that transmits force to the front support shaft 401 is transmitted. The front motor 402, the small wave urging member 405 and the like which are constituent members of the joint portion and the operation mechanism can be disposed close to each other, and the operation mechanism can be further reduced in size.

  Further, the wave front end side surface 443a of the insertion portion 443 of the small wave member 203 and the inner surface 423a of the wall portion on the distal end side in the movement direction of the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202 are brought into direct contact with each other to be engaged. The driving force along the moving direction of 202 and the small wave member 203 is transmitted, and the transmission portion is provided around the front support shaft 401 close to the front support shaft 401. For this reason, the impact force during the return operation of the medium wave member 202 is applied to a location away from the front support shaft 401, and a bending force is less likely to be generated. There is no need to provide engaging portions of both wave members 202 and 203, and the degree of freedom in design for providing decoration and other functions of both wave members 202 and 203 can be increased.

  Further, the small wave member 203 is supported by the insertion portion 443 with respect to the front support shaft 401, and a decorative part imitating a wave is provided so as to be visually recognized by the player, and is formed lower than the height of the medium wave member 202. It is formed within a range close to the support shaft 401, and further, the moving range is set to be smaller than that of the medium wave member 202. On the other hand, the medium wave member 202 is supported by the insertion portion 423 with respect to the front support shaft, and the insertion portion 423 is provided with a horizontally long groove portion 424 into which the insertion portion 443 of the small wave member 203 can enter, and the distal end in the moving direction. It is supported by the front support shaft 401 on both sides of the side and the base end side. For this reason, the medium wave member 202 larger than the small wave member 203 can be moved stably, and the supporting part of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 can be formed in a small size.

  In addition, a crank member 451, a link member 452, and a front arm 453 are provided as members that transmit the driving force of the front motor 402, and the link member 452 extends along the moving direction of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203. It is arranged in a direction extending to the left and right. In the normal state, the crank member 451 has a link member 452 and a front arm 453 on the front end side in the moving direction of the medium wave member 202 with respect to the shaft attachment hole 461 serving as the rotation center. The connecting portion (shaft hole 472) is located, and the connecting portion (shaft hole 471) between the link member 452 and the crank member 451 is located on the proximal side in the movement direction. When the maximum movement state is achieved with respect to the normal state, the crank member 451 is moved until the connecting portion between the link member 452 and the crank member 451 is positioned on the upper side perpendicular to the movement direction with respect to the shaft mounting hole 461. The display control device 114 controls the rotation by a rotation amount of about 80 degrees.

  For this reason, in the first process including the normal state, the driving force toward the moving direction side of the first operating member acts greatly on the rotational force of the crank member 451, and thereafter, the driving force toward the moving direction side. However, the amount of displacement increases and a high-speed displacement operation becomes possible. In the first process, the medium wave member 202 can be moved at a high speed corresponding to a driving force larger than the rotational force of the crank member 451 by the urging force of the small wave urging member 405. The high-speed movement of the wave member 202 can be easily continued by increasing the amount of displacement of the crank member 451 toward the displacement operation direction. In the initial stage of returning from the maximum movement state, there is no loss due to the urging force of the small wave urging member 405 with respect to the rotational force of the crank member 451. Therefore, the movement of the medium wave member 202 with respect to the rotational force of the crank member 451. Even if the driving force in the direction side is low, the return operation of the medium wave member 451 can be easily started. Therefore, the power of the front motor 402 that generates rotating power can be efficiently converted into driving force, and high-speed movement from the normal state to the maximum movement state can be realized while suppressing component costs.

  Next, the structure regarding the light emission of each wave member 201-203 is demonstrated with reference to FIG. Since the three types of wave members 201 to 203 have the same configuration as described above, and each of the wave members 201 to 203 has a bilaterally symmetrical shape, the configuration will be described with reference mainly to the configuration of the right-side large wave member 201. . 20 is an exploded perspective view of the large wave member 201 viewed from the front side, FIG. 21 is a front view of the main part of the large wave member 201, and FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view of the large wave member taken along line AA in FIG. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the large wave member 201 is formed by overlapping four plate members arranged in the front and rear, and as shown in FIG. 20, a large wave front cover 321 and a large wave transparent cover 322 are provided on the front side. A large wave diffusing member 323 and a large wave light emitting substrate 324 are provided on the side. The large wave front cover 321 is a member colored in silver by plating or painting the entire surface of a synthetic resin such as ABS, and is formed in a frame shape imitating the outline of a wave.

  The large wave transparent cover 322 is formed in a colorless and transparent plate shape using a synthetic resin such as polycarbonate, and is provided so as to be visible from the front side through through holes 321 a to 321 c provided in the large wave front cover 321. As shown in FIG. 21, the large wave transparent cover 322 can be visually recognized from the front side in the most part (a range indicated by a large number of dot patterns in FIG. 21). The visible range includes a large vortex portion 511 formed in a clockwise vortex centered on the upper large wave central lens 325, and two portions provided side by side vertically apart on the left side of the large vortex portion 511. And a small vortex portion 512.

  The large wave diffusing member 323 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324 constituting the back surface side of the large wave member 201 are, as shown in FIG. The vortex LED 521 composed of a light emitting diode as a light emitting means mounted on the surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324 is disposed at the same position as that of the rectangular wave formed on the surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324. The large wave diffusing member 323 is formed in a plate shape with a colorless and transparent synthetic resin such as acrylic and has a function of irradiating light entering the inside of the plate surface toward the front side. The vortex LED 521 provided on the large wave light emitting substrate 324 is configured by an LED that emits light in parallel to the plate surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. It is composed of LEDs capable of full color light emission.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the vortex LED 521 is disposed inside the through hole 323b of the large wave diffusing member 323 and is perpendicular to the inner surface of the through hole 323b (that is, within the plate thickness of the large wave diffusing member 323). The light of the vortex LED 521 enters. The surface of the large wave light diffusing member 323 on the large wave light emitting substrate 324 side is provided with undulations by a large number of grooves 531. Light is irradiated to the front side of the large wave member 201.

  Here, a number of grooves 531 formed in the large wave diffusion member 323 will be described with reference to FIG. 23 in addition to FIG. FIG. 23A is a diagram showing the arrangement of the grooves 531 of the large wave diffusing member 323 when the large wave member 201 is viewed from the front. FIG. 23B is a diagram schematically showing cross sections of the large wave diffusing member 323 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324, and shows a cross section passing through the center of the vortex LED 521 along the irradiation direction.

  A large number of grooves 531 provided in the large wave diffusing member 323 are provided over the entire region in the front view of the large wave member 201 as shown in FIG. The plurality of grooves 531 are formed along arcs arranged concentrically with the vortex LED 521 as the center, and the length of the arc is basically set to a length at which the central angle is approximately 90 degrees. Yes. Further, the groove 531 that protrudes outward from the large vortex portion 511 and the small vortex portion 512 extends only slightly to the outside, the groove 531 is not provided before the outside, and the central angle is set to be less than 90 degrees. Yes. The vortex LED 521 is arranged so that the center of the irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521 is directed in the direction passing through the center of the arc whose central angle is approximately 90 degrees among these many arcs, and the plurality of grooves 531 are the irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521. On the other hand, it is formed with a length that extends approximately 45 degrees on one side to the left and right.

  As shown in FIG. 23A, the vortex LED 521 and the multiple grooves 531 corresponding to the vortex LED 521 are arranged at positions corresponding to the arc centers of the multiple grooves 531, and the vortex LED 521 emits light. A large number of grooves 531 are formed in a fan shape extending toward the direction side. In the following, each groove group that is basically a fan-shaped groove group centered on the vortex LED 521 is referred to as a fan-shaped groove group 532.

  The groove 531 constituting the fan-shaped groove group 532 is set such that the groove 531 disposed near the vortex LED 521 has a narrower width and a shallower depth, and the groove 531 separated from the vortex LED 521 by a certain distance or more. It is set to a plurality of shapes that are wide and deep. With this configuration, light is easily transmitted to the front end side of the fan-shaped groove group 532, and a structure in which a large amount of light is easily irradiated to the front side on the front end side.

  Each of the plurality of grooves 531 has an inclined surface 533 inclined at an angle of approximately 45 degrees so that the inner surface near the vortex LED 521 is gradually separated from the large wave light emitting substrate 324 as shown in FIG. The inner surface on the side far from the vortex LED 521 is composed of a vertical surface 534 perpendicular to the large wave light emitting substrate. The depth of the multiple grooves 531 is about half of the plate thickness of the large wave diffusion member 323, and is set slightly shallower than about half. Almost half of the light emitted from the vortex LED 521 is applied to the inclined surfaces 533 of the multiple grooves 531, and more than half of the light is reflected forward by the inclined surfaces 533.

  Of the light emitted from the vortex LED 521, a part of the light passes through the inclined surface 533 and is irradiated onto the vertical surface 534 positioned further on the tip side in the irradiation direction of the inclined surface 533. Since the front end side of the inclined surface 533 in the irradiation direction is constituted by the vertical surface 534, the light that has passed through the inclined surface 533 easily enters the plate surface of the large wave diffusion member 323 again, and further, the inclined surface 533 located on the front end side in the irradiation direction. Will be irradiated. The portion where the large wave diffusing member 323 is thinly formed by the large number of grooves 531 is a portion that guides the light of the vortex LED 521 further to the front side in the irradiation direction. The degree of decrease in light intensity with respect to the distance from the vortex LED 521 can be set by the plate thickness of the large wave diffusion member 323 and the depth of the groove 531.

  As shown in FIG. 23 (b), the length (vertical length) at which the inclined surface 533 is formed on the deep bottom side of the groove located between the inclined surface 533 and the vertical surface 534 in the multiple grooves 531. A back side flat portion 535 having a shorter length and parallel to the large wave light emitting substrate 324 is provided. Further, a portion close to the large wave light emitting substrate 324 in the portion between the groove 531 and the groove 531 is also provided with an edge side plane portion 536 parallel to the large wave light emitting substrate 324. A portion corresponding to the inclined surface 533 excluding these flat portions 535 and 536 irradiates light to the front side of the large wave member 201. By providing the flat portions 535 and 536, an arc shown in FIG. The large wave diffusing member 323 emits light with a striped pattern close to the shape along.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the large vortex portion 511 is formed so as to extend clockwise from the lower right side to the lower left side, the left side, and the upper side with respect to the large wave central lens 325 and extend to the lower right side of the large wave member 201. As shown in FIG. 23 (a), the vortex LEDs 521 are spaced apart in the direction of irradiating light toward the continuous direction of the large vortex portion 511, and the fan-shaped groove groups 532 are interposed. It is provided to line up.

  In the lower portion of the large vortex portion 511, three vortex LEDs 521 are provided in a direction in which light is emitted toward the upper left side corresponding to the upper center of the upper display unit 200. The three vortex LEDs 521 are arranged so as to irradiate light in the direction opposite to the other vortex LEDs 521 corresponding to the fan-shaped groove group 532 provided next to the fan-shaped groove group 532 corresponding to the vortex LED 521, The gap part of the fan-shaped groove group 532 formed by the vortex LED 521 and the plurality of grooves 531 facing downward is filled, and there is no dark part in a part of the widely formed part, and the entire large vortex part 511 is Light emission is possible.

  The lower part of the large vortex part 511 is a part that cannot be seen from the front side by the lower cover 224 of the upper display unit 200, and there is a part where the groove 531 is not provided as shown in FIG. To do. For the two small vortex portions 512, one vortex LED 521 is provided for each small vortex portion 512, and one fan-shaped groove group 532 is provided corresponding to each vortex LED 521.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the large wave transparent cover 322 is provided with undulations that constitute light emission of the large vortex portion 511 on the front side of a portion where a large number of grooves 531 are provided. Specifically, with respect to the cross-sectional shape of the large wave transparent cover 322 that forms the wide right portion of the large vortex portion 511, the outer surface side corresponding to the front surface side is the front surface top portion 322b in which the center side in the width direction protrudes most distally. The left and right sides are inclined surfaces that are gradually lowered, and are formed to have a concave cross section that is recessed to the rear side on the left and right sides.

  As shown in FIG. 23 (a), the front top portion 322b is continuous along the continuous direction of the large vortex portion 511, and over most of the groove 531 is 60 degrees or more. It is formed so as to extend in a direction intersecting at a large angle. The front top portion 322b is provided in a small number such that there is one line in the narrow part of the large vortex part 511 and two lines in the wide part of the large vortex part 511, and also one line in the small vortex part 512. The front top portion 322b is more likely to collect light than the surrounding area, and the state of continuous waves can be easily shown to the player by light emission.

  As shown in FIG. 23 (a), the multiple grooves 531 intersect the front surface top portion 322b while gradually changing the crossing angle, so that the light irradiated to the front side by the multiple grooves 531 is directed to the front surface top portion 322b. Therefore, the input is performed in a different state for each part, and a light effect in a soft atmosphere can be realized by the continuous change of light intensity.

  On the inner surface side where the large wave diffusing member 323 is provided, the curvature is large with respect to the protruding amount, and more specifically, a plurality of gentle arc-shaped cross sections set to have a radius of curvature that is approximately five times or more the protruding amount. An inner surface ridge portion 322c in which a plurality of ridge portions protruding in the shape toward the large wave diffusion member 323 are arranged is provided.

  Here, the relationship between the inner surface protruding portion 322c and the multiple grooves 531 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the arrangement positions of the inner surface protruding portion 322c and the multiple grooves 531. The bottom of the groove corresponding to the skirt portion of the adjacent inner surface protruding portion 322c is indicated by a solid line. A portion between the lines forms an inner surface protrusion 322c protruding toward the large wave diffusion member 323 side.

  As shown by the solid line in FIG. 24, the inner surface ridge portion 322c is formed in a shape that extends in a direction that basically intersects a number of grooves 531 at a slight angle, specifically, 30 degrees or less. Yes. Like the front surface top portion 322b, the inner surface protruding portion 322c and the multiple grooves 531 intersect while gradually changing the crossing angle. In this way, by setting the crossing angle at a small angle, one groove 531 is positioned longer in the extending direction of the one inner surface protrusion 322c, and the inner surface protrusion 322c protrudes in a cross-section arc shape. As a result of this, the lens effect acts on the light from one groove 531 in a long range so that the linear light irradiated by one groove 531 fluctuates along the longitudinal direction of the inner surface protrusion 322c. The light that is continuously bent slightly can be output to the front side of the large wave member 201 so that the player can visually recognize it.

  As shown in FIG. 24, the extending direction of the inner surface protruding portion 322c is formed not in a straight line but in a curved shape, and the inside of the curved line is basically in the same direction as the center side of the arcs of the multiple grooves 531. Is set to For this reason, one groove 531 is positioned over a long range with respect to one inner surface ridge portion 322c, and a light atmosphere with a soft atmosphere close to the light reflection state is realized like a wave. can do.

  The angle at which the inner surface protrusion 322c intersects the multiple grooves 531 is preferably set to 3 degrees or more, preferably 5 degrees or more, and preferably 7 degrees or more. is there. The intersection angle is preferably set to 50 degrees or less, preferably set to 40 degrees or less, and preferably set to 30 degrees or less. Further, it is preferable that the number of the inner ridges 322c intersecting the large number of grooves 531 at the set angle is preferably 70% or more of the whole, and preferably 80% or more. % Or more is preferable. Further, the inner surface ridge portion 322c and the plurality of grooves 531 are set so that the inner side of the inner surface ridge portion 322c curve has a larger ratio in the same direction as the center side of the arc of the plurality of grooves 531 intersecting. It is preferable to make it 70% or more of the whole, preferably 80% or more, and more preferably 90% or more.

  Next, a configuration of light emission other than the front side of the large wave member 201 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the large wave transparent cover 322 is formed so that the front side portion located so as to overlap the front side of the large wave diffusion member 323 has substantially the same width as the left and right sides of the large wave diffusion member 323 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324. A rear protruding wall portion 322d that protrudes rearward in a wall shape that surrounds the left and right sides of the large wave diffusing member 323 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324 from the portion, and a front end side of the rear protruding wall portion 322d and from the large wave light emitting substrate 324. On the rear side, a rear edge 322e that protrudes outward from the large wave member 201 is provided substantially parallel to the plate surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324.

  Since the inner surface of the large wave front cover 321 is located outside the rear protruding wall portion 322d and the large wave front cover 321 is colored in silver, the light irradiated from the rear protruding wall portion 322d to the large wave front cover 321 side Is easily returned to the rear protruding wall portion 322d side. A large wave light emitting substrate 324 is provided between the left and right rear protruding wall portions 322d, and the vortex LED 521 mounted on the front surface side of the large wave light emitting substrate 324 emits light in a direction along the plate surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324. Therefore, the light that has not been irradiated to the front side by the large number of grooves 531 can easily reach the rear protruding wall portion 322d.

  The rear protruding wall portion 322d is formed in a shape that expands to the left and right as it goes to the rear side, so that light from the front side of the large wave light emitting substrate 324 can be easily guided to the rear side. Part of the light incident within the thickness of the rear protruding wall portion 322d is guided to the rear side of the large wave member 201 corresponding to the front end side of the rear protruding wall portion 322d. The light leaking from the rear protruding wall portion 322d toward the large wave front cover 321 side is also reflected by the large wave front cover 321 so that part of the light is guided to the distal end side of the rear protruding wall portion 322d.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the outer surface of the portion where the rear protruding wall portion 322d intersects with the rear edge portion 322e is formed by rounding corners in an arc shape, and the rear end of the rear protruding wall portion 322d The light reaching the part is easily guided to the front end side of the rear edge 322e. The rear edge 322e is provided so as to protrude further to the left and right sides and the upper side corresponding to the outer side with respect to the rear end of the large wave front cover 321, and the protruding portion is the front surface of the protruding end of the rear edge 322e. In this case, the back surface side is formed in an inclined surface shape facing the oblique rear side, and the light reaching this portion is easily reflected on the front surface side.

  That is, the light that has been irradiated from the large wave light emitting substrate 324 to the large wave diffusion member 323 and has reached the rear protruding wall part 322d passes through the rear protruding wall part 322d and the rear edge part 322e to the outside of the large wave front cover 321. Is irradiated forward. For this reason, the light emitting portions are provided at the tip portions of the vortex portions 511 and 512 corresponding to the inside of the large wave front cover 321 colored in silver and the rear edge portion 322e corresponding to the outside, and the appearance of the large wave member 201 is improved. Has improved.

  As shown in FIGS. 22 and 24, the rear edge 322e of the large wave transparent cover 322 is located on the rear side of the rear edge 322e from the inclined surface facing the oblique rear corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the rear edge 322e. A large number of narrow grooves 322f are provided so as to reach the end. A large number of narrow grooves 322f are set to have a groove width of about 0.5 mm and a groove depth of about 0.3 mm at intervals of about 1.5 mm, and become narrower as the depth increases, and the bottom of the groove is pointed. . By making it easier for light to be reflected to the front side by the narrow groove 322f, the edge portion of the large wave member 201 is further brightened, and the outer periphery of the large wave member 201 is decorated even when light is not irradiated, The appearance has been improved. As shown in FIG. 24, the large number of narrow grooves 322f are provided over substantially the entire circumference excluding the lower left portion in the rear view.

  Similarly to the large wave member 201, the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 irradiate light on the front side by a combination of the vortex LED 521 and the multiple grooves 531 in the medium wave diffusion member 413 and the small wave diffusion member 433. Here, with reference to FIG. 25, arrangement | positioning of LED521-524 mounted in each wave member 201-203 is demonstrated. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the LEDs 521 to 524 in each of the light emitting substrates 324, 414, and 434, and the irradiation direction of the LEDs is indicated by arrows.

  As described above, the light emitting substrates 324, 414, and 434 of the wave members 201 to 203 have white LEDs 522 that emit white light toward the front side at the positions where the wave center lenses 325, 415, and 435 are provided. Is provided. With the wave central lenses 325, 415, and 435 provided on the front side of the white LED 522 as the center, the light emitting substrates 324, 414, and 434 have a vortex shape that goes outward from the center side in the left-right direction through the upper side. A vortex LED 521 is provided along. The range where each wave transparent cover 322, 412, 422 is exposed by the through hole of each front cover 321, 411, 431 in each wave member 201-203 is within the range indicated by the thin line on each wave member 201-203. The vortex LED 521 is arranged in a direction in which light is irradiated from the edge portion of the range toward the range. A fan-shaped groove group 532 composed of the above-described many grooves 531 is disposed on the irradiation direction front end side of these vortex LEDs 521, and the light irradiated by the vortex LEDs 521 is irradiated to the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 25, the vortex LED 521 of the medium wave member 202 is set so as to be opposite to the irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521 in the large wave member 201 and the small wave member 203. That is, in the large wave member 201 and the small wave member 203, the irradiation direction of each vortex LED 521 is set from the leading end side to the root side of the vortex, and the medium wave member 202 is swirled so as to be opposite to the direction. The irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521 is set so as to gradually face the tip side from the root side.

  As shown in FIG. 25, at the upper portions of the left and right medium-wave members 202 and at the left and right end portions corresponding to the rear end side in the moving direction, the directions toward both the left and right outer sides and the outer upper side are shown. A peripheral illumination LED 523 is provided in the direction of irradiating the light to. Further, a rear irradiation LED 524 that irradiates light rearward is also provided on the upper portion of the small wave member 203. The peripheral irradiation LED 523 and the rear irradiation LED 524 are both configured to emit white light, and the peripheral irradiation LED 523 and the rear irradiation are provided on the back surface side opposite to the front surface side where the vortex LEDs 521 are arranged in the light emitting substrates 414 and 434. An LED 524 is provided.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 26, the positional relationship in the planar view of each wave member 201-203 is demonstrated. FIG. 26 is a plan view showing the arrangement positions of the wave members 201 to 203 together with the front operation mechanism unit 223 and the rear operation mechanism unit 224. In FIG. 26, the wave members 201 to 203 are shown in a normal state.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the large wave member 201 is disposed at a position where the center side end portion slightly overlaps the front side of the opening portion where the base window portion 244 of the mounting base 221 is provided. A medium wave member 202 and a small wave member 203 are provided on the front side of the large wave member 201, and an interval between the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 is set to be smaller than an interval between the large wave member 201 and the medium wave member. Rear edge portions 322e, 412e, and 432e are provided at the peripheral edges of the wave members 201 to 203, and the edge portions of the wave members 201 to 203 emit light. These rear side edge portions 322e, 412e, and 432e are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the front-rear direction, and light is evenly irradiated to the periphery of the rear side edge portions 322e, 412e, and 432e. In addition, in a part of the peripheral edge of the medium wave member 220 and corresponding to the outer edge side of the peripheral irradiation LED 523, a portion where the rear edge portion 412e is not provided is set, and the peripheral irradiation LED 523 emits light on the rear side. The shape is not obstructed by the edge 412e.

  Next, the light emission of the inner portion of the mounting base 221 by the wave members 201 to 203 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 and 28. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an irradiation state by the peripheral irradiation LED 523 of the medium wave member 202 in the maximum movement state, and FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an irradiation state by the rear irradiation LED 524 of the small wave member 203 in the maximum movement state. . In FIG. 28, the medium wave member 202 is omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, the upper portion of the mounting base 221 is provided with an upper decorative member 228 made of a synthetic resin which is horizontally long and extends forward and is transparent in blue. The wall is provided with a wall-shaped lateral decorative member 227 that protrudes forward from the right end of the mounting base 221 and surrounds the range from the upper right side to the lower right side of each wave member 201 to 203. The side decorative member 227 is formed by stacking two plate-like members in the same manner as the above-mentioned inner decorative member 303, and a colored transparent synthetic resin member is located on a part of the inner surface side, and the entire region on the outer surface side. A member colored in silver is located. On the rear side of each wave member 201 to 203, a plate-like back side decorative member 303 having a thickness in the front and rear direction is provided on the outer side of the base window 244 of the mounting base 221. The back side decorative member 303 and the lateral side decorative member 227 are also attached to the left side of the mounting base 221.

  The left and right sides, the back side, and the upper side of each wave member 201 to 203 are surrounded by the back side decorative member 303, the upper side decorative member 228, and the side side decorative member 227, and the lower side is the front and back operation of the lower cover 224. The outer surface of the upper display unit 200 is formed by positioning a part of the mechanical units 222 and 223, and an accommodation space in which the three types of wave members 201 to 203 can move is formed inside by these members. In addition, each of the decorative members 227, 228, and 303 is configured such that the surface corresponding to the inner surface side of the accommodation space is waved, thereby enhancing the decoration of the wave members 227, 228, and 303 by the waves.

  These decorative members 227, 228, and 303 are provided along the outer shape of the mounting base 221, and the decorative members 227, 228, and 303 do not incorporate light emitting means such as LEDs. For this reason, each of the decorative members 227, 228, and 303 only needs to be set on the inner surface side with respect to the outer shape of the mounting base 221, so that the internal space can be set wide, and the large wave member 201 can be set. The wave members 201 to 203 can be set large in the vertical direction, and can be arranged so as to be greatly separated on the left and right sides in the normal state.

  Although these decorative members 227, 228, and 303 do not emit light depending on the built-in light emitting means, the LEDs mounted on the wave members 201 to 203 emit light by the following three types of light.

  First, as shown in FIG. 27, the peripheral irradiation LED 523 provided on the medium wave member 202 is arranged so that, in the maximum movement state of the medium wave member 202, the left and right outer ends of the upper decorative member 228, and the lateral decorative member It is set so that light is irradiated from the upper part of 227 to the central part. In this case, at the position where the medium wave member 202 is in the normal state, the position of the medium wave member 202 and the side decoration member 227 is close, so that the light is sufficiently spread and not irradiated, but as shown in FIG. In addition, the medium wave member 202 and the lateral decoration member 227 are spaced apart from each other at the maximum movement state. For this reason, from the peripheral irradiation LED 523 of the medium wave member 202 set to the maximum movement state, light can be irradiated to a wide area of the lateral decoration member 227, and the lateral decoration member 227 and the like can be illuminated by reflection of light. In addition, when the peripheral illumination LED 523 is caused to emit light in the middle of switching between the normal state and the maximum movement state, the irradiation range of the light on the lateral decoration member 227 and the like gradually changes so as to increase or decrease. Even in the peripheral illumination LED 523 that emits light, both the intensity and range of light emission of the lateral decoration member 227 and the like change according to the movement thereof, so that a variety of decorations can be visually recognized by the player.

  Second, the rear irradiation LED 524 provided on the wavelet member 203 irradiates light toward the front surface of the back decoration member 303 as shown in FIG. 28 in the maximum movement state of the wavelet member 203. The small wave member 203 is a member that is arranged farthest forward and backward as compared with the other wave members 201 and 202 with respect to the back side decorative member 303, and therefore, it is not necessary to diffuse the light of the LED and has a wide range. Can be irradiated. Further, although the medium wave member 202 and the large wave member 201 are located in the rear side of the small wave member 203 in the normal state, as shown in FIG. The middle wave member 202 and the large wave member 201 are arranged on the center side corresponding to the side, and the other wave members 201 and 202 are not located on the rear side of the rear irradiation LED 524 (see FIG. 18B). In the maximum movement state, the small wave member 203 moves to the center side in the left-right direction from the normal state, and the rear irradiation LED 524 after the movement can irradiate light to the rear side. Therefore, the rear irradiation LED 524 is arranged near the center side, and the light irradiated toward the rear side can be used as the light irradiated from the position side close to the player's line of sight, and the irradiation direction and the player It is possible to reduce a problem that a shadow is caused by a deviation from the line of sight. In addition, since the irradiation position of the light on the back side decoration member 303 and the like is moved by switching between the normal state and the maximum movement state, the peripheral illumination LED 523 that emits a certain amount of light also changes in accordance with the movement. The player can visually recognize decorations rich in variations by changing the light emission state of the side decoration member 227 and the like.

  Thirdly, the light emission of the vortex LED 521 mounted on each wave member 201 to 203 causes the peripheral edge of each wave member 201 to 203 to emit light through the rear protruding wall part 322d and the rear edge part 322e. The decorative members 227, 228, and 303 also emit light by this light emission.

  By these first to third lights, even if the decorative members 227, 228, 303 do not have a light emitting means such as an LED, the inner surface side can be sufficiently emitted, reducing the number of light emitting substrates, and the internal space The decorative member can be enlarged by expanding the size, and uniform light emission over a wide range can be realized by the light emitting means by separating the light emitting means from the decorative member.

  The light emission control of each of the LEDs 521 to 524 in the three types of wave members 201 to 203 performs various light effects by turning on and blinking and changing the emission color in the normal state and the maximum movement state. . This light emission control is executed by the display control device 114 in the same manner as the motors 302 and 402 described above, and is a general control. Therefore, detailed description of the control is omitted, but the display control device 114 Instead of controlling the LEDs 521 to 524, the LEDs 521 to 524 may be controlled by other general controls such as control by another control device such as the main control device 41. .

  The slot machine 10 configured as described above has the following effects.

  The large wave light emitting substrate 324 and the large wave diffusion member 323 irradiate light to the front side of the large wave diffusion member 323, and the large wave diffusion member 323 is provided with a through hole into which the vortex LED 521 can enter. Therefore, the large wave light emitting substrate 324 and the large wave diffusing member 323 can be arranged close to each other so that the light emitting structure toward the front side can be formed with a thin thickness (thin thickness). The light irradiated to the front side of the large wave diffusing member 323 is emitted from the vortex LED 521 toward the side parallel to the plate surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324, and the light of the grooves 531 constituting the fan-shaped groove group 532. The inclined surface 533 is configured to be reflected to the front side. For this reason, light emission to the front side becomes indirect, and only the periphery of the LED does not emit light strongly, and decoration by light emission diffused in a wide range can be realized by a thin light emitting structure. In addition, since a plurality of fan-shaped groove groups 532 for diffusing the light of the vortex LED 521 and irradiating the front surface side are provided adjacent to each other, a wide range of surface decoration can be provided by a thin light emitting structure.

  Both the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are provided with decoration by the vortex LED 521 and the fan-shaped groove group 532, and the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are arranged so as to overlap each other in the normal state. Has been. The medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are members that can be moved in the left-right direction, and these members can be arranged so as to be thinly overlapped in the front-rear direction. Further, the medium wave member 202, the small wave member 203, the small wave urging member 405, and the like can realize further high-speed movement of the operation member that can be quickly displaced to the maximum movement state.

  The large wave member 201 is provided with a vortex LED 521 and a predetermined number or more (10 or more in the present embodiment) of grooves 531 in the fan-shaped groove group 532 so as to extend alternately in a spiral shape. Light can be emitted by diffusing light with a thin light emitting structure on the long vortex portion 511 having a long extending shape. In this case, in the large vortex portion 511 formed with a certain width or more, as shown in FIG. 23, the width direction of the large vortex portion 511 is the right side of the large wave central lens 325 and the vortex LED 521 on the lower side thereof. A plurality of vortex LEDs 521 are arranged on one side (the center side of the vortex) of the vortex, and the plurality of vortex LEDs 521 are arranged so as to intersect with the longitudinal direction of the large vortex portion 511 at a certain angle (approximately 45 degrees). As a result, it is possible to realize surface light emission with good appearance in which the brightness gradually decreases as it goes outward while making the central side of the large vortex portion 511 brighter.

  A total of six wave members 201 to 203 on each of the left and right sides are in a state in which three vortices can be viewed side by side in the vertical direction or the oblique direction in the normal state and the maximum movement state, and these vortices are vortex LEDs 521. The light emission is controlled by the light emission control. In particular, three wave members 201 to 203 provided on each of the left and right sides are provided on both ends in the normal state, but all the wave members 201 to 203 are provided so as to be visible and facing the moving direction. . When the movement condition is satisfied, the movement is made to the center side where the maximum movement state is reached, and the lighting state is set at the center position. The wave members 201 to 203 that are always in a visually recognizable position quickly move to the center side, so that the player can be surprised and the expectation for an advantageous game can be increased at a stretch. In addition, the direction of the vortex LED 521 of the medium wave member 202 is set to be opposite to the direction of the vortex LED 521 of the large wave member 201 and the small wave member 203, and only the vortex LED 521 of the medium wave member 202 is directed toward the tip of the vortex. Since it arrange | positions toward the irradiated direction, the appearance of the decoration by the light emission in the stationary state and movement of the wave members 201-203 can be varied, and the decoration effect can be further enhanced.

  The light radiated from the large wave diffusing member 323 to the front side can be visually recognized by the player through the large wave transparent cover 322 with a different appearance due to the undulation of the inner surface protrusion 322c provided on the inner surface side of the large wave transparent cover 322. Is done. The inner surface protruding portion 322c is arranged so as to intersect at a small angle with respect to the plurality of grooves 531 forming the fan-shaped groove group 532, and is long along the longitudinal direction of the protruding portion forming the inner surface protruding portion 322c. The light of many grooves 531 is irradiated over the range. For this reason, the light that has passed through the large wave transparent cover 322 is output as light whose outline is blurred and fluctuated, and an effect of light in a soft atmosphere can be realized.

  The vortex LED 521 is arranged in a direction to irradiate light from the through hole of the large wave diffusing member 323 toward the outer edge, and the light reaching the outer edge of the large wave light emitting substrate 324 is projected by the rear protruding wall portion 322d of the large wave transparent cover 322. The light is guided to the back side, and a part of the guided light is irradiated to the front side at the end of the rear side edge 322e. The light of the vortex LED 521 is set to the outer edge side of the large wave diffusion member 323 by setting the thickness of the plate-like portion to the depth of the groove portion of the large wave diffusion member 323 toward the front side in the irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521. It is easy to reach and light is easily irradiated to the outer edge side of the large wave diffusing member 323 through the gap between the large wave transparent cover 322, the large wave diffusing member 323, and the large wave light emitting substrate 324. By emitting light at the end of the rear edge 322e located on the back side of the substrate 324, decoration by light emission that borders the outer edge of the large wave light emitting substrate 324 is realized at a low cost without providing a dedicated substrate or LED. be able to.

  Further, when the inner surface of the large wave front cover 321 is colored in silver, the light is reflected toward the rear protruding wall portion 322d and the rear edge portion 322e, and is guided to the front end side of the rear edge portion 322e. The amount of light can be increased, and the decoration of the outer edge of the large wave member 201 and the decoration members 227, 228, and 303 provided around the large wave member 201 can be brightly illuminated. Further, the large wave diffusing member 323 has a shape with a step extending over the rear edge 322e with respect to the front side of the large wave light emitting substrate 324, and the large wave front cover 321 covers the outer surface side of the large wave light diffusing member 323 and the large wave light emitting substrate 324. Therefore, the appearance when the player visually recognizes the large wave member 201 from the oblique front side can be improved, and the rear edge portion 322e suppresses light emission from the vortex portions 511 and 512, and the vortex portion 511. , 512 can be the main decoration. Further, since the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 are configured by the same structure as the large wave member 201, the decorative members 227, 228, and 303 are further layered by the rear edge portions 412e and 432e of the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203. Can brighten up.

  The medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 arranged at positions close to the player are configured by a link mechanism with a link member 452 interposed therebetween. For this reason, the player can visually recognize smooth movement while suppressing backlash due to backlash when the movement is started or when the movement direction is reversed. On the other hand, since the large wave member 201 provided on the back side is configured to move by the coupling of the gear, even if rattling occurs, it is provided at a position that is difficult for the player to visually recognize, while suppressing the concern. The front-rear dimension of the upper display unit 200 can be reduced by reducing the space in the front-rear direction.

  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 above embodiment, the wave members 201 to 203 are operated by the motors 302 and 402. However, the wave members 201 to 203 are not necessarily operated by the motors 302 and 402 described above. The wave members 201 to 203 may be operated by another power generator such as a solenoid. Further, the urging member for applying the urging force to the small wave member 203 is not necessarily constituted by the small wave urging member 405 described above, and may be constituted by an elastic body of another type such as a torsion spring or gravity. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which a urging force is applied to the small wave member 203 by gravity applied to the weight by connecting a weight using the thread to the tip side of a thread or the like arranged so as to extend in the urging direction.

  In the above-described embodiment, the wave members 201 to 203 that have been decorated with a wave-like decoration are configured to be movable as movement members. However, the decoration of the movement members is not limited to those that simulate waves, and other animals, etc. It may be a character imitating a character. In addition, the effect of producing light that fluctuates due to the inner ridges 322c and the numerous grooves 531 is such as a thin sheet-like material such as a character's clothes and flags that change in shape, grass in grassland, and underwater. It is preferable that the object whose surface shape is changed by the wind, such as seaweed, is used as a decoration object of the operation member because the effect can be sufficiently exhibited.

  In the above embodiment, all of the three types of wave members 201 to 203 are visible from the player in the normal state and the maximum movement state. However, in the normal state, the three types of wave members 201 to 203 are slot machines. 10 may be invisible from the front side, and may be visible by moving. For example, a wall portion is provided on the front side of the position in the normal state of the three types of wave members 201 to 203 so that the left and right side portions of the lower cover 224 of the upper display unit 200 extend upward. You may make it each wave member 201-203 become invisible.

  In the above embodiment, the wave members 201 to 203 are provided so as to move in the left-right direction. However, the moving direction is not limited to the left-right direction, and may be any one of up, down, diagonal, and front-rear directions. The support shaft may be formed in an arc shape or in a curved line so that the movement is not a linear movement but a curved movement. In addition, it is not always necessary to have a configuration that moves, and each wave member 201 to 203 is provided with a rotating shaft so that the wave member 201 to 203 is turned with a part as a fulcrum, for example, a lower part in a normal state as a fulcrum. 201 to 203 may be displaceable.

  The wavelet member 203 and the wavelet biasing member 405 are not necessarily visible to the player, and the wavelet member 203 may be formed in a smaller size, and may be a member for operating the wavelet member 202 quickly and efficiently. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the small wave member 203 is supported by the same front support shaft 401 as the medium wave member 202 and is configured to move together with the medium wave member 202 until the medium wave member 202 is moved. The medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 may be configured to perform different operations. For example, the small wave member 203 is supported on a shaft provided separately from the medium wave member 202, and the shaft is not parallel to the shaft that supports the medium wave member 202, and is formed to extend obliquely in a front view of the slot machine 10. Alternatively, a portion refracting in a bellows shape may be provided in the middle so that the small wave member 203 moves while swinging up and down. In addition to making the movement trajectory different between the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203, instead of changing the movement trajectory, or in addition to making the movement trajectory different, The engagement portion with the small wave member 203 may be different from that of the above embodiment, and the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 may perform different operations.

  For example, between the front end side surface 443a in the moving direction of the small wave member 203 that is an engagement portion between the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 and the inner surface 423a of the wall portion on the front end side in the moving direction in the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202. Further, the medium wave member 202 and the small wave member 203 may be configured to perform different operations by setting them apart from each other and disposing an elastic body therebetween. In this case, the elastic body constituted by a coil spring or the like is an elastic body having a length of, for example, about 2 cm and extending completely, and the elastic coefficient of the elastic body is higher than the elastic coefficient of the small wave biasing member 405. That is, the reaction force is set to be larger than the small wave urging member 405 with respect to the deformation amount, and the elastic body and the small wave urging member 405 are both contracted in the normal state, and the reaction force of the elastic body is further reduced. By setting the lengths of the insertion portions 423 and 443 of the wave members 202 and 203 so that the wave wave member 203 is higher than the wave wave urging member 405, the wavelet member 203 is simply extended when the medium wave member 202 starts to move. The small wave member 203 can start moving after the medium wave member 202 starts moving. Alternatively, not only the medium wave member 202 but also the small wave member 203 may be configured to move in different modes by providing another member connected to the front arm 453 or to the front arm 453.

  In the above embodiment, the through-hole into which the vortex LED 521 in the large wave diffusion member 323 enters is formed in a plane perpendicular to the irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521, but it is not always necessary to have a planar shape, You may form in the shape, for example, the cylindrical shape or curvilinear shape which becomes the vortex LED521 side inside. Further, the irradiation direction of the vortex LED 521 and the peripheral irradiation LED 523 does not necessarily need to be completely parallel to the large wave light emitting substrate 324, and is on the direction side inclined with respect to the plate surface of the large wave light emitting substrate 324, and the large wave light emitting substrate 324. May be arranged in the direction in which light is irradiated also on the side parallel to the direction.

  In the above embodiment, the inclined surface 533 constituting the groove 531 of the large wave diffusing member 323 has a straight cross-section passing through the vortex LED and 45 degrees with respect to the light irradiation direction, as shown in FIG. Although it is set to be inclined, it is not necessarily required to have the above-described shape, and other angles may be set as long as the light reflected from the inclined surface 533 is irradiated on the front surface side of the large wave diffusion member 323. In addition, the inclined surface 533 does not necessarily have a shape in which the cross section is a straight line, and may have a shape in which the cross section of the inclined surface 533 is a curve. The cross-sectional shape passing through the vortex LED 521 shown in FIG. 23 (b) may be an arc-shaped or curved cross-sectional shape in which the central portion of the inclined surface is greatly depressed. Light can be diffused in the width to provide uniform light emission over a wide range. Conversely, the central portion of the inclined surface may be formed in a convex shape that swells toward the large wave light emitting substrate 324. In this case, the light transmitted to the front side is condensed and irradiated to the front side. As a result, it is possible to provide a decoration in which the arcs along the numerous grooves 531 are narrow and strong. Further, the surface of the large wave diffusing member 323 where the groove 531 is formed is not the groove 531 but extends on the both sides of the ridge that extends in an arc shape centering on the vortex LED 521 and the cross section protrudes toward the large wave light emitting substrate 324. An inclined surface and a vertical surface may be formed to irradiate light to the front side. The fan-shaped groove group 532 is not necessarily provided adjacent to the fan-shaped groove group 532, and may be formed by providing a gap with respect to the adjacent fan-shaped groove group 532. In this case, the width of the gap is equal to one groove 531. In order to improve the appearance, it is preferable that the width is substantially equal or less.

  In the above embodiment, the rear protruding wall portion 322d and the rear edge 322e are provided integrally with the large wave transparent cover 322, but it is not always necessary to provide them integrally with the large wave transparent cover 322. It may be a member different from 322 or may be provided integrally with the large wave diffusion member 323.

  In the above embodiment, the upper display unit 200 having three types of wave members 201 to 203 is provided in the slot machine 10, but a display unit having three types of wave members 201 to 203 may be provided in the pachinko gaming machine. For example, the display unit 111 may be attached to the front side of a display device such as a liquid crystal display device that displays a pattern, and the three types of wave members 201 to 203 may be operated as an effect suggesting a big hit expectation. In addition, as a pachinko gaming machine, a plurality of types of jackpots are set, and if a part of the jackpot is won, the upper display unit 200 is provided in the pachinko machine having a probability variation function that the jackpot probability is high until the next jackpot, Three types of wave members 201 to 203 may be operated as an effect suggesting the degree of expectation corresponding to the jackpot type.

  Unlike the embodiment described above, the present invention may be implemented in a pachinko machine or the like. 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, it may be implemented as various gaming machines such as arranged ball pachinko machines, sparrow balls, so-called pachinko machines and slot machines, or as slot machines. good.

  As a display mode of a lottery result in a game, information (identification information) corresponding to a lottery result that is stopped and displayed after a start condition is established and a change is started is similar to the slot machine 10 described above by a motor or the like. It may be identification information configured by combining one or a plurality of symbols attached to a structure in which a plurality of symbols are displayed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reel, and one symbol or pattern displayed on the liquid crystal display device. Alternatively, the information may be a combination of a plurality of information, or information based on a light emission mode of a single or a plurality of light emitters that allows the player to identify whether or not it is appropriate depending on a light emission mode of a symbol display device including a single or a plurality of light emitters. There may be.

  As a specific example of a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are merged, variable display means for confirming and displaying a symbol row after a symbol row composed of a plurality of symbols is provided, and a ball launching handle is provided. There is no one. In this case, after inserting a predetermined amount of game balls based on a predetermined operation (button operation), for example, the variation of the symbol is started due to the operation of the operation lever, for example, due to the operation of the stop button, or the predetermined amount With the passage of time, the fluctuation of the symbol is stopped, and a jackpot state advantageous to the player is generated on the condition that the confirmed symbol at the time of stoppage is a so-called jackpot symbol. A lot of balls are paid out.

  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.

<Feature A group>
In a conventional slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to the lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that makes the player expect a lottery result is performed. As a part of this production, there is a known model in which an operation member that is operated by a motor or the like is arranged at a position that can be visually recognized by the player, and the operation of this operation member is added to the production. By doing so, an effect that surprises the player and raises a sense of expectation for the subsequent result is performed (see, for example, JP-A-2008-173166).

  However, there is a problem that as the operating member becomes larger and the weight increases, and as the operation member is operated more quickly, a high-performance power generator is required and the cost of parts increases.

<Feature A1>
In the gaming machine (slot machine 10) in which the gaming value is given to the player when the identification information that starts changing when the start condition is satisfied stops in a predetermined manner,
Drive means (front motor 402);
A first operating member (medium wave) that is partly visible by the player and is displaceable between a first state and a second state after being displaced by the driving force of the driving means with respect to the first state. Member 202);
In a part of the process of switching between the first state and the second state, and in a predetermined first process including at least the first state, the first operation member is engaged with the first operation member. A second motion member (small wave member 203) that can be interlocked with the member;
When the first operating member is engaged with the second operating member and the first operating member is displaced from the first state to the second state, a biasing force toward the displacing direction of the second operating member is applied to the second operating member. And a biasing means (small wave biasing member 405) for imparting a biasing force toward the direction of displacement of the first motion member to the first motion member in the first process through the second motion member. ) And
The first operating member may be in the first state before the start condition is satisfied, and may be in the second state in a game cycle in which the start condition is satisfied. In the first process, the driving means The urging means is displaced by a driving force obtained by applying at least the urging force of the urging means to the driving force of the urging means, and the urging means with respect to the driving force of the driving means in a predetermined second process after the first process. A gaming machine characterized by being displaceable by a driving force to which no urging force is applied.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of operating the operating member efficiently. That is, in the first process corresponding to the start stage of the displacement operation, the driving force of the first operation member is increased by the urging means. For this reason, in the operation start stage in which a large force is required at the time of displacement, the first operating member is quickly displaced while suppressing the driving force necessary for the operation by adding the urging force by the urging means. Therefore, the first operation member, which is heavy, can be displaced in the second state in a short time, and the player can be surprised at low cost.

  On the other hand, in the second process, the first operating member can be displaced without applying the biasing force of the biasing means. For this reason, when the first operating member returns from the second state to the original first state, the first operating member starts to be displaced in the second state where the urging force of the urging means is not applied. The first motion member can be engaged with the second motion member during the displacement operation of the first motion member, and the first motion member and the second motion member can be displaced together in a section corresponding to the first process. Therefore, the influence of the urging force of the urging means is eliminated at the start of displacement at the time of return of the first operation member, and the urging force of the urging means is set higher while suppressing the driving force necessary for the return operation. A quick displacement operation of the member can be realized efficiently.

  Furthermore, since the quick displacement operation is efficiently realized, the output of the drive means can be reduced, so that the drive means and the member that transmits the force related to the drive means can be formed in a small size, and the arrangement area of the operation members It is possible to provide a gaming machine with a high decoration effect by expanding the movable area.

<Feature A2>
A support means (front support shaft 401) that supports the first operation member and the second operation member so that the first operation member and the second operation member can be displaced in the same direction during the displacement operation from the first state to the second state;
The urging force of the urging means is transmitted to the second operating member by a first engagement portion (movable side engagement portion 431a of the small wave member 203) provided on one side with respect to the support means, and the one side and Is transmitted to the first operating member by the second engaging portion (the shaft portion 416a of the medium wave member 202) provided on the opposite side,
The first operating member and the second operating member are directly or indirectly engaged to transmit a driving force along the displacement operation direction (the moving direction of the insertion portion 443 of the small wave member 203). A distal end side surface 443a, and an inner surface 423a of the wall portion on the distal end side in the moving direction of the insertion portion 423 of the medium wave member 202, and the third engagement portion is connected to the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. On the other hand, the gaming machine according to feature A1, wherein the gaming machine is provided in the vicinity of the support means.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A2, since the first operation member and the second operation member are supported by the common support means, the operation mechanism of the first operation member and the second operation member is configured to be small. Can do. Further, since the urging force of the urging means and the driving force of the driving means are added by the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion provided on both sides of the supporting means, the force transmitting force to the supporting means. The joint members and the constituent members of the operation mechanism can be disposed close to each other, and the operation mechanism can be further reduced in size. Further, since the third engaging portion with which both the operating members engage is provided close to the supporting means with respect to the other engaging portions, the impact force during the return operation of the first operating member is separated from the supporting means. It is possible to prevent breakage due to being applied to a location, and to increase the degree of freedom of design for providing decoration and other functions of the motion member without the need to provide engaging portions for both motion members at different locations.

<Feature A3>
The second motion member has a supported portion (insertion portion 443 of the small wave member 203) supported by the support means, and a part of the second motion member is provided so as to be visually recognized by the player, and more than the first motion member. It is small and has a small displacement operating range.
The first operating member is supported by the support means on both sides of the distal end side and the proximal end side in the displacement direction with respect to the supported portion, and the supported portion is disposed between the both sides. A gaming machine according to feature A1 or A2, characterized in that

  According to the gaming machine described in feature A3, since the support portion of the first motion member is provided apart from the supported portion where the second motion member is supported, the first motion member larger than the second motion member is provided. The displacement operation can be stably performed, and the supporting portions of the first operation member and the second operation member can be formed in a small size.

<Feature A4>
As a member that transmits the driving force of the driving means to the first operating member,
A rotation member (crank member 451) having a first transmission portion (link attachment portion 464) spaced from the rotation shaft, and rotating about the rotation shaft;
A connecting member (link member 452) that is rotatably connected to the first transmission portion of the rotating member and transmits a driving force to a second transmitting portion (shaft hole 472) provided on the other end side;
It is connected to the second transmission part of the connecting member and a part of the first operation member, is swingable about a rotation axis, and is separated from the second transmission part with respect to the rotation axis. A swinging member (front arm 453) provided with an engaging portion that engages with the first operating member,
The connecting member is disposed along a displacement operation direction in the first operation member and the second operation member,
In the first state, the second transmission portion is located on the distal end side in the displacement operation direction with respect to the rotation axis, and the second transmission portion is located on the proximal side in the displacement operation direction. The first transmission unit is positioned, and in the second state, the rotation is controlled so that the first transmission unit is positioned in a direction perpendicular to the displacement operation direction with respect to the rotation axis. A gaming machine according to features A1 to A3.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A4, the driving force toward the displacement operation direction side of the first operating member acts largely on the rotational force of the rotating member in the first process including the first state, and thereafter While the driving force toward the displacement operation direction is reduced, the amount of displacement is increased and a high-speed displacement operation becomes possible. In the first process, the first operating member can be displaced at a high speed corresponding to a driving force larger than the rotational force of the rotating member by the biasing force of the biasing means. The high-speed displacement operation of the operation member can be easily continued by increasing the displacement amount of the rotation member toward the displacement operation direction. In the initial stage of returning from the second state, there is no loss due to the urging force of the urging means with respect to the turning force of the rotating member, so the driving force for the turning force of the turning member is low. Also, the return operation of the first operating member can be easily started. Therefore, the power of the power generating means for generating the rotational power can be efficiently converted into the driving force, and a high-speed displacement operation from the first state to the second state can be realized while suppressing the component cost.

  In the gaming machine described in the feature A4 that is subordinate to the feature A2, the connecting member and the supporting unit may be arranged so as to overlap each other when the rotating member is viewed in the rotational axis direction. It can be configured in a small size.

<Feature B group>
In a conventional slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to the lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that causes the player to expect the lottery result is performed (see, for example, JP-A-2008-173166).

  However, there is a limit to the space in which the decoration device that performs the effect of expecting the lottery result is limited, and there is a problem that it is difficult to apply a good-looking decoration in the limited space.

<Feature B1>
A plate-like light emitting substrate (large wave light emitting substrate 324) on which electronic components are mounted;
Side light emitting means (vortex LED 521) provided on one surface side of the light emitting substrate and arranged in a direction to irradiate light toward a side parallel to the plate surface of the light emitting substrate;
The light emitting substrate is formed in a plate shape that overlaps the one surface side of the light emitting substrate, and has a hole portion through which the side light emitting means can enter. The light of the side light emitting means is directed to the front side opposite to the light emitting substrate side. A light-transmitting light guide member (a large wave diffusion member 323) that guides light,
The surface of the light guide member on the light emitting substrate side has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape along a curve (or arc) in which the front end side in the irradiation direction of the side light emitting means is convex in a direction perpendicular to the surface. A plurality of curved portions (fan-shaped groove group 532) formed so that the curvature gradually increases as the groove portion (groove 531) or the protruding portion is separated from the side light emitting unit, are provided.
The curved portion includes at least a light emitting unit side surface (vertical surface 534) facing the side light emitting unit side, and at least a side away from or near the side light emitting unit with respect to the light emitting unit side surface. A portion located on one side and close to the light emitting substrate is located on the side light emitting means side, and has an inclined surface (inclined surface 533) that is separated from the light emitting substrate as it is separated from the issuing substrate, The groove portion or the ridge portion is formed by combining at least a light emitting means side surface and an inclined surface,
The light emitting substrate is provided with a plurality of side light emitting means, and the light guide member is provided with a plurality of curved portions corresponding to the plurality of side light emitting means adjacent to each other. A featured gaming machine.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine having a light emitting structure that can suitably realize a wide range of light emission with a small thickness as decoration by light emission using the light emitting means. That is, light is emitted to the front side of the light guide member by the light emitting substrate and the light guide member, and the light guide member is provided with holes through which the side light emitting means can enter. The light emitting structure toward the front side can be configured with a thin thickness (thin thickness). Moreover, the light irradiated to the front side is comprised by what the light irradiated toward the side parallel to the plate | board surface of a light emission board | substrate from a side light emission means is reflected to the front side by an inclined surface. For this reason, the light emission to the front side becomes indirect, and only the periphery of the light emitting means does not emit light strongly, and decoration by light emission diffused over a wide range can be realized by a thin light emitting structure. In addition, since a plurality of curved portions are provided adjacent to each other, a wide range of surface decoration can be provided by a thin light emitting structure.

  Here, the “hole” in the feature B1 does not necessarily have to be a through hole, and may be formed by a non-through hole formed by recessing the light emitting substrate side surface of the light guide member.

  In addition, in the gaming machine described in the feature B1 subordinate to the gaming machine described in the feature A group, the combination of the light emitting substrate and the light guide member described in the feature B1 with respect to both the first operating member and the second operating member. May be provided so as to overlap each other in the first state, and a plurality of operating members can be arranged in a small size, and it is easy to reduce the weight with the downsizing of the operating members, and quickly moves to the second state. An operable operating member can be realized.

<Feature B2>
The light emitting substrate includes one side light emitting means and a groove portion of a curved portion corresponding to the one side light emitting means at a position spaced from the one side light emitting means in the irradiation direction front end side. Or, in the same direction as the one side light emitting means, at a position spaced apart by a predetermined number of grooves or protrusions having a small curvature on the side close to the one side light emitting means among the protrusions. A plurality of combinations with the side light emitting means on the front end side that irradiates light toward the side are provided,
In the front view of the light guide member, the side light emitting means and a predetermined number or more of grooves or protrusions in a curved portion corresponding to the side light emitting means are provided alternately and continuously. A gaming machine according to Feature B1.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B2, since the side light emitting means and the predetermined number or more of the groove portions or the ridge portions are alternately provided in the curved portion, the decorative portion having a shape extending long with a certain width or more. On the other hand, it is possible to emit light by diffusing light by a thin light emitting structure.

<Feature B3>
As the front side light emitting means, when viewed from the front of the light guide member, it rotates clockwise or counterclockwise by a predetermined angle or more at a position spaced from the one side light emitting means toward the front side in the irradiation direction. A plurality of side light emitting means arranged to face the arranged direction side are arranged in series, and the side light emitting means and the side light emitting means are arranged along a spiral or arcuate locus in which the curvature gradually decreases or increases. The gaming machine according to Feature B2, wherein the corresponding curved portions are provided alternately and continuously.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B3, light can be emitted while diffusing light by a thin light emitting structure as a decoration that emits light in a vortex or arc shape, and a continuous small arc in each curved portion has a large vortex shape. Or the decoration by the light which continues in an arc shape can be implement | achieved by the thin light emission structure.

<Feature B4>
A plurality of operation members (a large wave member 201, a medium wave member 202, and a small wave member 203) provided with the light guide member and the light emitting substrate and capable of being displaced along the plate surface of the light emitting substrate are provided.
The plurality of operation members are arranged so that the front side of the light guide member faces the same direction side in at least a part of the displacement operation range, and follow the spiral or arcuate locus of each operation member. The gaming machine according to Feature B3, wherein a combination of a plurality of curved portions is in a visible state.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B4, it is possible to emit light while diffusing light by a thin light emitting structure as a decoration that emits light in a spiral shape or arc shape, and furthermore, a plurality of light emitting portions can emit light side by side. Thus, the displacement operation is enabled, so that a decoration in which a small continuous arc in each curved portion is displaced in a large vortex or arc shape can be realized by a thin light emitting structure. Further, since the operating member can be formed with a thin light emitting structure, it is easy to make the operating member lightweight, and it is possible to realize a decoration that can be displaced at high speed while suppressing the component cost and that has a high decorative effect.

  In the feature B4, when three or more operation members are provided as the plurality of operation members and three or more combinations of the plurality of curved portions are in a state where they can be viewed side by side, the spiral or arcuate locus is used. Between a combination of two curved parts set in the same rotation direction, and a combination of the curved parts set with the spiral or arcuate trajectory in the direction opposite to the rotation direction is visible. The decoration effect can be enhanced by making the appearance of the decoration by light emission accompanied by the displacement operation of the operation member various.

<Feature B5>
A cover member (a large wave transparent cover 322) having transparency that overlaps the front surface side opposite to the light emitting substrate with respect to the light guide member;
The surface of the cover member on the light guide member side has a plurality of grooves or ridges that are smaller than a certain angle with respect to the grooves or ridges constituting the curved portion in the front view of the light guide member. The gaming machine according to any of features B1 to B4, wherein an inner surface undulating portion (inner surface protrusion 322c) formed to extend in a direction intersecting at an angle is provided.

  According to the feature B5, the light emitted from the light guide member to the front side can be visually recognized by the player through the cover member as having a different appearance due to the undulation of the inner surface undulation portion of the cover member. Since this inner surface undulation portion intersects the groove portion or the ridge portion constituting the curved portion at a small angle, the inner surface undulation portion 1 in the curved portion extends over a long range along the longitudinal direction of the groove portion or the ridge portion of the inner surface undulation portion. The light of the groove part or the protrusion part is irradiated. For this reason, the light that has passed through the cover member is output as light whose outline blurs and fluctuates, and it is possible to realize the effect of light in a soft atmosphere.

<Feature B6>
A front and rear light guide portion that is provided on the peripheral side of the light guide member and the light emitting substrate and has a light transmitting property in a shape extending from the peripheral side portion of the light guide member to the back surface side opposite to the one surface of the light emitting substrate. (Rear protruding wall portion 322d),
The front and rear light guides have a shape extending from the rear side end of the light emitting substrate to the outer side opposite to the light emitting substrate and have a thickness in the front and rear direction of the light guide member, and the outer side end. An outer edge light emitting means comprising a translucent outer protruding edge (rear edge 322e) that irradiates the front side with light;
A covering member that overlaps the outer surface side of a part of the front and rear light guide part and the outer projecting edge part of the outer edge light emitting means, and the front and rear light transmitting part and the outer edge projecting edge side surface are reflecting surfaces that reflect light ( A gaming machine according to features B1 to B5, characterized in that it includes a large wave front cover 321).

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature B6, the side light emitting means provided on the light emitting substrate irradiates light toward the outer edge of the light guide member, and the light reaching the outer edge is irradiated to the rear surface of the light emitting substrate by the front and rear light guides. The light is guided to the side, and light is irradiated to the front side at the end of the outer protruding edge. By sufficiently setting the thickness of the plate-like portion with respect to the depth of the groove portion or the height of the ridge portion of the light guide member, the light of the side light emitter is guided to the front side in the irradiation direction of the side light emitter. It is easy to reach the outer edge side of the light guide, and light is easily irradiated to the outer edge side of the light guide member through a gap between the light emitting substrate and the light guide member. By emitting light at the end of the outer projecting edge located at, decoration by light emission that borders the outer edge of the light emitting substrate can be realized at low cost without providing dedicated light emitting means. In addition, light is reflected by the reflective surface of the covering member toward the front and rear light guide portions and the outer protruding edge portion, so that the amount of light guided to the outer protruding edge side can be increased.

<Feature C group>
In a conventional slot machine, various lotteries such as a lottery of a winning combination by performing a start operation are performed by a control device, and a stop symbol corresponding to the lottery result is stopped. And since the privilege according to this stop symbol is given to a player, a player will play a game in anticipation of a high-value lottery result. Between the start operation and the symbol stop, the area around the reel emits light in a color according to the lottery result, or a pattern corresponding to the content of the stop symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. An effect that causes the player to expect the lottery result is performed (see, for example, JP-A-2008-173166).

  However, there is a problem that the cost of the gaming machine increases if the decoration of the gaming machine is added as an effect that expects a lottery result.

<Feature C1>
It has a decorative portion that can be visually recognized by a player, and is displaceable between a first state that is arranged on the end side of the storage area that houses the decorative portion, and a second state that moves to the center side of the storage region. An operation member (medium wave member 202) provided so that the player can visually recognize the decoration portion in the first state and the second state;
A board (medium-wave light emitting board 414) provided on the operating member, the front side facing the player side and the back side facing the opposite side of the player;
First light emitting means (peripheral illumination LED 523) provided on the back surface side of the substrate and having light emitting means capable of irradiating light on the end side of the housing area in the second state and located on the side located in the first state. ).

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C1, it is possible to apply a good-looking decoration while suppressing an increase in cost. In other words, the decorative portion is visible in the first state and the second state, and even if the portion where the decorative portion is present due to the movement of the decorative portion with respect to the first state becomes a hollow, it becomes the hollow. It is possible to irradiate light to the space portion by the light emitting means. That is, when the operating member is in the second state and is separated from the inner surface portion of the accommodation region, the inner surface portion of the accommodation region can be caused to emit light by irradiation with light from the separated position. Therefore, in the first state, the inner surface portion that forms the housing region that is not noticeable even if it emits light is not provided with light emitting means, and the inner surface portion of the housing region can be caused to emit light by irradiation with light from the operating member side. The decoration by light emission on the inner surface of the area can be realized at low cost, and the accommodation area can be expanded, so that the decoration member provided in the area can be enlarged and the side light emitting means can be separated from the decoration member. Uniform light emission over a wide range by emitting light can be realized with a small number of light emitting means.

<Feature C2>
It has a decorative portion that can be visually recognized by a player, and is displaceable between a first state that is arranged on the end side of the storage area that houses the decorative portion, and a second state that moves to the center side of the storage region. A plurality of operating members (medium wave member 202, small wave member 203) provided so that the player can visually recognize the decorative portion in the first state and the second state;
A motion member in which a plurality of motion members arranged in the front and rear in the first state is provided with at least one motion member on the rear side, and the movement direction base end to the second state as the second state A board that is provided on a front operation member that can be arranged at a position where a part of the side does not overlap with a rear operation member, and that the front side faces the player side and the back side faces the opposite side of the player ( Small wave light emitting substrate 434),
Second light emitting means (rear-irradiation LED 524) that is provided on a part of the rear surface side of the substrate and on the proximal end side in the moving direction of the front operation member and irradiates light toward a rear side substantially perpendicular to the substrate. ).

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C2, it is possible to apply a good-looking decoration while suppressing an increase in cost. That is, the front operating member is disposed at a position farther from the rear inner surface of the rear operating member in the accommodation region than the rear operating member, so that the second operating unit is closer to the irradiation direction side. Even if a diffusing member is not provided, light can be irradiated over a wide range by the second light emitting means. Further, in the second state, the front operation member moves to the center side of the accommodation area from the first state, and light can be irradiated to the rear side by the second light emitting means after the movement. Therefore, the light emitted toward the rear side can be used as the light emitted from a position close to the player's line of sight, reducing the problem of shadows caused by the deviation between the irradiation direction and the player's line of sight. can do.

<Feature C3>
It has a decorative portion that can be visually recognized by a player, and is displaceable between a first state that is arranged on the end side of the storage area that houses the decorative portion, and a second state that moves to the center side of the storage region. A plurality of operating members (medium wave member 202, small wave member 203) provided so that the player can visually recognize the decorative portion in the first state and the second state;
A motion member in which a plurality of motion members arranged in the front and rear in the first state is provided with at least one motion member on the rear side, and the movement direction base end to the second state as the second state A front board that is provided on a front operation member that can be arranged at a position where a part of the side does not overlap with a rear operation member, and that the front side faces the player side and the back side faces the opposite side of the player (Small wave light emitting substrate 434);
A rear substrate (medium-wave light emitting substrate 414) provided on the operating member on the rear side, the front side facing the player side and the back side facing the opposite side of the player;
First light emitting means (periphery) provided on the back surface side of the rear substrate and having light emitting means capable of irradiating light on the end side of the housing area in the second state and located on the side located in the first state Irradiation LED 523) and a second surface that is provided on the back surface side of the front substrate and on a part of the front operation member in the movement direction base end side, and irradiates light toward a rear side substantially perpendicular to the front substrate. A gaming machine comprising light emitting means (back-illuminated LED 524).

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature C3, in addition to the effects achieved by the gaming machine described in the features C1 and C2, light irradiation over a wide range of the storage area can be realized without providing a light emitting unit on the storage area side. It is possible to increase the size of the housing area and the members disposed in the housing area at low cost.

  In addition, in the case of the gaming machine described in the feature C3 having the configuration of the gaming machine described in the feature A group, even if the operation member is increased in size because the quick displacement operation can be efficiently performed, the increase in the size of the operation member is possible. Accordingly, the decoration on the inner surface of the expanded accommodation space can be made low-cost and attractive.

  In addition, in the case of the gaming machine described in the feature C3 having the configuration of the gaming machine described in the feature B group, a light-emitting substrate and a light guide member are configured by a thin thickness operation member, and a wide range of planar shapes The decoration of the inner space of the accommodation space that accommodates the operation member can be increased even if the operation member becomes larger and the planar decoration is visible to the player in both the first state and the second state. Can be low cost and good looking.

  Note that any one of the features described in the features A1 to A4, the features B1 to B6, and the features C1 to C3 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: operation means operated by a player, game ball launching means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operation means, a ball path for guiding the launched game ball to a predetermined game area, and a game A gaming machine that includes each gaming component arranged in an area, and gives a bonus to a player when a gaming ball passes through a predetermined passing portion of each gaming component.

  A spinning machine such as a slot machine: the rotation of the circulating body is started based on the operation of the start operation means, the rotation of the circulating body is stopped based on the operation of the stop operation means, and the player is made according to the pattern after the stop. A gaming machine that grants bonuses.

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

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Slot machine, 201 ... Large wave member, 202 ... Medium wave member, 203 ... Small wave member, 321 ... Large wave front cover, 322d ... Rear side protruding wall part, 322e ... Rear side edge part, 323 ... Large wave diffusion member, 324 ... Large wave light emitting substrate, 401 ... front support shaft, 402 ... front motor, 405 ... small wave urging member, 414 ... medium wave light emitting substrate, 416a ... shaft portion, 423a ... inner surface, 431a ... movable side engaging portion, 434 ... small wave light emission Substrate, 443 ... insertion portion, 443a ... side surface in the moving direction, 451 ... crank member, 452 ... link member, 453 ... front arm, 464 ... link mounting portion, 471, 472 ... shaft hole, 521 ... vortex LED, 523 ... peripheral Irradiation LED, 524 ... Back irradiation LED, 531 ... Groove, 532 ... Fan groove group, 533 ... Inclined surface, 534 ... Vertical surface

However, when a decorative part is added to a gaming machine as an effect that expects a lottery result, there is a problem that the cost of the gaming machine increases .

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of giving a good-looking decoration while suppressing an increase in cost .

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1
It has a decorative portion that can be visually recognized by a player, and is displaceable between a first state that is arranged on the end side of the storage area that houses the decorative portion, and a second state that moves to the center side of the storage region. In the second state, the player is provided with an operation member provided so that the player can visually recognize the decorative portion,
The operation member is provided with a first light emitting means capable of irradiating light to a predetermined decorative portion provided on the end side of the accommodation area on the side located in the first state in the second state. It is characterized by that.
The invention according to claim 2
It has a decorative portion that can be visually recognized by a player, and is displaceable between a first state that is arranged on the end side of the storage area that houses the decorative portion, and a second state that moves to the center side of the storage region. A plurality of operation members provided so that the player can visually recognize the decorative portion in the second state,
As one of the plurality of operation members, at least one or more operation members are provided on the rear side, and a front operation member that can be arranged at a position that does not overlap the rear operation member as the second state is provided,
The front operating member is provided with second light emitting means capable of irradiating light to a predetermined decorative portion located on the rear side in the second state.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of giving a good-looking decoration while suppressing an increase in cost .

Claims (2)

In a gaming machine in which a game value is given to a player when identification information that starts changing when a start condition is satisfied stops in a predetermined manner,
Driving means;
A first operating member that is partly visible by the player and is displaceable between a first state and a second state after being displaced by the driving force of the driving means with respect to the first state;
In a part of the process of switching between the first state and the second state, and in a predetermined first process including at least the first state, the first operation member is engaged with the first operation member. A second motion member that can be linked to the member;
When the first operating member is engaged with the second operating member and the first operating member is displaced from the first state to the second state, a biasing force toward the displacing direction of the second operating member is applied to the second operating member. And a biasing means for imparting a biasing force toward the direction of displacement of the first motion member to the first motion member in the first step via the second motion member,
The first operating member may be in the first state before the start condition is satisfied, and may be in the second state in a game cycle in which the start condition is satisfied. In the first process, the driving means The urging means is displaced by a driving force obtained by applying at least the urging force of the urging means to the driving force of the urging means, and the urging means with respect to the driving force of the driving means in a predetermined second step after the first step It can be displaced by the driving force that cannot be applied,
As control for returning to the first state after the first operating member is switched from the first state to the second state, the displacement to the second state is stopped in the first step, and then the first A gaming machine comprising control means for performing control to return to the first state after the operating member is displaced to a position corresponding to the second process.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko gaming machine or a revolving gaming machine such as a slot machine.

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