JP3126771B2 - Symbol machine for slot machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a design belt which is wound around a driving rotator and a driven rotator, and the driving belt rotates by engaging the design belt with the symbol belt. The present invention relates to a symbol moving device of a driven slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The symbol moving device of a slot machine is described below.
Since the symbol belt is wound around the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body, when a fixed number of symbols are to be arranged side by side in the rotation direction, a cylindrical reel having the symbols arranged side by side in the circumferential direction. As compared with a symbol moving device for rotating a symbol, the thickness of the symbol moving device can be reduced and the overall thickness of the slot machine can be reduced, but conventionally, a flexible tape is connected by connecting an endless strip of flexible tape. A belt is formed, feed holes are formed at regular intervals along the left and right side edges of the symbol belt, and engaging pins that engage with these feed holes are provided on the driving rotating body, and the feed holes of the engaging pins are formed. A technique has been proposed in which the symbol belt is driven and rotated in synchronization with the rotation of the driving rotator by the rotation of engagement with the rotator (see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-50386).

[0003]

According to the prior art The present invention is to provide a, is composed of a flexible tape pattern belt is flexible
When the design belt is wound around the rotating body,
And this flexible tape is liable to break or wrinkle,
If such a habit or wrinkles occur, the design of the design belt
The display function is degraded. And the left of the flexible tape
Since a number of feed holes are formed along the right side edges ,
The peripheral edge of each feed hole is easily damaged early by repeated engagement and disengagement with the engagement pin, and thus has a disadvantage of lacking durability. Also,
As a method for solving the drawbacks in the durability surfaces such as, for example, FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 7, is reinforced by the reinforcing member 02 separately attached rigid peripheral edge of the feed holes 01, symbol belt 0
While it is conceivable to prevent the breakage of the feed hole 01 early while securing the flexibility of No. 3 , a large number of feed holes
Dedicated hard reinforcing member 0 for reinforcing the periphery of the through hole 01
2 is required, and each hard reinforcing member 02 has a feed hole 01
, The symbol display area of the symbol belt 03
There is a problem that the symbol display function is reduced due to the decrease. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and the design belt is designed to be rough by devising a design display structure of the design belt.
Demonstrate the desired design display function even when handling
And use the configuration for that
It is an object of the present invention to provide a symbol moving device of a slot machine which can improve durability while securing a pattern display area .

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a symbol moving device for a slot machine, wherein the symbol belt moves a plurality of rigid symbol display plates along a rotating direction. To be able to relatively tilt in the thickness direction.
The rigid figure is formed between adjacent rigid pattern display boards .
A part of the edge of the pattern display plate is provided on the drive rotating body.
When the engagement member is engaged with the engagement member,
The gap is formed , and the following operation and effect can be obtained from this configuration.

[0005]

[Function] A plurality of rigid design display boards can be relatively tilted in the thickness direction
By constructing the pattern belt linked to ability, while ensuring the flexibility required for the pattern belt, the rotating parts
When winding the pattern belt, etc.
Even when handled, wrinkles and kinks may occur on the rigid design display board itself.
There is no life. In addition, a part of the edge of the hard symbol display plate is used to engage with the engaging member of the driving rotating body.
There since have configured space, we engage reinforce the periphery of the space
However, it is possible to secure the expected design display area
You.

[0006]

Therefore, the design pattern can be obtained by using the hard design display board.
Design belt, so even if you handle the design belt roughly
The intended pattern display function can be reliably demonstrated,
Also use a part of the edge of the rigid design display board for that
Because it can reinforce the periphery of the meshing space,
Design belt durability while ensuring the expected design display area
Improvement can be achieved.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a symbol moving device which is installed in a cabinet of a slot machine in a set of three units. A driving frame 1 and a driven frame 2 are supported by a supporting frame. 3, a symbol belt 4 is wound around the driving rotator 1 and the driven rotator 2, and the symbol rotation of the driving rotator 1 with the symbol belt 4 causes the symbol belt to rotate. 4 is configured to be driven and rotated in synchronization with the rotation of the driving rotator 1. The driving rotator 1 is fixed to each of the left and right driving shafts 5 of the motor M, the driven rotator 2 is fixed to each of the left and right ends of the driven rotating shaft 6, and the motor M and the driven rotating shaft 6 are driven left and right. It is supported on a supporting frame 3 made of sheet metal and arranged between the rotating body 1 and the driven rotating body 2.

The support frame 3 is formed in a box shape by bending the plate material left and right and up and down, and a large diameter through hole 7a is formed in one of the left and right bent pieces 7 bent along the up and down direction. One side of the motor M is fitted and fixed with screws, and the bearing 6a of the driven rotary shaft 6 is inserted along the L-shaped notch 7b formed on the upper part of the left and right bent piece 7, and the bearing is inserted. The holding frame 6b holding the holding member 6a is locked to the upper end of the support frame 3 via a tension coil spring S, and is supported in a state where tension is applied to the symbol belt 4.
A connecting seat 8 for connecting the three symbol moving devices to the left and right is formed by bending the free end side of the left-right bent piece 7 and a series of connecting frames 9 having both ends fixed in the cabinet.
Is inserted into the inside of the symbol belt of each symbol moving device, and a projecting piece 9a connected to the upper edge of the coupling frame 9 is fitted into a through hole 8a formed in each coupling seat 8 to be screwed.

The symbol belt 4 is, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of symbol display boards 10 are connected along the rotation direction, and each symbol display board 10 is a series of connecting strips 1.
1 is fixedly adhered. The symbol display plate 10 is a hard transparent plate material (1 mm thick) made of polycarbonate resin or the like.
), And a rectangular plate portion 10 on which a pattern is printed.
A connecting tongue piece 10b is provided on both the left and right sides of "a" in the state of being located at the center in the vertical direction. The connection strip 11 is formed of a composite material in which a polyurethane resin is reinforced with fibers,
In a state where the tongue pieces 10b of the symbol display plate 10 are connected to the left and right connecting belt portions 11a to be bonded, a frame-like frame plate 11b to which the back surface of each rectangular plate portion 10a is bonded is formed by punching.

Then, the symbol display boards 10 are adhered to both side edges of the left and right connecting belt portion 11a, and
0 are connected along the rotation direction, and at the time of rotation along the driving rotator 1 and the driven rotator 2, the tongue piece 10b
Due to the bending deformation of the connecting belt portion 11a along the upper and lower edges of the drive rotator 1, the drive rotator 1 is connected so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. The edges of the connecting belt portion 11a are abutted against each other, and one side of the connecting belt portion 11a is connected thereto.
An endless belt-shaped design belt 4 is formed by heat-sealing a connecting plate 11c of the same quality as that of the connecting plate 11c, and one end of the connecting plate 11c is provided so as to protrude laterally beyond the connecting belt portion 11a. The portion is configured as a detected portion of a photo sensor (not shown) that detects the stop position of the symbol belt 4.

[0012] During the each other that adjacent of said symbol display panel 10, a state in which a part of the edge of the pattern display plate 10 is engaged with the engaging member 12 provided on the driving rotary member 1 and the driven rotary member 2
Thus, an engagement space A for engaging the engagement member 12 is formed. The engagement space A is defined by the rectangular plate portion 10a.
Side edge , upper and lower edge of tongue piece 10b and connecting belt portion 11a
Formed between the inner edges of the rectangular belt 10a, and the engaging members 12 of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 sandwich the left and right edges of the rectangular plate portion 10a to prevent the lateral movement of the symbol belt 4 at the time of driving rotation. I have. An engaging member 12 provided on the driving rotator 1 and the driven rotator 2 includes:
It is formed in an arc shape along the outer circumference of the rotating bodies 1 and 2, and the tongue piece 10 b of the symbol display plate 10 is configured to fit between the adjacent engaging members 12, and the outer side of the engaging member 12. A wrapping surface 13 around which the connecting belt portion 11a is wrapped is formed. A light projector (not shown) that projects light toward the front of the symbol moving device is provided on the inner peripheral surface side of the symbol belt 4, and the light of this light emitter is formed on the frame plate 11 b of the connecting strip 11. The design display plate 10 is transmitted through a certain punched hole 11d so that the design can be clearly recognized.

[Second Embodiment] FIGS. 4 and 5 show a connecting strip 1 as in the first embodiment.
Another embodiment is shown in which a design belt 4 is formed by connecting a plurality of hard resin design display plates 10 to each other so as to be freely swingable without using the design display 1. In each of the symbol display plates 10, a pair of swing shaft members 14 are integrally formed horizontally at one end in the vertical direction on the back side in a posture facing each other, and the swing shaft members 14 are formed on the other end in the vertical direction on the back side. The bearing portion 15 having the bearing hole 15a to be fitted therein is integrally formed. Then, the resilient shaft member 14 and / or the bearing portion 15 or both of them are elastically deformed, so that the revolving shaft member 14
0 is forcibly fitted into the bearing hole 15a to form an endless belt-shaped design belt 4. Between the adjacent design display plates 10, a design is provided.
In the state where a part of the edge of the display plate 10 is engaged with the engagement member 12 provided on the driving rotor 1 and the driven rotor 2,
An engagement space A for engaging the member 12 is formed. The tip of the swing shaft member 14 is formed in a hemispherical shape,
The design display plates 10 are designed to be easily attached to and detached from each other. The driving rotator 1 around which the symbol belt 4 is wound
The driven rotator 2 is formed in a polygonal column shape having one side equal to the vertical length of the symbol display plate 10, and an engaging member 12 that fits into the meshing space A of the symbol belt 4 is formed at a corner of the polygonal column. Then, the design belt 4 is wound around the flat surface 16 constituting each side of the polygonal pillar with the back surface of the design display plate 10 abutted. In the case of the present embodiment, if the resin molding accuracy of the symbol display plate 10 can be ensured, not only is there an advantage that the connection accuracy between the symbol display plates 10 can be easily ensured, but also the symbol display plate 1 can be secured.
There is also an advantage that when a part of the symbol display panel 10 is to be changed to another symbol display panel 10, the change operation can be easily performed. Other configurations are first
This is the same as the embodiment.

[Other Embodiments] a. The driven rotator around which the design belt is wound may be provided in sub-numbers along the rotation direction of the design belt. I. The number and arrangement of the driving rotator and the driven rotator in the symbol belt width direction are not particularly limited. C. The number of intermeshing spaces formed between the symbol display plates in the symbol belt width direction is not particularly limited, and may be formed at the left and right intermediate positions of the symbol display plate. D. In the first embodiment, the rectangular plate portion 1 of the symbol display plate 10
Even if the frame-like frame plate 11b to which 0a is adhered is omitted, the symbol belt 4 in a state where the two left and right coupling belt portions 11a are coupled via the symbol display plate 10 is configured and implemented.
good.

In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the accompanying drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken front view of a symbol moving device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the symbol moving device.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a design belt.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a design belt showing another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a symbol moving device showing another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a design belt showing a comparative example.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a main part of a design belt showing a comparative example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 drive rotating body 2 driven rotating body 4 symbol belt 10 symbol display plate 12 engaging member A meshing space

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A design belt (4) is wound around a driving rotator (1) and a driven rotator (2), and engagement of the driving rotator (1) with the symbol belt (4). In the symbol moving device of a slot machine in which the symbol belt (4) is driven and rotated by rotation, the symbol belt (4) moves a plurality of hard symbol display plates (10) in a thickness direction along a rotation direction. in it is configured relative tiltably connected, between adjacent the hard symbol display board (10), the end of the hard symbol display board (10)
In a state where a part of the edge is engaged with an engaging member (12) provided on the driving rotator (1),
A symbol moving device for a slot machine, wherein a meshing space (A) is formed.