JP3373812B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention illuminates a variable display section in which a plurality of display elements are variably displayed by driving a motor, and a display element which is arranged inside the variable display section and is visible to a player. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that includes a variable display device including an irradiation device and can generate a jackpot gaming state when a display result of the variable display portion is a combination of predetermined identification information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball display machine or a spinning barrel type game to which a variable display device having a variable display portion having a plurality of display elements (identification information such as numbers and symbols) formed on its surface is applied. Machines were offered on the market. Variable display section in these variable display devices (generally called a rotating drum)
In the above, the plurality of identification information formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof are printed or drawn with a color or a pattern, and the form of the identification information itself does not change.

[0003]

Therefore, even if the identification information is variably displayed, only the symbols or the like having predetermined colors are variably displayed, so that there is a problem that the game is bored by a long-term game. there were. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to change the identification information itself,
An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine provided with a variable display device that can attract the interest of the player to the variable display operation.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the invention of claim 1, a variable display portion in which a plurality of display elements are variably displayed by driving a motor, and the variable display portion. Equipped with a variable display device, which is arranged inside the, and irradiates a display element visible to the player, and when the display result of the variable display portion becomes predetermined identification information, the big hit game state is set. in the gaming machine that can be allowed to occur, the variable display device, the variable display
It is composed of multiple variable display parts that can be independently and variably displayed.
With the one when the plurality of variable display portions is stopped
Display element consisting of a pattern formed on the variable display part
The display element consisting of the color formed on the variable display part
The identification information for generating the big hit game state is formed by combining them, while a plurality of units including a variable display section including the motor and an irradiation device are housed and fixed in a box-shaped fixing frame, and the box-shaped fixation is performed. A circuit board to which wiring from the motor and the irradiation device is connected is attached to the frame.

[0005]

[Operation] When the variable display operation of the variable display section is stopped,
One piece of identification information is composed of a display element including a design and a display element including a color. Then, since various combinations occur in the form of the identification information due to the display element of the design and the display element of the color at the time of stop, the identification information having any color is formed unless the plurality of variable display sections are stopped. It is difficult to know whether or not there is a player, and the player's interest in the variable display operation is strongly attracted.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the variable display device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. In the present embodiment, a ball game machine (for example,
It is applied to a pachinko machine), and therefore,
As shown in FIG. 4, the variable display device 10 includes a large number of obstacle nails 3.
The figure shows a state in which is attached to a game board 1 of a ball game machine in which two glass plates 2 are arranged in front.

The variable display device 10, as shown in FIG.
A mounting decoration board 11 mounted on the front surface of the game board 1,
As shown in FIG. 4, it is composed of a drum storage box 15 which is attached to the rear surface side of the game board 1 and stores rotary drum mechanisms 16 and 17 described later. Therefore, first, in FIG.
The attachment decoration board 11 will be described with reference to the above. The attachment decoration board 11 has a winning opening 12 formed in the upper portion of the mounting decoration board 11, into which a hit ball falling on the surface of the game board 1 is placed, and below the winning opening 12. Numerical value display devices 13a and 13b for displaying numerical values related to the game contents of the gaming machine are provided. Numerical display 1
3a is composed of a 7-segment LED, and is designed to display, for example, the number of times the variable winning ball device (not shown) is opened during the big hit game state. Also, the numerical display 13b
Is composed of a plurality of LED lamps, and displays the number of times the variable display operation of the variable display device 10 is suspended, for example. Further, a rectangular see-through lens portion 14 is attached to substantially the center of the attachment / decorative substrate 11 so that a left drum mechanism 16, a digital display 18, and a right drum mechanism 17, which will be described later, can be seen through.

By the way, two identification information (hereinafter, referred to as a symbol) of each of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 can be seen through the see-through lens unit 14, and an intermediate position between the two symbols. Therefore, one symbol is displayed by the digital display 18 between the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17. Then, the left drum mechanism 16 and the digital display 1
8 and the combination of the symbols displayed on the right drum mechanism 17, when the symbol displayed on any one of the diagonal lines becomes a predetermined symbol combination, it is set to be in the jackpot gaming state. There is. For example, as shown in the drawing, when the numbers of the symbols of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 are the same, the jackpot game state is set.

Next, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the internal structure of the drum storage box 15 will be described. The drum storage box 15 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape with an open front surface, and the left drum mechanism is provided in the left space thereof. 16 is arranged, and the right drum mechanism 17 is arranged in the space on the right side thereof. In addition, the left drum mechanism 16
One digital display 18 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the right drum mechanism 17 and the right drum mechanism 17. Further, the printed wiring board 19 and the terminal board 2 are provided on the rear surface side of the drum storage box 15.
0 and are provided. On the printed wiring board 19, the stop position detectors 21 to 24 are arranged so as to face a part of outer peripheries of outer rotary drums 30 and 30a and inner rotary drums 31 and 31a of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17, which will be described later.
Is provided. The stop position detectors 21 to 24 are
Each of the rotating drums 30 is composed of a light detection type switch.
The number of steps of drive motors 33 and 37 (stepping motor), which will be described later, is reset by detecting a reflector (not shown) attached to a part of the outer periphery of 30a, 31, 31a, and then the rotation drum is stopped. It is designed to detect the position. Further, on the terminal board 20, the motor wiring 3 of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17, which will be described later, is provided.
5, 39, a connector group of the wiring 43 for the lamp, and a connector group (not shown) for collectively connecting the connector terminals of the wiring (not shown) of the digital display 18 are provided.

By the way, the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 are the outer rotary drum 3 as the first variable display portion.
0, 30a and the inner rotary drum 3 as the second variable display section
Two rotary drums 1 and 31a are configured to rotate concentrically. Since the configuration is almost the same, the detailed configuration of the one drum mechanism 16 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, the drum mechanism 16
Is a cylindrical outer rotating drum 30 and the outer rotating drum 30.
And an inner rotating drum 31 that is arranged concentrically.
The outer rotating drum 30 is fixed to a motor shaft 34 of a drive motor 33 (stepping motor) fixed to a motor mounting plate 32 which is positioned and mounted at a predetermined position of the drum housing box 15. In addition, the motor wiring 35 is pulled out from the drive motor 33 and the motor mounting plate 32 is
It extends from the rear end of the lower part to the rear.

The inner rotary drum 31 is fixed to a motor shaft 38 of a drive motor 37 (stepping motor) fixed to a motor mounting plate 36 which is positioned and mounted at a predetermined position of the drum housing box 15. ing. A motor wiring 39 is drawn from the drive motor 37 and extends rearward from the lower rear end of the motor mounting plate 36. Thus, the outer rotary drum 30 and the inner rotary drum 3
The drive motors 33 and 37 are different from the drive motor 1 in FIG. Further, an irradiation lamp device 40 is mounted in front of the motor mounting plate 36. The irradiation lamp device 40 has a structure in which the irradiation lamps 42a and 42b are housed in lamp housing chambers 41a and 41b whose front surface is open and which is divided into two upper and lower parts. Therefore, the lamps 42a and 42b are the same as the perspective lens unit 1 described above.
It is configured to illuminate the rear surface of the two patterns that can be seen through from 4 and is turned on when the variable display device 10 is variably displaying. The irradiation lamps 42a, 42a
In order to enhance the irradiation ability of 2b, the lamp housing chamber 41a,
The inner peripheral surface of 41b has a color (for example, white or a metallic luster color) that easily reflects light.
No. 1 is formed of a material having a transparent outer peripheral surface.

By the way, from the irradiation lamp device 40, the lamp wiring 43 is drawn out and extended rearward from the upper rear end of the motor mounting plate 36, but the mounting on the motor mounting plate 36 is performed by the rotary drums 30, 31. It has a structure that does not interfere with the rotation of the. That is, in the motor mounting plate 36, a recess 45 is pressed from a through hole 44 formed near the upper rear end toward the corner, and a locking hole 46 is formed in the recess 45. Then, the irradiation lamp device 40
The lamp wiring 43 extending from the first portion is passed through the through hole 44 and passed behind the motor mounting plate 36, and then the recess 4 is formed.
Lay in 5. Then, the U-shaped locking metal fitting 47 is inserted into the locking hole 46 from the rear side of the motor mounting plate 36 in the laid state, and the bent pieces 48a and 48b, which are both end pieces thereof, are left and right on the front side of the motor mounting plate 36. It is bent to be locked to the opening edge of the locking hole 46. As a result, the lamp wiring 43 can be locked in close contact with the motor mounting plate 36, and the contact state is not released even by the heat of the lamp wiring 43 that is heated during use. Not only the lamp wiring 43 but also the motor wirings 35, 39
Are also closely attached to the motor mounting plates 32 and 36 by the same structure.

Although the configuration of the left drum mechanism 16 has been described with reference to FIG. 5, the configuration of the right drum mechanism 17 is exactly the same as this. As shown in FIG.
The drive motor that rotationally drives the outer rotary drum 30a of the right drum mechanism 17 so as to be line-symmetrical to
The drive motor, which is located on the right side of the drum storage box 15 and rotates and drives the inner rotary drum 31a, is only located near the center of the drum housing box 15. Therefore, in FIG. 4, the reference numerals for the configuration of the right drum mechanism 17 are the rotary drums 30a, 3a.
It is omitted except for 1a.

The drum mechanism 16 constructed as described above
(17) rotating drum 30 (30a), 31 (31a)
Band-shaped drum display information 50 and 51 each having a plurality of display elements are attached to the outer peripheral surface of the.
Drum display information 50 attached to the outer rotating drum 30
As a display element, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, transparent numerical value information 50b is drawn on an opaque cloth 50a. Also, the drum display information 5 attached to the inner rotating drum 31
1 is a display element, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, coloring filters 51a to 51c (51a is red,
(51b is blue and 51c is yellow). Thus, the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 3
The identification information displayed on the left drum mechanism 16 when 1 and 2 are stopped is the numerical information 50b and the colored filters 51a to 51.
The identification information is colored in any of the colors c. Therefore, even if the numerical information is the same, identification information with different colors may be displayed. That is, the rotating drums 30, 3
Numerical information 50 of the outer rotating drum 30 at the time of stop of No. 1
b and the colored filters 51a to 51c of the inner rotary drum 31.
Since various combinations of the forms of the identification information occur depending on, it is not possible to know what the identification information is configured unless both the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 31 are stopped, and the variable display operation of the player is performed. Will be strongly attracted to the interest.

Another embodiment of the drum display information attached to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 30 (30a) of the drum mechanism 16 (17) is shown in FIG. That is, in the drum display information 52 attached to the outer rotary drum 30, the numerical partial information 52b forming a part of the numerical information is drawn on the transparent cloth 52a as a display element. Further, in the drum display information 53 attached to the inner rotary drum 31, numerical part information 53b forming a part of the numerical information is drawn on the transparent cloth 53a as a display element.
The identification information displayed on the left drum mechanism 16 when the outer rotary drum 30 and the inner rotary drum 31 are stopped can be recognized as a numerical value by the combination (combination) of the numerical value partial information 52b and the numerical value partial information 53b. It becomes identification information or identification information that cannot be recognized as a numerical value. That is, in this case as well, various combinations of the forms of the identification information occur due to the numerical partial information 52b of the outer rotating drum 30 and the numerical partial information 53b of the inner rotating drum 31 when the rotating drums 30 and 31 are stopped. Unless both the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 31 are stopped, it is not known what kind of identification information is formed, which strongly attracts the player's interest in the variable display operation. Note that the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 does not directly show the embodiment of the present invention.

Various control methods can be considered for the variable display control of the variable display device 10. For example, after the variable display is started, the outer rotary drum 30 of the left drum mechanism 16 is started.
After (or at the same time) the inner rotary drum 31 is stopped, and then the outer rotary drum 30a of the right drum mechanism 17 is stopped.
After stopping (or at the same time), the inner rotary drum 31a is stopped, and finally the digital display 18 is stopped,
After the start of variable display, the outer rotary drum 3 of the left drum mechanism 16
0, the outer rotary drum 30a of the right drum mechanism 17 and the digital display 18 are sequentially stopped, and then the inner rotary drums 31 and 31a are sequentially or simultaneously stopped.
Of course, stop control may be performed by a method other than this.

In the above-described embodiment, a drum mechanism (hereinafter referred to as W
2), and one digital display
Although the variable display device 10 having one W drum mechanism is illustrated, it may be a variable display device having all W drum mechanisms or a variable display device including only one W drum mechanism.
Alternatively, the variable display device may be a combination of a W drum mechanism and a conventional single drum mechanism. Further, the rotating member is not limited to the cylindrical drum structure, but may be a disc-like member overlapping in the front-rear direction, a belt-like rotating member, or a rotating member combining these. Further, it is not necessary to arrange the overlapping rotary members concentrically, and the point is that display elements formed on the respective rotary members can be combined at a position visible to the player. Further, as the display element formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member, not only the numerical information and the coloring filter as in the embodiment but also the pattern information and other display information may be used. For example, it is conceivable to display numerical information or symbol information on the outer rotary member and display valid line display information for hitting on the inner rotary member. Further, in the above embodiment, the variable display device 1
An example in which 0 is applied to a ball game machine is shown, but it may be applied to a rotating body game machine. If the technical idea of the present invention is applied, for example, the identification information that can be recognized by the player is displayed only on the outer rotating member, and the inner rotating member is provided with a decorative display element unrelated to the identification information. It is also possible.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, various combinations occur in the form of the identification information depending on the display element of the symbol and the display element of the color at the time of stop. As long as the display unit is not stopped, it is not known what kind of color the identification information is composed of, and this will strongly attract the player's interest in the variable display operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a state of a combination of a display element formed on an outer rotating member and an inner rotating member.

FIG. 2 is another explanatory diagram for explaining a combined state of display elements formed on the outer rotating member and the inner rotating member.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the variable display device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the variable display device.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing configurations of an outer rotating member and an inner rotating member.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 variable display 30, 30a Outer rotary drum (first variable display section) 31, 31a Inner rotating drum (second variable display section) 50, 52 Outside drum display information (display element) 51, 53 inner drum display information (display element)

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A variable display comprising: a variable display section in which a plurality of display elements are variably displayed by driving a motor; and an irradiation device arranged inside the variable display section and irradiating a display element visible to a player. In a gaming machine comprising a display device capable of generating a jackpot gaming state when the display result of the variable display portion becomes predetermined identification information, the variable display device is such that the variable display portion is independent. Variable table
It is composed of a plurality of variable display parts shown in
Shape on one of the variable display portion when the variable display portion of the number of stops
The display element consisting of the pattern to be formed and the shape on the other variable display
By combining with the display element consisting of the colors
Ri constituting identification information for generating the jackpot gaming state
On the other hand , a circuit board in which a plurality of units including a variable display section including the motor and an irradiation device are housed and fixed in a box-shaped fixed frame, and wiring from the motor and the irradiation device is connected to the box-shaped fixed frame. A game machine characterized by being attached. Wherein said plurality of variable display portions, one of the variable display unit configured to variably display behind the other variable display unit, earlier than the other one of said plurality of variable display portions The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is controlled to stop. 3. The variable display device comprises a plurality of variable tables.
Together configured with a plurality of radical 113, stops earlier than the other one of the plurality pieces of all one variable display unit and all of the other of the variable display portion of <br/> variable display unit The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the gaming machine is controlled as follows.