JP4157584B1 - Production unit for gaming machines - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a game machine directing unit that is useful for enhancing the excitement of a game by directing a player's excitement and excitement.
An effect unit for gaming machine 1 includes a display unit 2 having a display screen 20 for displaying video information, a first position for covering the display screen 20, and a second position for opening the display screen 20 to the player side. A hatch unit provided with at least one hatch door 31, 32 rotating between the display unit 20, a display unit advance / retreat means 11 for advancing / retreating the display unit 2 along the normal direction D of the display screen 20, Hatch unit advance / retreat means 12 for advancing / retreating the hatch unit 3 along the line direction D is provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an effect unit for incorporation in a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, some slot machines include a reel that displays various types of symbols in a variable manner according to the start of a game, and an effect unit such as a liquid crystal display device that produces a game. According to a production unit such as a liquid crystal display device, it is possible to display a popular character or the like on a display screen and perform various productions.

  Furthermore, there is a game machine production unit in which a door like a shoji is combined in front of the display screen of the liquid crystal display device (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this game machine production unit, when the shoji is opened, the display screen can be viewed from the player side, and when the shoji is closed, the display screen becomes invisible. In such an effect unit for gaming machines, the effect of the effect is attempted to be enhanced by combining the effect of mechanical movement with the effect of display by the liquid crystal display device.

  However, the conventional gaming machine production unit has the following problems. That is, there is a problem that it is not possible to maintain a high production effect according to the player's familiarity only by the display screen appearing and hiding according to the movement of the door.

JP-A-2005-540

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides an effect unit for a gaming machine having a high effect that is useful for improving the interest of the game by producing the excitement and thrilling feeling of the player. It is something to try.

The present invention is an effect unit for a gaming machine incorporated in a gaming machine,
A display unit having a display screen for displaying video information;
A hatch unit having at least one hatch door that rotates between a first position that covers the display screen and a second position that opens the display screen to the player , and a frame that supports the hatch door ;
Display unit advance / retreat means for advancing / retreating the display unit along the normal direction of the display screen;
E Bei and a hatch unit moving means for advancing and retracting the hatch unit along the normal direction,
The hatch unit advancing / retreating means is configured such that when the hatch door is rotated toward the second position in a state where the effect unit for the gaming machine is incorporated in the gaming machine, the hatch unit advancing / retreating means The hatch unit can be moved forward to a position where it is inevitable that the hatch door protrudes, while the hatch unit can be moved backward to a retracted position where the hatch door at the second position does not protrude from the game surface. And
The display unit advancing / retreating means is configured to be able to advance the display unit through the frame of the hatch unit positioned at the retracted position and the hatch door positioned at the second position. in effect for a game machine unit, wherein (claim 1).

  In addition to the display unit and the hatch unit, the effect unit for gaming machines according to the present invention includes the display unit advance / retreat means or the hatch unit advance / retreat means for advancing / retreating these units. In the effect unit for gaming machines, the display unit and the hatch unit can advance and retreat along the normal direction. In other words, in the gaming machine effect unit, the display unit and the hatch unit can move forward toward the player and can move backward away from the player.

  According to the effect unit for the gaming machine, in addition to the effect that the display screen of the display unit appears and disappears according to the turning operation of the hatch door, the effect by the advance and retreat operation of the hatch unit and the display unit It is possible to produce extremely effectively and to raise the player's mood. For example, in a slot machine where there is little mechanical movement except for reels that display symbols in a variable manner, the effect of the display unit or hatch unit moving toward or away from the player due to mechanical movement Can be particularly effective.

  Furthermore, in the effect unit for gaming machines, a space for rotating the door can be secured by moving the display unit backward. Therefore, the above-mentioned production unit for gaming machines can be incorporated in a substantially flush manner without protruding from the gaming surface that hits the front surface of the gaming machine, despite having the hatch door that rotates. Sex has been realized.

  As described above, the effect unit for gaming machines of the present invention is an effect unit having excellent characteristics that achieves both a high effect and a good incorporation into a gaming machine.

Examples of the gaming machine incorporating the effect unit for gaming machine of the present invention include a slot machine using medals and coins as a gaming medium, and a pachinko machine using pachinko balls as a gaming medium. The slot machine may be a slot machine in the narrow sense using medals or coins as game media as described above, or a parrot (R) using pachinko balls as game media.
The normal direction of the display screen means a vertical direction with respect to the display screen.

Further, the hatch unit can rotate the hatch door from the first position toward the second position in a state of being retracted from the player side . In this case, when the hatch door rotates toward the second position, it is possible to avoid the possibility that the hatch door protrudes outside the effect unit for gaming machines. Therefore, there is little need to secure a space for rotating the hatch door on the front side of the gaming machine.
The display unit includes a display panel including the display screen, an extended portion extending toward the back side of the display panel, and a folded portion extending outward from the extended portion toward the front in the forward / backward direction. A first advancing / retreating guide including a support portion that faces the extending portion through a housing portion that is a gap that opens.
The hatch unit extends from the frame toward the back side of the hatch unit so that the position of the hatch unit is different from that of the first advance / retreat guide in a cross section orthogonal to the normal direction. Advancing and retracting guide, and
In the gaming machine effect unit, the first rail on which the first advance / retreat guide advances and the second rail on which the second advance / retreat guide advances / retreats are arranged in parallel in a cross section perpendicular to the normal direction. Provided with a housing,
It is preferable that the display unit can be advanced over the frame body by the structure in which a part of the frame body is accommodated in the accommodating portion in accordance with the advancement of the display unit. .
In addition, the first advance / retreat guide and the second advance / retreat guide have different height positions, and the first rail and the second rail have the first advance / retreat guide and the first advance / retreat guide, respectively. The position in the height direction may be different corresponding to the position of the second advance / retreat guide.

The first advancing / retreating guide has a first guide roller erected from the support portion toward the outer peripheral side so as to roll the first rail.
The second advancing / retreating guide preferably has a second guide roller that is erected toward the outer peripheral side so as to roll on the second rail.
In this case, the display unit can be advanced and retracted along the normal direction according to the rolling of the first guide roller with respect to the first rail. Further, the hatch unit can be advanced and retracted along the normal direction in accordance with the rolling of the second guide roller with respect to the second rail.
Further, at least part of the hatch door, it is preferably formed so as to present an incomplete transparent state (claim 5).
The incomplete transparent state is a state in which the other side can be seen to some extent but cannot be seen completely, such as a state in which a color filter, a refractive filter, a diffraction grating, a polarizing filter, or the like is interposed. When the display screen is viewed through the part showing the incomplete transparent state, for example, some information such as details of the video information is missing like frosted glass, and it is difficult to grasp all the information. Can be. For example, if a configuration such as a color filter is adopted as the incomplete transparent state, specific color information included in the video information can be lost. For example, if a configuration such as a refractive filter or a diffraction grating is adopted as the incomplete transparent state, the position information can be lost, for example, by deforming the shape displayed on the display screen.

  Further, for example, as in the case of frosted glass, the incomplete transparent state may be formed so that the degree of appearance can be changed according to the distance between the hatch door and the display screen. In this case, the appearance of the player can be changed by the advancement / retraction of the display unit, and the effect can be further enhanced.

Further, the hatch door, it is also good to have a peephole to visible openings so that only part of the player's side of the display screen when located in the first position (claim 6) .
In this case, even if the hatch door is located at the first position, the player can see the display screen only slightly through the peephole. Note that a plurality of small-diameter peep holes may be provided on a part or the entire surface of the hatch door, and may be formed like a so-called punching metal.

Further, the display unit may be located closer to the player side than the hatch unit retracted from the player side . In this case, a variety of effects can be implemented by the game machine effect unit. For example, in a state where the display unit is located closer to the player than the hatch unit, the appearance is almost the same as that of a normal effect unit including only a liquid crystal display panel. The player feels surprise and interest in the performance unit, which he thought was a normal liquid crystal display panel, performing a variety of performance operations different from conventional ones.

The embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the following examples.
(Example 1)
This example is an example related to the effect unit for gaming machine 1 incorporated in the slot machine 5. This will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming machine effect unit 1 of the present example includes a display unit 2 having a display screen 20 for displaying video information, and a first position (rotation shown in FIG. 2) covering the display screen 20. Position) and a second position where the display screen 20 is opened to the player side (rotation position shown in FIG. 1). Display unit advance / retreat means 11 for advancing / retreating the display unit 2 along the normal direction D of the display screen 20, and hatch unit advance / retreat means 12 for advancing / retreating the hatch unit 3 along the normal direction D. I have.
Hereinafter, this content will be described in detail.

  The gaming machine effect unit 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as effect unit 1) of this example is a unit to be incorporated into the main body of the slot machine 5 as shown in FIGS. Therefore, in the following description, after describing the configuration of the slot machine 5 in which the rendering unit 1 is incorporated, the configuration of the rendering unit 1 will be described in detail.

  The slot machine 5 incorporating the production unit 1 of this example has an external configuration as shown in FIG. In the slot machine 5, a game surface corresponding to the front surface facing the player is formed by a front frame body 50 having a substantially rectangular symbol display window 51 provided substantially at the center. The front frame 50 has the effect unit 1 on the upper side in the vertical direction of the symbol display window 51 and the base portion 500 that forms the base of the slot machine 5 on the lower side in the vertical direction. Furthermore, decorative lamp portions 551 and 552 are arranged on the left and right and upper sides of the effect unit 1 so as to surround the display screen 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the base portion 500 is formed so as to protrude relatively toward the player with respect to the symbol display window 51 located behind the player. The base unit 500 has a table-like operation surface 54 at the upper part adjacent to the symbol display window 51, and has a medal tray 55 for paying out medals at the lower part, and an operation panel between the operation surface 54 and the medal tray 55. 53.

  On the operation surface 54, as shown in FIG. 2, a bet button 64 for betting a medal credited (stored) by a credit function, a settlement button 65 for paying out the credited medal, and a medal bet on a game And a medal insertion slot 630 for inserting. The operation panel 53 is provided with a start lever 62 for starting the symbol variation of the reel 52 and a stop button 61 for stopping the symbol variation. The stop button 61 includes a left stop button 61L corresponding to the left reel 52L, a middle stop button 61C corresponding to the middle reel 52C, and a right stop button 61R corresponding to the right reel 52R.

  The bet button 64 is a button for betting (betting) a credited medal as shown in FIG. The bet button 64 in this example is a button for setting 3 bets, which is the maximum bet number, as the game bet number. However, when the remaining credit is 2 or 1, 2 bets or 1 bet is set by operating the bet button 64, and when the credit is zero, no bet is set.

  In the slot machine 5, which is a 3-bet dedicated machine, when a medal is directly inserted or three medals are bet by operating the bet button 64, the game can be started by operating the start lever 62. In addition, instead of the slot machine 5 of this example, which is a so-called 3-bet machine, betting 3 medals for each game (game), the bet number (game bet number) can be selectively set according to the player's preference. Any type of slot machine may be used. In this case, as the bet button 64, a single bet button for setting one bet may be provided in addition to a max bet button for setting three bets.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the symbol display window 51 is configured to display nine symbols 520 arranged in a two-dimensional matrix of three rows and three columns. The portion corresponding to the symbol display window 51 in the front frame 50 is formed of a transparent resin plate so that the symbol 520 can be seen from the player side. For the nine symbols 520 arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, winning lines 511 to 515 that are the arrangement direction of symbols to be awarded are set. As the winning lines, there are horizontal winning lines 511 to 513 and diagonal winning lines 514 and 515.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the reel 52 includes a left reel 52L, a middle reel 52C, and a right reel 52R. Each of the reels 52L, C, and R is a rotary reel that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is provided with seven types and twenty-one symbols 520 at substantially constant intervals on the outer peripheral surface thereof. In addition, as the reel 52, an image-type reel that variably displays symbols on the liquid crystal display can be employed instead of the rotary reel of this example. As shown in FIG. 2, the left reel 52 </ b> L forms one column at the left end in a 3 × 3 two-dimensional matrix displayed in the symbol display window 51. The right reel 52R forms one row at the right end in the two-dimensional matrix. The middle reel 52C forms a central row in the two-dimensional matrix.

  Next, the production unit 1 of this example will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5, the effect unit 1 is configured by housing the display unit 2 and the hatch unit 3 in a housing 100 having a hollow duct shape having a substantially rectangular inner peripheral shape. The display unit 2 is accommodated in the housing 100 so that the display screen 20 can be seen from the opening side of the housing 100. The display unit 2 accommodated in the housing 100 is supported in a state in which the display unit 2 can be advanced and retracted via the display unit advancing and retracting means 11. The hatch unit 3 is accommodated in the housing 100 so that the hatch doors 31 and 32 (see FIG. 2) at the first position are substantially parallel to the display screen 20 of the display unit 2. The hatch unit 3 accommodated in the housing 100 is supported in a state in which the hatch unit 3 can be advanced and retracted via the hatch unit advancing and retracting means 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the hatch unit 3 is a unit in which four hatch doors 31 and 32 are rotatably attached to a substantially rectangular frame 30. The hatch doors 31 and 32 rotate around each side of the substantially rectangular frame 30. The hatch doors 31 and 32 have a first position (rotation position shown in FIG. 2) that is substantially orthogonal to a second position (rotation position shown in FIG. 1) that is substantially parallel to the normal direction D corresponding to the forward / backward direction. Rotate between.

  As shown in the figure, the hatch door includes a triangle-shaped hatch door 31 that widens toward the rotation axis and a trapezoidal hatch door 32 that widens toward the rotation axis and widens toward the rotation axis. . The triangular hatch door 31 rotates about the left and right sides of the frame body 30, and the trapezoidal hatch door 32 rotates about the upper and lower sides of the frame body 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the hatch doors 31 and 32 positioned at the first position are combined with a small gap as a puzzle piece, and are formed so as to cover the entire surface of the display screen 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the frame 30 has an advance / retreat guide (second advance / retreat guide) 33 that extends so as to protrude toward the back side of the hatch unit 3. The advance / retreat guide 33 has a pair of two guide rollers (second guide rollers) 334 arranged vertically along the advance / retreat direction. Each guide roller 334 is supported in a rotatable state by a rotating shaft 335 protruding outward. The advance / retreat guide 33 has a rack gear 34 on its upper surface in a state where the gear teeth are positioned upward.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the hatch doors 31 and 32 have a rotating shaft 35 fixed along the bottom of a triangle or trapezoid. The hatch doors 31 and 32 are fixed to the frame body 30 so as to be rotatable via a rotation shaft 35. A worm wheel 351 having an oblique gear tooth provided on the outer periphery is fixed on one end side of the rotating shaft 35 by extrapolation. The worm wheel 351 is extrapolated to the output shaft 354 of the motor 353 fixed to the frame body 30 and gear-engaged with the fixed worm gear 352. In the hatch unit 3, each hatch door can be rotated according to the rotation of the motor 353 corresponding to the hatch doors 31 and 32.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the display unit 2 is a unit that houses therein a liquid crystal display panel (not shown) that forms a display screen 20. The display unit 2 is covered with a transparent cover 21 on the front side corresponding to the display screen 20, and is formed with a panel support frame 22 that supports the liquid crystal display panel on the back side. The display unit 2 includes an advancing / retreating guide (first advancing / retreating guide) 23 disposed so as to protrude outward in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the advance / retreat guide 23 includes an extended portion 231 that extends from the panel support frame 22 toward the back side of the display unit 2, and a folded portion that is bent outward from the extended portion 231. And a roller support portion (support portion) 233 that is folded back from the folded portion 232 so as to face the extended portion 231.

The roller support portion 233 has a pair of two guide rollers (first guide rollers) 234 arranged vertically along the forward / backward direction. Each guide roller 234 is pivotally supported in a rotatable state by a rotating shaft 235 protruding outward. A rack gear 24 is disposed in the extended portion 231 with the gear teeth positioned upward.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the advance / retreat guide 23 of the display unit 2 and the advance / retreat guide 33 of the hatch unit 3 have different positions in the height direction. Further, in the advance / retreat guide 23 of the display unit 2, the extending portion 231 and the roller support portion 233 face each other, and a housing portion 230 that is a gap that opens forward in the advance / retreat direction is formed. In the production unit 1 of this example, by adopting a structure in which the position of the advance / retreat guides 23 and 33 in the height direction is changed and a structure in which a part of the frame 30 of the hatch unit 3 can be accommodated in the accommodation unit 230, The display unit 2 can be displaced closer to the player side than the hatch unit 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the housing 100 has a top plate 103 and a bottom plate 101 facing in the height direction (up and down direction in the assembled state) and a pair of facing in the left and right direction (horizontal direction in the assembled state). It has a hollow duct shape with a substantially rectangular cross section formed by the side plate 102. A back plate 104 is attached to the opening on the back side of the hollow duct-shaped housing 100. Light emitting diodes 108 are disposed along the depth direction on the upper and lower portions of the inner peripheral wall surface of the side plate 102. For example, the lighting light of the light emitting diode 108 leaks from the gap between the housing 100 and the hatch unit 3 or the gap between the display unit 2 and the hatch unit 3, and can contribute to the improvement of the effect.

  On the other hand, the player side end of the housing 100 has an opening shape so that the display screen 20 of the display panel 2 can be seen from the player side as shown in FIG. The housing 100 has a space for the display unit 2 and the hatch unit 3 to advance and retreat inside thereof, and the display unit advancing / retreating means 11 at a position corresponding to the back side (the side away from the player) of this space. The hatch unit advance / retreat means 12 and the control board 19 are accommodated.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the hatch unit advance / retreat means 12 includes a rail ( second rail ) 120 formed on the inner wall surface of each side plate 102 along the depth direction of the housing 100, that is, along the normal direction D. And a drive mechanism that drives the hatch unit 3 supported by the rail 120 forward and backward. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the rail 120 is a rail for rolling the guide roller 334 of the hatch unit 3. The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft 125 extending in a direction in which the side plate 102 faces, a drive motor 128 for rotating the drive shaft 125, and a gear mechanism 121 for transmitting the rotational motion of the drive shaft 125 to the rack gear 34. And have.

  The drive shaft 125 is pivotally supported by a support plate 105 that is erected and fixed so as to face the inner wall surface of each side plate 102 with a gap. The drive shaft 125 penetrates each support plate 105 and its end is positioned in front of the side plate 102. The motor 128 is fixed to one support plate 105 in a state where a pinion gear (not shown) fixed to the output shaft is gear-engaged with a gear gear that is externally fixed to the drive shaft 125.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the gear mechanism 121 is rotated and supported by a first gear gear 121 </ b> A that is externally fixed to both ends of the drive shaft 125, and a gap between the side plate 102 and the support plate 105. It consists of gear gear 121B. The second gear gear 121B engages with the first gear gear 121A and with the rack gear 34. In the hatch unit advance / retreat means 12, the rotation of the motor 128 is transmitted to the rack gear 34 of the hatch unit 3 via the drive shaft 120 and the gear mechanism 121. Therefore, the hatch unit 3 can be advanced and retracted by driving the motor 128 to rotate.

The display unit advance / retreat means 11 is configured in substantially the same manner as the hatch unit advance / retreat means 12. The difference between the hatch unit advancing / retreating means 12 and the display unit advancing / retreating means 11 is the difference in the position in the height direction between the rail 110 (first rail) and the rail (second rail) 120. In the production unit 1 of this example, the interference between the hatch unit advance / retreat means 12 and the display unit advance / retreat means 11 is avoided by changing the height of the rails 110, 120.

  Further, as described above, the advancing / retreating guide 23 of the display unit 2 has the accommodating portion 230 formed so as to accommodate a part of the frame 30 of the hatch unit 3. According to the structure in which the frame 30 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 230, the display unit 2 is closer to the player than the hatch unit 3 in a state where the hatch doors 31 and 32 are located at the second position (the state shown in FIG. 1). Can be displaced (state shown in FIG. 6E).

The production unit 1 configured as described above can perform an operation as shown in FIGS.
FIG. 6A shows a state in which the display unit 2 and the hatch unit 3 have advanced toward the player side. The hatch doors 31 and 32 of the hatch unit 3 are in the first position that covers the display screen 20. FIG. 6B shows a state in which only the display unit 2 is retracted along the normal direction D from the state shown in FIG. In the states of FIGS. 6A and 6B, the display screen 20 is invisible as viewed from the player side as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6C shows a state in which the display unit 2 and the hatch unit 3 are retracted along the normal direction D. In this state, the hatch doors 31 and 32 are observed at positions deep in a duct-like path formed by the top plate 103, the bottom plate 101, and the side plates 102 that constitute the housing 100. In this state, the light emitting diode 108 attached to the inner wall surface of the side plate 102 is exposed to a position that can be viewed from the player side. In particular, according to the light emitting diodes 108 arranged along the depth direction, the sense of depth can be emphasized, and the specific operation of the rendering unit 1 of this example that the hatch unit 3 and the display unit 2 can advance and retreat can be further enhanced.

  FIG. 6D shows a state in which the hatch doors 31 and 32 are rotated to the second position from the state of FIG. 6C and the display screen 20 is visible from the player side. FIG. 6E shows a state in which the display unit 2 has advanced through the hatch unit 3 in which the hatch doors 31 and 32 are located at the second position.

As described above, the production unit 1 of this example is capable of various productions and has excellent characteristics that can improve the interest of the game.
Note that at least one of the hatch doors 31 and 32 may be partially formed of a translucent resin material that exhibits an incomplete transparent state. In this case, even when the hatch doors 31 and 32 are in the first position covering the display screen 20, the display screen 20 can be visually recognized to some extent through the portion formed by the translucent resin material. Become. Further, the degree of appearance can be made clearer as the distance between the hatch doors 31 and 32 and the display screen 20 becomes smaller. By moving the display unit 2 forward and backward with the hatch doors 31 and 32 positioned at the first position, it is possible to produce an effect of changing the appearance of the display screen 20 that can be observed from the player side.

Further, a plurality of small-diameter peep holes may be perforated on at least a part or the entire surface of the hatch doors 31 and 32. In this case, the display screen 20 can be visually recognized to some extent through a plurality of viewing holes. In addition, the number of the above-mentioned peep holes may be only one instead of plural.
In addition to the slot machine 5 of this example, the gaming machine incorporating the production unit 1 of this example may be a pachinko machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium, Parrot (R), or the like.

FIG. 3 is an assembly diagram illustrating the assembly structure of the production unit in the first embodiment. The front view which shows the slot machine incorporating the production unit in Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a hatch unit in the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a display unit in the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a housing in the first embodiment. Explanatory drawing explaining the production | presentation operation | movement by the production unit in Example 1. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Amusement machine production unit (production unit)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Housing 11 Display unit advance / retreat means 110 Rail 12 Hatch unit advance / retreat means 120 Rail 2 Display unit 20 Display screen 23 Advance / Retreat guide 234 Guide roller 3 Hatch unit 30 Frame 31, 32 Hatch door 33 Advance / Retreat guide 334 Guide roller 5 Slot machine 52 Reel 520 Design 61 Stop button 62 Start lever

Claims (6)

A gaming machine production unit incorporated in a gaming machine,
A display unit having a display screen for displaying video information;
A hatch unit having at least one hatch door that rotates between a first position that covers the display screen and a second position that opens the display screen to the player , and a frame that supports the hatch door ;
Display unit advance / retreat means for advancing / retreating the display unit along the normal direction of the display screen;
E Bei and a hatch unit moving means for advancing and retracting the hatch unit along the normal direction,
The hatch unit advancing / retreating means is configured such that when the hatch door is rotated toward the second position in a state where the effect unit for the gaming machine is incorporated in the gaming machine, the hatch unit advancing / retreating means The hatch unit can be moved forward to a position where it is inevitable that the hatch door protrudes, while the hatch unit can be moved backward to a retracted position where the hatch door at the second position does not protrude from the game surface. And
The display unit advancing / retreating means is configured to be able to advance the display unit through the frame of the hatch unit positioned at the retracted position and the hatch door positioned at the second position. for a game machine production unit according to claim. The display unit according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a display panel including the display screen, an extending portion extending toward the back side of the display panel, and a folded back and outward direction from the extending portion to the outer peripheral side. A first advancing / retreating guide including a support portion facing the extending portion via a housing portion that is a gap that opens toward the front;
The hatch unit extends from the frame toward the back side of the hatch unit so that the position of the hatch unit is different from that of the first advance / retreat guide in a cross section orthogonal to the normal direction. Advancing and retracting guide, and
In the gaming machine effect unit, the first rail on which the first advance / retreat guide advances and the second rail on which the second advance / retreat guide advances / retreats are arranged in parallel in a cross section perpendicular to the normal direction. Provided with a housing,
For a gaming machine, wherein the display unit can be advanced over the frame by a structure in which a part of the frame is accommodated in the accommodating portion in accordance with the advance of the display unit . Production unit.   In Claim 2, the position in the height direction of the first advance / retreat guide and the second advance / retreat guide are different, and the first rail and the second rail are the first An effect unit for a gaming machine, wherein positions in the height direction are different corresponding to positions of the advance / retreat guide and the second advance / retreat guide. In Claim 2 or 3, the first advance / retreat guide has a first guide roller erected from the support portion toward the outer peripheral side so as to roll the first rail.
The second advancing / retreating guide has a second guide roller erected toward the outer peripheral side so as to roll on the second rail . 5. The effect unit for gaming machines according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the hatch door is formed so as to exhibit an incomplete transparent state. 6. The hatch door according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the hatch door has a viewing hole that is opened so that only a part of the display screen is visible from a player side when the hatch door is positioned at the first position. A production unit for gaming machines, characterized by

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