JP4172809B2 - Revolving machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a spinning machine generally referred to as a pachislot machine, and more particularly, to a spinning machine capable of suppressing damage and clogging of medals in the machine as much as possible.

In recent years, not only pachinko machines, but also games using a revolving game machine called a pachislot machine,
It is actively performed in pachinko halls and pachislot halls.

In this game, when a player operates a start lever after inserting a predetermined number of medals, a plurality of rotating drums rotate, and then the player presses a plurality of push button type provided corresponding to the rotating drums. Operate the stop switch to stop the rotating drum. And if the specific symbol which becomes a hit on an active line is prepared, the number of medals according to the combination can be acquired.

As the specific symbol, for example, when the red 7 symbol or the blue 7 symbol is aligned on the activated line, the normal game mode is changed to the big bonus game mode (BB game mode) which is the most advantageous game mode for the player. storm in. In this big bonus game (BB game), the small role game is consumed a predetermined number of times, or the regular bonus game (R
B game) is continued until a predetermined number of times are executed, and during that time, as a result of frequent winning of the combination in which medals are paid out, a large number of medals of about 300 to 700 can be obtained.

In addition, for example, when the bar symbols are arranged on the active line as the specific symbols, the RB game is executed only once. Also in this case, as a result of frequent winning of the winning combination, BB
You can get a lot of medals that are not in the game.

As described above, in a spinning-type game machine called a pachislot machine, a symbol variation game is continued using a medal as a medium. The movement path of medals in the plane is as follows.

A medal slot is provided along with a start lever, a stop button, and the like on the front of the middle stage, which is the most easily operated part, of the front door that covers the front of the casing of the rotary gaming machine. The medal inserted into the machine from the medal slot is inserted into a hopper provided in the lower part of the casing. The hopper stocks the inserted medals and equips the lower part with a medal payout device that pays out a predetermined number of medals corresponding to the hand when the hand is established, and is provided on the front door from the payout device The medal is paid out at the medal payout exit. The medals discharged from the payout port are stored in a cup-shaped medal receptacle provided continuously at the payout port.

The hopper is provided in the lower part of the housing because there is a space in this part, and the medal inserted from the medal slot is transported to the hopper using gravity, and the mechanical structure is simplified. This is the reason. And because the hopper is provided in the lower part of the housing,
The medal payout opening and the medal receiver are provided at the lowermost part of the front door.

In the rotary type gaming machine having such a structure, the player sequentially takes out the medals accumulated in the medal holder and inserts them into the machine through the medal slot, but the player is at the bottom of the front door. It ’s hard to see and away from the medal slot. Because of these, it becomes a hand clan when taking a medal from the medal holder and often drops the medal. Also, when a medal is inserted into the medal slot, the medal may be missed.

Due to such a problem, in some rotary gaming machines, a medal payout opening and a medal receiver are provided together with a medal slot or the like on the front surface of the middle stage of the front door which is most easily operated. With this structure (a structure in which a medal holder is provided in the operation section in the middle stage of the front door), the operation of taking out the medals accumulated in the medal receiver and reinserting them into the machine from the medal insertion slot becomes very simple, reliable, and easy. . On the other hand, in the machine, medals inserted into the machine from the medal slot are stored in a hopper provided in the lower part of the casing. Since the hopper is at a position lower than the medal payout opening in the middle stage, in order to eject the medal in the hopper from the medal payout opening, a medal push-up mechanism that transports the medal in the hopper to a position higher than the medal payout opening is required. Become. Further, in order to pay out the medals transported to the high position from the medal payout opening according to the winning combination, it is necessary to separate the medal payout device from the hopper and to be provided at a position higher than the medal payout opening (Patent Document). 1).
JP, 2000-167228, A In such a conventional rotary type gaming machine in which a medal payout outlet and a medal receiver are provided in the operation unit, the following matters are related to the medal push-up mechanism and the hopper in the machine. It is a problem.

A structure is required in which the medal payout device is separated from the hopper and disposed above, and the two are connected by a medal push-up mechanism. This complicates the structure of the gaming machine, particularly the medal transport structure, and increases the price of the gaming machine. Further, medals are frequently jammed by the long medal push-up mechanism, and each time a store clerk needs to open the front door to clear the jam, increasing the burden on the store clerk. As the medal frequently moves through the long medal push-up mechanism, the medal wears and deforms, and this wear and deformation further increases the medal clogging in the medal push-up mechanism.

The object of the present invention is to avoid the complication of the medal transport structure even when the medal payout opening and the medal receiver are provided in the operation unit in the same middle stage as the medal insertion slot, thereby reducing the price of the gaming machine and the burden on the store clerk. An object of the present invention is to provide a rotary game machine that enables the above.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the swing type gaming machine of the present invention starts the symbol variation game by operating the start lever while a medal is bet from the medal slot, and the symbol variation by the stop button operation. In the rotary-type game machine in which medals are paid out according to the symbol pattern established on the active line when the game stops, and the main body is integrally stacked on a lower frame having a medal tank inside. A portion above the triangular protrusion provided on the front surface of the casing of the body-type gaming machine main body closes the front opening of the casing, and tilts toward the back side from the bottom to the top. A front door having an upper hinge structure that opens upward with the upper edge of the body as a fulcrum, with both end portions protruding in a rib shape, a drum portion is accommodated in the upper part of the housing, and the front door At the top front of An effect display unit that can visually check each symbol of the drum unit from the symbol display unit, and displays various video effects and required information on the lower middle part of the front of the housing. An operation portion is provided on the upper surface of the projecting portion, a medal insertion slot is provided at the upper end of the operation portion, and a cup-shaped, horizontally long medal receiver is provided under the medal insertion slot. An operation panel provided with operation buttons arranged side by side is provided at an end on the front side of the operation unit, and the effect display is inclined to the back side at the middle stage in the housing On the back side of the unit, a hopper consisting of a main body part for storing medals and a medal payout device below the medals is provided, and the medals discharged from the medal payout device are guided by a gravity drop type guide, Meda receiving medal While the medals inserted from the medal slot are detected by the medal selector and the number and authenticity are detected by the medal selector, they are inserted and stored in the medal tank in the frame by their own weight. The medals thrown into the main body of the rotary type gaming machine fall down on the medal conveyance path in the main body and the gantry due to gravity, and are thrown into the medal tank in the gantry and stored.

The swivel-type gaming machine of the present invention has a hopper with a payout device provided inside the machine above the medal slot and the medal payout opening, so that the medal payout opening is provided in the operation section in the middle front of the machine same as the medal slot. In this case, the medal push-up mechanism is no longer necessary, and the complexity of the medal transport structure can be avoided, reducing the price of gaming machines and preventing the medal clogging with the medal push-up mechanism. enable. By providing a medal payout opening in the operation section in the middle front of the machine, which is the same as the medal insertion slot, it is easy to take out medals from the medal tray and insert medals, so that players do not accidentally drop medals. Can be reduced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rotating game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the rotating game machine, FIG. 3 is a side view of the rotating game machine, and FIG. It is a top view of a rotation type gaming machine, and all show through the hopper inside a gaming machine.

The swivel type gaming machine of this embodiment is a pachislot machine. This swivel type gaming machine has a lower base 10
And a main body 20 integrally stacked thereon. The gantry 10 is a rectangular parallelepiped box, and includes a medal tank and the like to be described later. The front of the gantry 10 is an open / close door 11 that is opened and closed when the medal tank is inserted and removed.

The main body 20 of the rotary game machine is formed in a square box shape in which the front surface is inclined (backward inclined) from the bottom toward the back side. The depth of the uppermost part of the main body 20 is sufficiently smaller than the depth of the gantry 10,
The lowest depth is the same as the depth of the gantry 10. The lower part above the lowermost part of the main body 20 projects as a triangle from the front side of the gantry 10 to the front side as an operation part.

The portion above the triangular projection 21 on the front surface of the main body 20 is a front door 20B that closes the front opening of the housing 20A. The front door 20B that inclines (rearly tilts) from the bottom toward the back side has an upper hinge structure that opens upward with the upper edge as a fulcrum, and has a lock key 22 at the center of the lower end. Both end portions of the front door 20B protrude in a rib shape except for the upper end portion and the lower end portion. In other words, the portions of the front door 20B excluding the upper end and the lower end are recessed to the back with respect to the side edges.
In each lower end portion of the rib portions on both sides, a recess 23 is provided for hooking a fingertip when the front door 20B is opened.

A drum portion is accommodated in the upper portion of the housing 20A. The drum section is constituted by three vertical rotary drums arranged side by side, that is, a left drum, a middle drum, and a right drum. Each rotating drum is provided with a rotating drum symbol display LED, which emits light (turns on and blinks) or turns off according to various effects.

A symbol display section 24 is provided on the upper front of the front door 20B. The symbol display unit 24 is configured by forming three rectangular windows horizontally arranged on the vertical plane, and visually observes the symbols of the left drum, the middle drum, and the right drum arranged on the effective line through each of them. be able to. The effective line is one horizontal here, but can be a combination of three horizontal lines and two diagonal lines in the upper, middle and lower stages.

Below the symbol display portion 24 of the front door 20B is an FP such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence).
An effect display unit 25 made up of D (flat panel display) is provided. The effect display unit 25 performs various video effects related to the spinning game, notification of necessary information, and the like, and is positioned at the middle part of the front of the main body 20 so that it can be easily seen by the player. It occupies half, and is inclined (backward inclined) from the bottom to the back side. The required information includes the number of credits, the cumulative medal payout number, and the like.

A portion from the lower end portion of the front door 20 </ b> B to the upper surface of the protruding portion 21 of the main body 20 is an operation portion 26. The operation unit 26 is located in the middle part of the front of the device that is easy to operate when viewed from the whole of the rotary gaming machine, and is gently inclined downward toward the front. A medal slot 26 a is provided at the right end of the upper end of the operation unit 26. A cup-shaped medal receiver 26b is provided below the medal slot 26a. The medal receiver 26b is horizontally long at a portion excluding both side portions of the main body 20. An ashtray 26c is provided at the left side end of the medal receiver 26b.
A square medal payout opening 26d is provided at the center of the back surface of the medal receiver 26b.

An end on the front side of the operation unit 23 is an operation panel 26e. The operation panel 26e is substantially horizontal and is provided over substantially the entire width excluding both side ends of the main body 20. This operation panel 26e
The operation buttons such as 1 bed button, max bed button, start button instead of start lever, drum stop button corresponding to 3 drums, clearing button and inserted medal clogging return button are arranged in a horizontal line and concentrated. Is provided.

A hopper 20C is provided at the middle stage in the housing 20A. Hopper 20C is FPD
On the back side of the effect display unit 25 made up of (flat panel display), it is arranged below the drum unit. The effect display unit 25 composed of an FPD (flat panel display) is thin and secures a sufficient space on the back side even in consideration of inclination (backward inclination). The hopper 20C is arranged using this space.

The hopper 20 </ b> C includes a main body 27 that stocks (stores) medals and a medal payout device 28 therebelow. The main body 27 is a container whose upper surface is completely open, and can store (store) a large amount of medals, and the lower part of the main body 27 is narrowed downward.
The medal payout device 28 attached to the lower part of the hopper 20C pays out the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination (the winning combination corresponding to the symbol along the effective line) in the drum portion. The medals discharged from the medal payout device 28 are guided by a gravity descent guide (not shown)
It is discharged from the medal payout opening 26d below the hopper 20C to the medal receiver 26b.

On the other hand, medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 26a of the operation unit 26 are detected by the medal selector, the number of sheets, authenticity, and the like, and are inserted into the medal tank in the gantry 10 by their own weight.
Stored).

  The functions of the rotary gaming machine of the present embodiment configured as described above are as follows.

The player inserts medals from a medal insertion slot 26 a provided in the operation unit 26 of the main body 20. The inserted medals are counted and credited up to a maximum of 50. When playing a game, the player presses a bed button provided on the operation panel 26e to set the number of game medals. The set number of game medals is subtracted from the number of credits. In this state, the game standby state is set, and in this state, the symbol variation game is started by pressing a start button provided on the operation unit 26.

In the symbol variation game, an internal lottery is performed simultaneously with the start of the game. The drum unit starts rotating. In this state, the player presses a stop button provided on the operation panel 26e.
The stop button corresponds to the three drums in the drum portion, and stops the corresponding drum at the timing when the stop button is pressed. However, the drum stop position is basically governed by the internal lottery result.

When the symbols are aligned on the active line in the symbol display unit 24 and the winning combination is established, the number of medals corresponding to the established winning combination is discharged from the hopper 20C. Depending on the winning combination, a special game such as a big bonus game is entered. The medals discharged from the hopper 20C fall on the medal conveyance path in the main body 20 due to gravity, and are discharged from the medal payout opening 26d in the operation unit 26 to the medal receiver 26b. On the other hand, medals thrown into the main body 20 from the medal insertion slot 26a drop in the medal conveyance path in the main body 20 and the gantry 10 due to gravity, and are put into the medal tank in the gantry 10 and accumulated.

As the symbol variation game is repeated, medals accumulate on the medal receiver 26b. The player
The medals accumulated in the medal receptacle 26b are sequentially inserted into the main body 20 from the medal insertion slot 26a, and both the medal receptacle 26b and the medal insertion slot 26a are provided in the operation unit 26 and are close to each other.
And the operation part 26 is located in the middle step part which is the easiest to operate on the front side of the gaming machine, and protrudes to the front side and has a gently inclined surface. For this reason, the medal slot 26b to the medal slot 26
The medal transfer operation to “a” is simplified, and a situation where the medal is accidentally dropped at the time of the transfer is avoided. In other words, the medal in the medal holder 26b is cheap to handle,
Direct viewing is possible, and it is close to the medal slot 26a, so it is cheap to transfer.

In addition, although the medal payout opening 26d and the medal receiver 26b are located in the middle part of the front of the gaming machine, the hopper 20C is located at a higher position, and therefore the hopper 20C is utilized by utilizing gravity.
To the medal payout exit 26d. Because of this gravitational transfer, this medal transfer becomes very smooth, and medal clogging in the transfer path is prevented,
The medal push-up mechanism becomes unnecessary. Since the medal push-up mechanism is not required, damage and wear of the medal are suppressed, and from this point, medal clogging can be prevented. And by reducing the number of medal clogging times, the clerk opens the front door 20B to reduce the number of steps to eliminate clogging,
The burden on the clerk is reduced.

Further, medals inserted into the machine from the medal insertion slot 26a are also carried into the medal tank in the lower gantry 10 by using gravity. Therefore, clogging, damage, and wear of this medal are also suppressed, which also contributes to prevention of medal clogging. When the medal tank is full, the opening / closing door 11 in front of the gantry 10 is opened, the medal tank is taken out, and the medals in the tank are collected. Alternatively, the front door 20B is opened and the medals in the tank are put into the hopper 20C.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] It is a perspective view of the rotation type game machine which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the rotation type gaming machine. It is a side view of the rotation type gaming machine. It is a top view of the rotation type gaming machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Base 11 Opening / closing door 20 Main body 20A Case 20B Front door 20C Hopper 21 Protruding part 22 Key 23 Indentation 24 Symbol display part 25 Effect display part 26 Operation part 26a Medal insertion slot 26b Medal receptacle 26c Ashtray 26d Medal payout opening 26e Operation panel 27 Main body 28 of hopper 20C Medal paying device

Claims (1)

When the start lever is operated while a medal is bet from the medal slot, the symbol variation game is started, and when the symbol variation is stopped by the stop button operation, the medal is set according to the symbol pattern established on the active line. In the rotary type game machine in which the main body is integrally stacked on the lower frame provided with the medal tank inside,
A portion above the triangular protrusion provided on the front surface of the casing of the rotary type gaming machine body closes the front opening of the casing, and inclines from the bottom toward the back side, In the upper hinge structure that opens upward with the upper edge of the housing as a fulcrum, a front door is provided with both side ends protruding in a rib shape,
A drum part is accommodated in the upper part of the casing, and each symbol of the drum part can be visually observed from a symbol display part provided on the upper front of the front door.
In the middle part below the symbol display part and in front of the housing, there is provided an effect display part for performing various video effects and notification of required information,
An operating part is provided on the upper surface of the protruding part,
A medal slot is provided at the upper end of the operation unit,
A cup-shaped and horizontally long medal receptacle is provided under the medal slot,
An operation panel provided with operation buttons side by side is provided at the front side end of the operation unit,
A hopper consisting of a main body for storing medals and a medal payout device therebelow is provided on the back side of the effect display section that is inclined to the back side at the middle stage in the housing,
The medals discharged from the medal payout device are guided by a gravity drop type guide and discharged to the medal payout outlet of the medal receiver, while the medals inserted from the medal insertion port are determined by the medal selector. Is detected and stored in the medal tank in the pedestal by its own weight, while medals thrown into the revolving gaming machine main body from the medal insertion port are transported in the main body and in the gantry by gravity. Fall down the road, put into the medal tank in the frame, and accumulate
Kaidoshiki game machine and said.

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