JP4827860B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, a slot machine, and the like, and more particularly to a gaming machine configured to be able to produce an effect by a movable body capable of reciprocating operation such as rotation operation and parallel movement operation. .

  In recent years, pachinko machines and other gaming machines equipped with large-sized liquid crystal display means have become mainstream, and each company has been trying to differentiate it from other companies' products by means of staging images displayed on the liquid crystal display means. However, it has become difficult to sufficiently differentiate from other companies' products only by differentiation based on virtual effect images displayed on the liquid crystal display means. Therefore, in order to further enhance the effect by combining mechanical effects with image effects, for example, a device provided with a movable body in the vicinity of the liquid crystal display means has been developed (see Patent Document 1).

The pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1 is capable of detecting a movable body provided on a predetermined base body and capable of reciprocating in the left-right direction, driving means for driving the movable body, and a detected portion on the movable body side. And a drive control means for performing drive control of the drive means based on a detection signal from the sensor. The sensor substrate is positioned and fixed on the base body side, for example, at both ends of the substrate so that the sensor comes to a predetermined detection position on the track of the detected portion on the movable body side.
JP 2007-061487 A

  In the conventional gaming machine, as in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, the sensor board is positioned and fixed on the base body side with reference to the board instead of the sensor. There is a variation in the relative positional relationship between the sensor and the movable body due to an error in attaching the sensor to the substrate, and there is a problem that the origin position of the movable body is shifted for each gaming machine, for example.

  In view of such a conventional problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which the position of the sensor with respect to the base body is always constant even when there is an error in attaching the sensor to the substrate.

The present invention can detect a movable body 29 supported so as to be able to reciprocate on the front side of a predetermined base body 31, a drive means 32 for driving the movable body 29, and a detected portion 33 on the movable body 29 side. A sensor 34, a sensor substrate 35 held on the base body 31 so that the sensor 34 provided on one surface side is disposed at a predetermined detection position A on the track of the detected portion 33, and the sensor 34 In the gaming machine provided with the drive control means 85 that controls the drive means 32 based on the detection signal from the sensor 34, the sensor 34 is substantially on the base body 31 at least in the trajectory direction of the detected portion 33. play without mateable fitting hole 69 provided in correspondence with the detection position a, the sensor 34 and the cell of the sensor 34 by Rukoto are inserted into the fitting hole 69 from the back side of the base member 31 In a state where the support substrate 35 is positioned in the track direction of at least the detected portions 33 relative to the base body 31 is obtained by fixing the sensor board 35 on the back side of the substrate attachment portion 57 of the base member 31.

  According to the present invention, for example, even if there is a slight shift in the position of the sensor 34 with respect to the sensor substrate 35, the sensor 34 is always disposed at a fixed position with respect to the base body 31. Accordingly, there is no variation in the relative positional relationship between the movable body 29 held by the base body 31 and the sensor 34, and it is possible to reliably prevent a problem that the origin position of the movable body 29 is shifted for each gaming machine. is there.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1-13 has illustrated 1st Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, a gaming machine main body 1 is an inner frame that is pivotally attached to a rectangular outer frame 2 and a left and right side of the outer frame 2, for example, a left hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable around a longitudinal axis. And a frame 4.

  The game board 5 shown in FIG. 2 is arranged on the upper side of the inner frame 4 and the launching means (not shown) is arranged on the lower side. The game board 5 is located on the front side of the inner frame 4. A glass door 6 that covers the front side, and a lower opening / closing door 7 that covers the front side of the launching unit and the like below the glass door 6 are pivotally mounted by a hinge 8 on the same side as the hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable. The glass door 6 is provided with a glass window 9 corresponding to the game area 5a on the game board 5 side, and the lower opening / closing door 7 has a storage tray 10 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means, and launching means. A firing handle 11 or the like is provided for operating the.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 12 that guides a game ball launched by the launching unit is mounted in a substantially annular shape on the front side of the game board 5, and the game area 5 a in the guide rail 12 is A center case 13 is disposed in the approximate center, a passing gate 14 is disposed on the left side of the center case 13, and an open / close winning means 15 and a large winning means 16 are disposed on the lower side. Game parts are installed.

  The center case 13 has a substantially rectangular display window 21 and is mounted on the front surface of the game board 5, a liquid crystal display unit mounted on the back side of the decorative frame 22 corresponding to the display window 21, etc. Image display means 23.

  The decorative frame 22 includes a mounting plate 24 that comes into contact with the front surface of the game board 5 and a decorative portion 25 attached to the front side of the mounting plate 24. The decorative frame 22 has a game ball introduction port 26 on one side of the display window 21, and a game ball introduced from the introduction port 26 on the lower side of the display frame 21. The rolling stage 27 to be dropped is provided with movable effect means 28 at the top.

  The movable effecting means 28 performs a visual effect by swinging the movable body 29, and as shown in FIGS. 3 to 11, the movable body 29 and the movable body 29 are rotated in the longitudinal direction 30. A base body 31 that is rotatably supported around, a driving means 32 that is provided on the base body 31 side and drives the movable body 29, and a detected portion 33 that is provided on the base body 31 side and on the movable body 29 side is provided. The base body 31 is detachable from the decorative frame 22 from the rear side, for example, in a state in which the movable body 29 is visibly arranged on the front side of the decorative frame 22. It is attached to.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the movable body 29 is provided with a pair of protrusions 29 b on the left and right sides of a substantially disc-shaped main body 29 a, and a back case 36 and the front side of the back case 36. A front cover 37 that is detachably mounted so as to cover the LED, and an LED substrate 38 (FIGS. 8 to 10) that is accommodated between the back case 36 and the front cover 37. The front end side of the rotary shaft 30 in the front-rear direction held rotatably on the base body 31 side is fixed to the shaft fixing portion 39 on the back case 36 side arranged in the center.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the back case 36 includes, for example, a back wall 41 that is substantially parallel to the game board 5 and a peripheral wall 42 that is disposed so as to protrude forward along the outer periphery of the back wall 41. In addition, an LED board 38 is detachably mounted on the inner side of the peripheral wall 42 from the front side. As shown in FIG. 5, a shaft fixing portion 39 is integrally provided on the back wall 41 of the back case 36, and a driven long hole 43, a detected portion 33, a connector fitting hole 44, etc. Is provided.

  The driven long hole 43 is for receiving the driving force from the driving means 32, and is in the vicinity of the outer peripheral portion of the back case 36 and at one place in the circumferential direction with respect to the rotating shaft 30, for example, as a long hole shape that is long in the radial direction. The drive pin 47 of the cam gear 46 formed and provided on the base body 31 side is inserted from the rear side. When the cam gear 46 is rotated by the operation of the drive means 32, the drive pin 47 is moved to the driven long hole 43. The movable body 29 is swung around the rotary shaft 30 while sliding in the longitudinal direction.

  The detected portion 33 is a detection target of the origin sensor 34, and is formed, for example, in the vicinity of the outer peripheral portion of the back case 36 in the shape of a rearward protrusion that is flat in the radial direction. The connector fitting hole 44 is for exposing the connector 48 of the LED board 38 to the outside of the movable body 29 and is formed in an opening corresponding to the connector 48.

  The front cover 37 of the movable body 29 is made of, for example, an opaque and light-transmitting synthetic resin, and is provided with a front decorative plate 49 that covers the front side of the LED substrate 38 and a rearward protruding shape along the outer periphery of the front decorative plate 49. And a fitting wall 50 that fits outside the peripheral wall 42 on the back case 36 side. The front decoration plate 49 is decorated with characters and logo marks on the front side, and is subjected to irregular reflection processing by rough surface processing on the back side, and the LED 38a disposed on the LED board 38 emits light. Occasionally, the front decorations are brightly raised.

  The base body 31 is for holding the movable body 29, the driving means 32, the sensor substrate 35, and the like, and integrally includes a lower mounting portion 51 and an upper mounting portion 52 as shown in FIGS. For example, a plurality of fixing portions 53 provided on the outer peripheral side thereof are fixed by screws, for example, to the back side of the decorative frame 22 of the center case 13.

  The lower mounting portion 51 supports the movable body 29 and the sensor substrate 35, and integrally includes a lower back plate 54 on the back side and a lower surrounding plate 55 provided in a protruding shape along the outer peripheral side, for example, The bearing portion 56 is formed in a substantially fan shape when viewed from the front, and rotatably supports the rotating shaft 30 in the vicinity of the fan-shaped center side end portion, and the substrate mounting portion 57 for mounting the sensor substrate 35 in the vicinity of the fan-shaped arc-side end portion. Are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the sensor substrate 35 to be mounted on the substrate mounting portion 57 is formed in, for example, an elongated rectangular shape, and the origin sensor 34 is, for example, approximately in the center in the longitudinal direction on the front side, and one end in the longitudinal direction on the back side. The connectors 58 are respectively attached to the sides, and a screw insertion hole 59 is provided on the other end side in the longitudinal direction.

  The origin sensor 34 is, for example, a transmissive photosensor, and a pair of light projecting unit 61 and light receiving unit 62 facing each other at a predetermined interval, and a connecting unit 63 that connects the light projecting unit 61 and the light receiving unit 62 at one end thereof. The connecting part 63 side is fixed to the front side of the sensor substrate 35 so that the light projecting part 61 and the light receiving part 62 protrude forward. In the present embodiment, the light projecting unit 61 and the light receiving unit 62 are arranged on both sides of the sensor substrate 35 with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof, that is, the optical path from the light projecting unit 61 to the light receiving unit 62 is They are arranged so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

  Hereinafter, of the four sides of the sensor substrate 35, two sides (long side in this embodiment) orthogonal to the optical path of the origin sensor 34 are side sides 64a and 64b, and the other two sides (short side in this embodiment) are end sides. 64c and 64d, and a screw insertion hole 59 is provided on the end 64c side.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 and the like, the substrate mounting portion 57 includes a bottom wall 66 that faces the front side of the sensor substrate 35 and outer peripheral walls 67a to 67d that surround the outer periphery of the sensor substrate 35. Are formed along the circumferential direction of the rotary shaft 30, and the light projecting portion 61 and the light receiving portion 62 of the origin sensor 34 are opposed to the rotary shaft 30 in the radial direction. Thus, the sensor substrate 35 is mounted.

  The outer peripheral walls 67 a to 67 d are formed to be slightly larger than the outer periphery of the sensor substrate 35. That is, the intervals between the outer peripheral walls 67a and 67b arranged along the side sides 64a and 64b of the sensor substrate 35 and the outer peripheral walls 67c and 67d arranged along the end sides 64c and 64d are respectively set to the side sides 64a and 64b. And the interval between the end sides 64c and 64d is slightly wider.

  In addition, a pair of support protrusions 68 that protrude inward and substantially abut against the side edges 64a and 64b on the sensor substrate 35 side are disposed on the outer peripheral walls 67a and 67b, for example, near the end portions on the outer peripheral walls 67c and 67d side, respectively. Has been.

  A fitting hole 69 corresponding to the origin sensor 34 on the sensor board 35 side and a screw hole 70 corresponding to the screw insertion hole 59 on the sensor board 35 side are provided in the bottom wall 66 of the board mounting portion 57. .

  The fitting hole 69 has a rectangular shape that the origin sensor 34 can be fitted with substantially no play, and corresponds to a predetermined detection position A (FIG. 11) on the track of the detected portion 33 when the movable body 29 swings. When the sensor board 35 is fitted into the board mounting portion 57, the origin sensor 34 is fitted into the fitting hole 69 and the front side of the base body 31, that is, the movable body. The light projecting portion 61 and the light receiving portion 62 are opposed to each other across the track of the detected portion 33 (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 11).

  Thus, the fitting hole 69 functions as a positioning means for the origin sensor 34, and the origin sensor 34 is fitted into the fitting hole 69, so that there is a slight deviation in the arrangement position with respect to the sensor substrate 35, for example. Even if it is, it is always arranged at a fixed position with respect to the base body 31.

  The screw hole 70 is provided in a screw base 71 projecting forward from the bottom wall 66, and a fixing screw (second board fixing means) 72 for fixing the sensor board 35 is provided on the sensor board 35 side. The screw insertion hole 59 is used for screwing. The screw insertion hole 59 is formed to be slightly larger than the screwing hole 70, and even when there is a slight deviation in the position of the origin sensor 34 with respect to the sensor substrate 35, the deviation can be absorbed. Yes.

  In addition, a pair of fixing claws (first substrate fixing means) 73 is provided on the substrate mounting portion 57 in the vicinity of the end opposite to the screwing hole 70, for example. The fixing claw 73 holds the sensor substrate 35 in the attaching / detaching direction, that is, the direction perpendicular to the bottom wall 66 in a state in which the sensor substrate 35 is movable in the orbit direction of the detected portion 33 at the detection position A, and the outer peripheral walls 67a and 67b. A claw portion 74 is provided so as to project rearwardly from the bottom wall 66 along the front end thereof, and an inward claw portion 74 is provided on the distal end side thereof. The back surface of the substrate 35 is detachably engaged.

  A guide inclined portion 75 that is inclined inward is formed on the front end side of the fixed claw 73, and when the sensor substrate 35 is fitted into the substrate mounting portion 57, the side edges 64 a and 64 b of the sensor substrate 35 are formed. The fixed claw 73 is naturally elastically deformed outward by slidingly contacting the guide inclined portion 75, and the sensor substrate 35 is allowed to pass therethrough.

  The upper mounting portion 52 of the base body 31 is for holding the driving means 32 and the cam gear 46, and includes an upper back plate 81 on the back side and an upper surrounding plate 82 provided in a protruding shape along the outer periphery thereof. It is provided integrally and is provided integrally on the upper side of the lower mounting portion 51.

  The drive means 32 is, for example, a stepping motor, which is detachably attached to the rear side of the upper back plate 81 with the drive shaft 83 protruding to the front side of the upper back plate 81, and a motor gear 84 is attached to the front end side of the drive shaft 83. It is fixed and is operated in both forward and reverse directions under the control of the drive control means 85.

  Further, the upper back plate 81 is provided with a bearing 87 that protrudes rearward so as to rotatably hold the rotating shaft 86, and a cam gear 46 that meshes with the motor gear 84 is fixed to the front end side of the rotating shaft 86. ing. The cam gear 46 is provided with a drive pin 47 projecting forward in the vicinity of the outer peripheral portion thereof, and the drive pin 47 is slidably fitted into the driven elongated hole 43 on the movable body 29 side from the rear side. ing.

  As a result, when the driving means 32 is operated clockwise or counterclockwise, and the cam gear 46 and the drive pin 47 are rotated counterclockwise or clockwise, the movable member 29 is pushed by the drive pin 47 and the rotating body 29 is rotated. Swing around 30.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the drive pin 47 is fitted on the lower side of the rotating shaft 86 into the driven elongated hole 43 disposed on the upper side of the movable body 29. The movable body 29 swings counterclockwise when the cam gear 46 rotates clockwise, and swings clockwise when the cam gear 46 rotates counterclockwise.

  In addition, the movable body 29 is set to have a range of a fixed angle in the counterclockwise direction and the clockwise direction with respect to the initial position (here, the horizontal position), and further, for example, the movable body 29 is counteracted from the initial position (FIG. 13B). The position (FIG. 13 (a)) that has been swung clockwise by a predetermined angle is set as the origin position. When the movable body 29 reaches the origin position, the detected portion 33 reaches the detection position A and throws it. The light from the light part 61 toward the light receiving part 62 is blocked, and the origin sensor 34 is switched from ON to OFF.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the drive control means 85 performs drive control of the drive means 32 based on the movable body drive command from the game control means 88 that performs control related to the game and the detection signal from the origin sensor 34. For example, when driving of the movable body 29 is started based on a movable body drive command from the game control means 88, the movable body 29 is first moved from the initial position (FIG. 13B) to the origin position (FIG. 13). 13 (a)), the origin return process is performed, and the process of driving in predetermined steps in the clockwise direction (FIG. 13 (c)) and the counterclockwise direction is repeated with reference to the origin position. Is returned to the initial position and stopped. Alternatively, the origin return process may be performed again immediately before the movable body 29 is stopped at the initial position, and the movable body 29 may be returned to the initial position by driving the original body in a clockwise direction by a predetermined step.

  Here, in the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment, a fitting hole 69 in which the origin sensor 34 can be fitted without substantial play is provided on the base body 31 corresponding to the detection position A, and the origin sensor 34 is attached to the base body 31. Since the sensor substrate 35 is fixed to the substrate mounting portion 57 on the back side of the base body 31 in a state of being inserted into the fitting hole 69 from the back side, for example, there is a slight deviation in the arrangement position of the origin sensor 34 with respect to the sensor substrate 35. Even if there is, the origin sensor 34 is always arranged at a fixed position with respect to the base body 31. Therefore, there is no variation in the relative positional relationship between the movable body 29 held by the base body 31 and the origin sensor 34, and it is possible to surely prevent a problem that the origin position of the movable body 29 is shifted for each gaming machine. It is.

  The sensor substrate 35 is fitted to the substrate mounting portion 57 with a play in the track direction of the detected portion 33, that is, in the longitudinal direction, and is held in the attaching / detaching direction by the fixing screw 72 and the fixing claw 73. Therefore, even if the mounting position of the origin sensor 34 is shifted in the longitudinal direction with respect to the sensor substrate 35, the sensor substrate 35 can be mounted on the substrate mounting portion 57 by absorbing the deviation.

  Further, the sensor substrate 35 includes a fixing claw 73 that holds the sensor substrate 35 in the attaching / detaching direction in a state in which the sensor substrate 35 can move in the orbit direction of the detected portion 33 at the detection position A, and a fixing screw 72 that fixes the sensor substrate 35 immovably. Is fixed in the substrate mounting portion 57, and one end side in the track direction of the sensor substrate 35 is held by the fixing claw 73, and the other end side is held by the fixing screw 72. The sensor substrate 35 can be easily and reliably fixed while absorbing the displacement of the mounting position on the substrate 35.

  FIG. 14 exemplifies the second embodiment of the present invention, and the fitting hole 69 has substantially no play with respect to the track direction of the detected portion 33 and a certain play with respect to the direction orthogonal to the track direction of the detected portion 33. The example which comprised so that the origin sensor 34 may be fitted is shown.

  That is, the fitting hole 69 of the present embodiment is formed to be slightly wider only in the direction perpendicular to the track of the detected portion 33 compared to the fitting hole 69 of the first embodiment. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  With such a configuration, the displacement of the origin sensor 34 in the direction orthogonal to the track direction (longitudinal direction) on the sensor substrate 35 can be absorbed by the fitting hole 69. Even if the mounting position of the origin sensor 34 is slightly shifted in the direction orthogonal to the trajectory direction with respect to the base body 31, the detection accuracy of the origin position is hardly affected.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, the movable body 29 only needs to be able to reciprocate, and may be configured to perform a swinging motion about an axis in the left-right direction, the up-down direction, etc., a parallel movement operation in the horizontal direction, the up-down direction, and the like.

  The sensor 34 may be any sensor as long as it can detect the detected portion 33 on the movable body 29 side, and a reflective photosensor or other various sensors may be employed. The detected part 33 may be formed in an appropriate shape according to the type of the sensor 34.

  When the sensor 34 is fitted in the fitting hole 69 without substantial play as in the first embodiment, the sensor substrate 35 is fitted in the fitting hole 69 so that the sensor substrate 35 is in a direction along the plate surface. Therefore, any substrate fixing means may be used as long as it can fix the sensor substrate 35 in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface. For example, a plurality of locations on the sensor substrate 35 may be fixed only by fixing screws or fixing claws. Also good.

  In the embodiment, a pachinko machine has been exemplified. However, other ball game machines such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball game machine as well as various game machines other than a ball game machine such as a slot machine can be similarly implemented. Needless to say.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the game board. It is a perspective view of the movable production | presentation means. It is a perspective view of the movable production | presentation means. It is a disassembled perspective view of the said movable production | presentation means. It is a disassembled perspective view of the base body. It is a rear view of the movable production | presentation means. It is AA sectional drawing in the same FIG. It is BB sectional drawing in the same FIG. It is CC sectional drawing in the same FIG. It is front sectional drawing of the movable production | presentation means. It is a block diagram which shows the control system regarding the movable production | presentation means. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the movable production | presentation means. It is front sectional drawing of the movable production | presentation means which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

29 Movable body 31 Base body 32 Driving means 33 Detected part 34 Origin sensor (sensor)
35 sensor board 57 board mounting part 69 fitting hole 72 fixing screw (second board fixing means)
73 Fixing claw (first board fixing means)
85 Drive control means A Detection position

Claims (4)

A movable body (29) supported so as to be able to reciprocate on the front side of a predetermined base body (31), drive means (32) for driving the movable body (29), and detection of the movable body (29) side The sensor (34) capable of detecting the part (33) and the sensor (34) provided on one side are arranged at a predetermined detection position (A) on the track of the detected part (33). A sensor substrate (35) held on the base body (31) and a drive control means (85) for controlling the drive of the drive means (32) based on a detection signal from the sensor (34). In the gaming machine, a fitting hole (69) on which the sensor (34) can be fitted at least in the orbit direction of the detected portion (33) on the base body (31) without substantial play is provided on the detection position (A). ), And the sensor (34) is connected to the base body ( At least the part to be detected with respect to the from the back side by Rukoto are inserted into the fitting hole (69) sensor (34) and the sensor substrate (35) said base body 1) (31) trajectory (33) A gaming machine, wherein the sensor substrate (35) is fixed to a substrate mounting portion (57) on the back side of the base body (31) in a state where the sensor substrate (35) is positioned in a direction . The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the sensor board (35) is loosely fitted to the board mounting portion (57) and is held in the attaching / detaching direction by the board fixing means (72, 73). The substrate fixing means (72, 73) holds the sensor substrate (35) in a detachable direction while being movable in the orbit direction of the detected portion (33) at the detection position (A). The gaming machine according to claim 2, comprising means (73) and second board fixing means (72) for fixing said sensor board (35) so as not to move. One end side of the sensor substrate (35) in the orbit direction is held by the first substrate fixing means (73) and the other end side is held by the second substrate fixing means (72). The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the gaming machine is characterized.

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