JP4860234B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including an illumination unit that illuminates identification information of a display device.

In a slot machine as a gaming machine, a casing containing various gaming machines, a front door provided on the front surface of the casing, a rotating reel stored in the casing, and numbers drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reel And an illumination unit for illuminating identification information such as symbols. The lighting unit includes a horizontally long cold cathode tube that forms a tubular light source, and a light-transmissive cylindrical protective cover that accommodates and protects the cold cathode tube. By engaging with a pair of upper and lower engaging claws provided on the back surface, the front door is fixed to the back surface side (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-358206 A

  However, in the gaming machine as described above, the lighting unit is fixed to the front door by engaging both ends of the protective cover of the lighting unit with the engaging claws of the front door from the back side of the front door. Therefore, the mounting operation of the lighting unit is troublesome, and the lighting unit may be misaligned due to transport of the gaming machine or vibration during the game, and the display surface of the rotating reel may not be illuminated uniformly. There is.

  The present invention has been made in view of conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a lighting unit can be easily and reliably attached to a front door.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A housing in which various gaming machines are housed, a front door provided on the front surface of the housing, a display device housed in the housing and capable of variably displaying a plurality of identification information, and the front door with attached the provided opening windows so as to close the front of the front door, a display panel capable perspective identification information of the display device, mounted on the front door, the opening identification information of the display device In a gaming machine including an illumination unit that can illuminate through a window , the illumination unit includes a light-transmitting cylindrical protective cover, a tubular light source housed in the protective cover, and the tubular light source that covers the protective cover. And the front door is located above the opening window and opposite the back surface of the display panel, and is exposed from the end of the protective cover. the fitting portion of the It has a fitting recess capable from the front, after the fitting portion of the elastic support member which is exposed from the end portion of the protective cover fitted in the recess, by mounting the display panel on the front of the front door and clamping the fitting portion of the elastic support in the illumination unit between the display panel and the front door.

(2) In the above item (1), a wiring groove portion that allows passage of a lead wire electrically connected to the tubular light source of the illumination unit is provided in the concave portion provided on the front surface of the front door.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(A) According to the invention described in claim 1, since the lighting unit can be mounted from the front surface of the front door, the efficiency of the mounting operation of the lighting unit can be improved. Moreover, because of the clamping of the fitting portion of the elastic support member which is exposed from the illumination unit between the front door and the display panel, can be fixed to ensure that the front door of the lighting unit. Furthermore, the illumination unit fixed to the front door can illuminate the display panel by illuminating the display panel from the back side based on the identification information of the display device.

(B) According to the second aspect of the invention, the lead wire is not strongly sandwiched between the recess and the protective cover, and disconnection of the lead wire can be prevented.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an upper half of the gaming machine before attaching a lighting unit and a display panel. . In the following description, in FIG. 1, the front side of the drawing is “front”, the back side of the drawing is “rear”, the left is “left”, and the right is “right”.

  A gaming machine (slot machine) (1) uses a disc-shaped medal (including coins) as a game medium, and a synthetic resin front door (3 ) Is inserted into the medal insertion section (4) provided on the front right side of FIG.

  In the housing (2), a rotating reel (5) comprising three display devices on the left, middle, and right that can variably display identification information composed of a plurality of types of figures and symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface, A main control board (not shown) for overall control of the entire game, a sub-control board (not shown) capable of outputting various control signals based on control signals output from the main control board, and capable of storing and paying out medals Amusement equipment such as a hopper unit (not shown) and a power supply device (not shown) for supplying electric power to various electric devices are accommodated.

  On the front face of the front door (3), a medal insertion part (4) into which medals are inserted when playing a game, a bet switch button (6) operated when investing medals in the game, and each rotary reel (5 ), A start switch lever (7) which is operated when rotating, and three stop switch buttons (8) which are operated when stopping the rotation of each rotary reel (5). Furthermore, a tray (9) capable of receiving medals is provided at the lower part of the front door (3).

  An identification information display window (11a) is formed in a substantially central portion of the front surface of the front door (3) by a transparent acrylic plate or the like, and has a size that allows the identification information of each rotary reel (5) to be seen through. The display panel (11) having this is fitted and fixed. In addition, a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) is formed above the front display panel (11) of the front door (3) by a transparent acrylic plate or the like and attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door (3). A panel (10) having an effect information display window (10a) through which game information and effects displayed on the liquid crystal screen can be seen is fitted.

  As shown mainly in FIGS. 2 and 3, the identification information of each rotary reel (5) faces the identification information display window (11 a) of the display panel (11) at the center of the front door (3). An opening window (31) is provided. In addition, an illumination unit (20) for illuminating the identification information of the rotary reel (5) from diagonally forward is provided between the front door (3) and the display panel (11) above the opening window (31). Be placed.

  The display panel (11) attaches the lighting unit (20) to the front surface of the front door (3) as described later, and then closes the opening window (31) and the lighting unit (20) of the front door (3) from the front surface. As shown, the front door (3) is fitted and fixed to the front surface. In addition, on the left side of the identification information display window (11a) in the display panel (11), a plurality of light transmissive effective line display windows (11b) are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction. A plurality of sex game information display windows (11c) are arranged in the vertical direction.

  In addition, the area surface except for each display window (10a) (11a) (11b) (11c) in the panel (10) and the display panel (11) is colored, patterned, etc., and is opaque or translucent. .

  In the game of the gaming machine (1), after the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion part (4), the bet number of the medal is set by operating the bet switch button (6), and then the start switch lever (7) is pressed. Operate and start by rotating all rotating reels (5). When the rotating reel (5) rotates, the outer peripheral surface including the identification information of the rotating reel (5) is illuminated by the lighting unit (20), and the player can clearly identify the identification information of the rotating reel (5). .

  After a predetermined time has elapsed after the rotating reel (5) has rotated, the three stop switch buttons (8) are sequentially operated to stop the rotation of the rotating reel (5), and the stopped three rotating reels ( According to the combination of symbols in 5), the number of medals distributed according to the presence / absence of a prize and the size of the prize is determined. When winning, the number of medals corresponding to the winning is paid out from the hopper unit to the tray (9).

  4 is an exploded perspective view of the lighting unit 20, FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of the main part, and FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the illumination unit (20) is disposed between the front door (3) and the display panel (11) so as to illuminate the identification information of the rotary reel (5). As shown in FIG. 4, a cylindrical protective cover (21) that is formed of a light-transmitting hard synthetic resin material that faces in the left-right direction, and is long in the left-right direction that forms a tubular light source housed in the protective cover (21). Size cold cathode tube (22), left and right elastic supports (25) for supporting the cold cathode tube (22) in the protective cover (21), and an electron for lighting the cold cathode tube (22) An inverter board (23) on which the element is mounted and a board cover (24) for protecting the inverter board (23) are included.

  The protective cover (21) has substantially the same length as the cold cathode tube (22) in the left-right direction, and is fixed to the front side of the front door (3) as will be described later, and the rear part of the outer peripheral surface. Is provided with a flat portion (21a) protruding in the vertical direction so that the rear surface is flat along the longitudinal direction.

  The elastic support (25) is made of an elastic material such as soft flame-retardant silicone rubber, and has a cylindrical insertion portion (25a) fitted to the end of the protective cover (21), and a protective cover. (21) having an approximately rectangular parallelepiped fitting portion (25b) that is exposed from an end portion of the front door (3) and is fitted in a later-described recess (32) provided on the front surface of the front door (3). A stepped through hole (25c) penetrating in the left-right direction is provided.

  The cold cathode tube (22) is inserted into the through holes (25c) of the left and right elastic supports (25), both ends of which are press-fitted into the ends of the protective cover (21), whereby the protective cover (21) Supported within.

  The lead wire (26) electrically connected to each electrode of the cold cathode tube (22) passes through the through hole (25c) of the elastic support (25) and is rearward from the end of the protective cover (21). And is electrically connected to the inverter board (23).

  The board cover (24) is substantially U-shaped in side view, and a plurality of elastic engagement claws (24a) protruding forward are elastically engaged with the upper and lower ends of the flat portion (21a) of the protective cover (21). Is fixed to the rear side of the protective cover (21).

  The inverter board (23) is fixed to the board cover (24) with screws (27) in advance before the board cover (24) is fixed to the protective cover (21).

  As shown mainly in FIG. 3, elastic support fitted to both ends of the protective cover (21) is provided above the opening window (31) on the front surface of the front door (3) to which the lighting unit (20) is attached. Left and right recesses (32) and (32) into which the bodies (25) and (25) are respectively fitted are provided.

  The recesses (32) and (32) are open on the front and opposite sides (the right side in the left recess (32) and the left side in the right recess (32)). Thereby, the both ends (elastic support bodies (25) and (25)) of the protective cover (21) can be fitted into the recesses (32) and (32) from the front of the front door (3), respectively.

  As shown mainly in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, two protrusions (32 a) facing in the front-rear direction are formed on the inner surface of the recess (32), and the opening of the recess (32) is also formed on the upper and lower surfaces. A protrusion (32b) protruding so as to narrow the width, and a wiring groove (32c) having a width that allows the lead wire (26) of the lighting unit (20) to pass through the back surface of the recess (32). ) Is provided.

  The lighting unit (20) has a fitting portion (25b) of an elastic support (25) fitted to both ends of the protective cover (21) before the display panel (11) is attached to the front surface of the front door (3). Is temporarily fixed to the front surface of the front door (3) by fitting it into the recess (32) from the front of the front door (3). At this time, the lead wire (26) is wired so as to pass between the two protrusions (32a) and the wiring groove (32c) in the recess (32). Further, in the state where the elastic support (25) is fitted in the recess (32), as shown in FIG. 7, the end surface of the fitting portion (25b) of the elastic support (25) is formed on the protrusion (32a). The upper and lower surfaces are also in contact with the upper and lower protrusions (32b), respectively. As a result, the fitting portion (25b) of the elastic support (25) can be easily and reliably fitted into the recess (32).

  After temporarily fixing the lighting unit (20) to the front surface of the front door (3), the display panel (11) is fixed to the front surface of the front door (3). As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the elastic support (25) fitted to both ends of the protective cover (21) of the lighting unit (20) has a rear surface at the back of the recess (32) (specifically, Are fixed in the recess (32) with the front surface approaching (or abutting) the back surface of the display panel (11) while contacting the upper and lower protrusions (32b). Therefore, the illumination unit (20) is disposed on the front door (3) in such a form that it is held between the back surface of the display panel (11) and the front surface side of the front door (3). Also, since the lead wire (26) is wired between the protrusions (32a) and (32a) and through the wiring groove (32c), it is strongly sandwiched between the recess (32) and the protective cover (21). There is nothing. Thereby, disconnection of the lead wire (26) can be prevented.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the front portion of the protective cover (21) of the lighting unit (20) is close to (or abuts on) the back surface of the display panel (11), and the rear surface of the substrate cover (24). Is close to (or abuts on) the hanging piece (33) provided directly above the opening window (31) in the front door (3). Thereby, rattling of the central part in the longitudinal direction of the protective cover (21) can be suppressed.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the following various modifications and changes can be made to the embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.
(I) The gaming machine (1) is a pachinko machine, a slot machine using a pachinko ball as a gaming medium, or the like.
(Ii) The display device is an endless flat belt instead of the rotating reel (5).
(Iii) Instead of fitting the elastic support (25) fitted to the end of the protective cover (21) into the recess (32) provided in the front door (3), the protective cover (21 ) Is fitted directly into the recess (32).

It is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a partially exploded perspective view of a gaming machine. It is a perspective view of the upper part of the gaming machine before attaching the lighting unit and the display panel. It is a disassembled perspective view of an illumination unit. FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 1. It is an enlarged front view of the principal part. It is an expansion perspective view of the principal part.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Pachislot machines
(2) Housing
(3) Front door
(4) Medal insertion part
(5) Rotating reel (display device)
(6) Bet switch button
(7) Start switch lever
(8) Stop switch button
(9) saucer
(10) Panel
(10a) Production information display window
(11) Display panel
(11a) Identification information display window
(11b) Effective line display window
(11c) Game information display window
(20) Lighting unit
(21) Protective cover
(21a) Flat part
(22) Cold cathode tube (tubular light source)
(23) Inverter board
(24) Board cover
(24a) Elastic engagement claw
(25) Elastic support
(25a) Insertion part
(25b) Fitting part
(25c) Through hole
(26) Lead wire
(27) Screw
(31) Open window
(32) Recess
(32a) (32b) Projection
(32c) Wiring groove
(33) Drooping piece

Claims (2)

A housing in which various gaming machines are housed, a front door provided on the front surface of the housing, a display device housed in the housing and capable of variably displaying a plurality of identification information, and provided on the front door An opening window is attached so as to be closed from the front surface of the front door, and the identification information of the display device can be seen through the opening window. The display panel is attached to the front door, and the identification information of the display device is illuminated. In gaming machines equipped with possible lighting units,
The lighting unit includes a light-transmissive cylindrical protective cover, a tubular light source housed in the protective cover, and an elastic support that supports the tubular light source in the protective cover ,
The front door is located above the opening window and facing the back surface of the display panel, and the fitting portion of the elastic support exposed from the end of the protective cover can be fitted from the front. So that the front has a recess that opens ,
After fitting the fitting portion of the elastic support exposed from the end portion of the protective cover into the recess, the display panel is attached to the front surface of the front door, whereby the elastic support of the lighting unit gaming machine, characterized in that the clamping the fitting portion between the display panel and the front door.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a wiring groove portion that allows passage of a lead wire electrically connected to a tubular light source of the lighting unit is provided in a concave portion provided on a front surface of the front door.

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