JP5043149B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, and a slot machine.

  In recent years, pachinko machines and other gaming machines equipped with large image display means have become mainstream, and each company has attempted to differentiate it from other companies' products by means of production images displayed on the image 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 image display means. Therefore, in order to further enhance the effect by combining the mechanical action with the image effect, for example, a device provided with a movable member on the front side of the image display means has been developed.

  For example, a pair of left and right open / close doors arranged on the left and right sides of the front side of the image display means, and the lower part of each open / close door move in the left / right direction between the protruding position on the front face of the image display means and the retracted positions on the left and right sides There is a thing provided with the movable production | presentation means containing the guide means to guide freely and the drive means which drives each opening-and-closing door to the left-right direction along a guide means (refer patent document 1, 2).

  In such a movable effect means, when the left and right open / close doors are moved to the protruding position on the front face of the image display means and the left and right open / close doors are brought into contact with the front face of the image display means, the left and right open / close doors Since the front of the image display means can be fully closed, the opening / closing of the door after opening and closing the opening / closing door, such as linking the effect image displayed on the image display means, and image display before and after that The effect can be further enhanced by combining the effect image displayed on the means.

  However, when the left and right open / close doors are brought into full contact with the front of the image display means, there is a possibility that a gap may occur due to manufacturing errors, rattling, etc. on the upper side between the edges of the left and right open / close doors. . As a preventive measure, in the case of Patent Document 1, when the open / close doors are in the fully closed state or in the vicinity thereof, the rear side in the closing direction of each open / close door is pushed upward by a push-up protrusion, and the edge of each open / close door is opened. In the case of Patent Document 2, a pair of upper and lower racks provided on the open / close door separately from the driving means and a fixed side and mesh with each rack to rotate integrally. A pair of upper and lower pinions are provided so that when the door is opened and closed, the upper and lower ends of the door are simultaneously moved by the same amount via the upper and lower racks and pinions.

JP 2007-61488 A JP 2009-118953 A

  In either case of Patent Documents 1 and 2, the generation of gaps due to manufacturing errors, backlash, etc. can be prevented for the time being. However, in the case of Patent Document 1, when the open / close door is in the fully closed state or in the vicinity thereof, the open / close door rides on the push-up protrusion, and the push-up protrusion pushes the rear side in the closing direction of the open / close door upward. The push-up protrusion is easily worn, and if worn, there is a disadvantage that the push-up effect of the open / close door is extremely lowered and the generation of a gap cannot be prevented. In the case of Patent Document 2, it is necessary to provide racks and pinions on both upper and lower ends of each open / close door, which is structurally complicated and prevents the occurrence of a gap if there are variations in the position of the rack or pinion. There are disadvantages that cannot be obtained.

  In view of such conventional problems, the present invention can correct the posture of at least one member to a corresponding posture corresponding to the other member when the movable member approaches and contacts the counterpart member. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can be simplified in structure and improved in durability.

The present invention, in the far-near direction gaming machine having a movable directing means including a plurality of movable member movable in a support for supporting at least one movable member and the one movable member of the adjacent two movable members between the members, with an attitude modifying means for modifying the attitude of one of the movable member said, the attitude correction means with respect to said supporting member said one of the movable member when the two movable member is separated state corresponding to the proper attitude to urge and the two movable member corresponding to the posture of the one movable member and the movable member of the other while against the following the other movable member biased the when in contact with The posture is corrected.

  According to the present invention, when the movable member comes close to and comes into contact with the counterpart member, the posture of at least one member can be corrected to the corresponding posture corresponding to the other member, and the structure can be simplified and durable. There is an advantage that improvement can be achieved.

1 is an overall front view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a center case, (A) is the state which opened the door, (B) is the state which closed the door. It is side surface sectional drawing of a center case. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure in the state which opened and closed the door. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure in the state where the opening-and-closing door was closed. (A) is a plane sectional view on the guide means side of the posture correcting means, and (B) is a plane sectional view on the biasing means side of the posture correcting means. It is a disassembled perspective view of a posture correction means. (A) and (B) are operation | movement explanatory drawings. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of a back structure. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of a back structure. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of a back structure. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of a back structure. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows a modification. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing of a back structure. It is a front view of the back structure showing a 7th embodiment of the present invention. It is a plane sectional view of a back structure. It is front sectional drawing of the back structure which shows a modification. It is a front view which shows the 8th Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1-8 has illustrated 1st Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, a gaming machine main body 1 includes a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 pivotally attached to a front side of the outer frame 2 by a hinge. On the front side of the front frame 3, a glass door 4 and a front plate 5 that are pivotally supported by the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable are arranged vertically.

  On the front side of the front plate 5, an upper plate 6 for storing game balls for launch is arranged, and on the lower side of the front plate 5 and on the front side of the front frame 3, a lower plate 7 for storing excess balls is arranged. On one side of the lower plate 7, a launching handle 8 of launching means (not shown) for launching a game ball is provided.

  A game board 21 is detachably attached to the front frame 3 so as to correspond to the rear side of the glass door 4. On the front side of the game board 21, a guide rail 22 for guiding a game ball launched from the launching means is annularly mounted, and a center case 24 and a normal symbol starting means are placed in a game area 23 inside the guide rail 22. 25. Various game parts such as a special symbol starting means 26, a big winning means 27, a normal winning means 28, an image display means 29 and the like are arranged.

  The center case 24 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area 23 on the game board 21, and as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 and the like, the front case 31 is detachably mounted from the front side of the game board 21. The back structure 32 is provided on the back side of the game board 21 corresponding to the front structure 31, and the image display means 29 is disposed on the back side of the back structure 32.

  The front structure 31 is provided with a substantially rectangular front display window 33 corresponding to the image display means 29 on the back structure 32 side, a ball guiding means 34 above the front display window 33, and a ball drop passage on the left and right. 35a and 35b are provided, and a ball guide stage 36 is provided on the lower side.

  The entrance guidance means 34 is for entering the game balls that have been driven into the game area 23 and distributing them to either the left or right ball drop passages 35a, 35b. For example, the entrance 37 that opens obliquely upward. The game balls that have entered the ball are rolled in the left-right direction on the sorting stage 38, and flow into any of the inlets 38a, 38b communicating with the upstream side of the left and right ball drop passages 35a, 35b, respectively.

  The ball drop passages 35a and 35b guide the game balls flowing into the entrances 38a and 38b on the entrance guide means 34 side to the ball guide stage 36 side, and are arranged vertically on the left and right of the front display window 33. At the lower end thereof, there are provided discharge ports 39a and 39b for discharging the game balls toward the ball guide stage 36.

  The ball guide stage 36 rolls the game ball flowing in from the ball drop passages 35a, 35b in the left-right direction and then drops it to the lower special symbol starter 26 side. The upper stage 36a, the lower stage 36b, Are arranged on the upper and lower sides, and the game balls that have flowed in through the discharge ports 39a and 39b of the ball drop passages 35a and 35b are rolled in the horizontal direction on the upper stage 36a, and then moved from the ball drop hole 41 onto the lower stage 36b. The game ball is dropped from either the left-right center of the lower stage 36b or its both sides.

  The front structure 31 has a thin plate-like board surface mounting portion 42 around it, and the rear side is fitted into the mounting hole 21a of the game board 21 from the front side, and the board surface mounting part 42 is connected to the game board. In a state of being in close contact with the front side of the game board 21, it is detachably fixed to the game board 21 by screwing, press-fitting, or the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the back structure 32 includes an image display unit 29, a movable effect unit 43 that opens and closes the front side of the image display unit 29, the image display unit 29, the movable effect unit 43, and the like. A back case 44 fixed to the back side of the game board 21 is provided.

  The back case 44 includes a substantially rectangular front wall plate 45, a peripheral wall plate 46 projecting forward from the upper, lower, left and right edges of the front wall plate 45, and a back mounted on the rear edge side of the peripheral wall plate 46. The wall plate 47 is formed in a substantially box shape, and is detachably fixed to the back surface of the game board 21 via the front cover body 48.

  On the back wall plate 47 of the back case 44, a rectangular rear display window 49 corresponding to the front display window 33 on the front structure 31 side is formed substantially at the center, and the display screen 29a is made to coincide with the rear display window 49. Thus, the image display means 29 is detachably mounted on the back side of the back wall plate 47. A rectangular opening 48a corresponding to the front display window 33 is formed in the front cover body 48, and the transparent plate 50 is fitted into the opening 48a.

  The movable effect means 43 opens and closes the front side of the display screen 29 a of the image display means 29 by a double door type door, and is accommodated in the back case 44. The movable effecting means 43 includes a pair of left and right open / close doors (movable members) 53a and 53b disposed on the left and right sides of the image display means 29, and is disposed on both the upper and lower sides of the image display means 29 and protrudes from the front of the image display means 29. Upper guide means 54a, 54b and lower guide means 55a, 55b for guiding the open / close doors 53a, 53b in the left-right direction between the position X and the retracted positions Y on the left and right sides, and lower guide means on the lower side of the image display means 29 Drive means 56a, 56b that is arranged in the vicinity of 55a, 55b and drives the open / close doors 53a, 53b in the left-right direction along the guide means 54a, 54b, 55a, 55b. A posture correcting means 58 is incorporated between the support member 57 and the support member 57 that supports the frame from the back side. The open / close doors 53a and 53b constitute a movable member that is movable in the perspective direction.

  The protruding position X is a closed position where the opposing edges 59a and 59b of the left and right open / close doors 53a and 53b substantially contact each other on the front surface of the image display means 29 and covers the front side of the image display means 29, and the retracted position Y is the left and right The open / close doors 53a and 53b are spaced apart to open the front side of the image display means 29. Accordingly, each of the open / close doors 53a and 53b moves in the opposite direction by driving of the driving means 56a and 56b according to a predetermined operation pattern according to the display mode of the effect image displayed on the image display means 29, for example. The front side of 29 is opened and closed.

  The open / close doors 53a and 53b are formed in a vertically long rectangular shape that is large enough to close the rear display window 49 on the front side of the image display means 29 when the edges 59a and 59b come into contact with each other. Among the left and right open / close doors 53a and 53b, one of the open / close doors 53a is supported by the upper guide means 54a and the lower guide means 55a through the posture correcting means 58 and the support member 57 as shown in FIGS. Has been.

  The upper guide means 54a, 54b are arranged between the guide rail 60 in the left-right direction fixed in the back case 44 at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction, and disposed between the guide rails 60 and at the upper ends of the support member 57 and the open / close door 53b. It has a pair of left and right guide wheels 61a and 61b that are pivotally supported via a vertical axis. The lower guide means 55a and 55b are provided at the lower ends of the rod-shaped guide rail 62 fixed in the back case 44 in the left-right direction, the support member 57, and the open / close doors 53a and 53b, and are slidable on the guide rail 62. It has guide parts 63a and 63b fitted.

  The support member 57 has a left-right width that is hidden behind the open / close door 53a when viewed from the front display window 33 of the back case 44, and the open / close door 53a is attached to the front side of the support member 57 via the posture correcting means 58. ing. The posture correcting means 58 biases the open / close door 53a to an appropriate posture with respect to the support member 57 when both the open / close doors 53a and 53b are separated from each other, and when both open / close doors 53a and 53b come close to each other and come into contact with each other. The posture of the open / close door 53a is corrected to the corresponding posture corresponding to the open / close door 53b on the other side following the open / close door 53b on the other side.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the posture correcting means 58 includes a pair of upper and lower guide means 64 that supports the open / close door 53 a movably in the left-right direction (posture correction direction) with respect to the support member 57, and A biasing means 65 for biasing the open / close doors 53a and 53b to an appropriate posture with respect to the support member 57 is provided.

  The guide means 64 includes a guide hole 66 formed in the support member 57 in the left-right direction, and a pair of left and right guide protrusions 67 that protrude from the open / close doors 53a and 53b to the back side and are slidably inserted into the guide hole 66. And a detachment preventing portion 68 that is screwed into each guide projection 67 from the back side of the support member 57. The detachment preventing portion 68 may be omitted.

  The urging means 65 is provided on the open / close door 53a and the support member 57 so as to be opposed to each other on the left and right sides, provided on one spring receiver 69 and inserted into the other spring receiver 70. The left and right support rods 71 and a spring 72 fitted on the outer periphery of the support rod 71 between the pair of spring receiving portions 69 and 70 are provided.

  Therefore, when the opening / closing door 53a is separated from the counterpart opening / closing door 53b, the upper and lower guide protrusions 67 close to the counterpart opening / closing door 53b are biased to an appropriate posture to engage the end portion of the guide hole 66. When the edge 59a comes into contact with the edge 59b of the counterpart opening / closing door 53b, the edge 59a moves in the correction direction with respect to the support member 57 along the guide means 64 while resisting the biasing means 65. The posture can be changed to a corresponding posture in which the end edges 59a and 59b are in contact with each other without a gap.

  The driving means 56a and 56b are fixed to the support member 57, left and right racks 74a and 74b fixed to the lower end portion of the open / close door 53b, pinions 75a and 75b meshing with the racks 74a and 74b, and the back case 44, and Drive motors 76a and 76b for driving the pinions 75a and 75b around the rotation axis in the front-rear direction are disposed in the left and right directions corresponding to the support member 57 and the open / close door 53b.

  In such a pachinko machine, the movable rendering means 43 is normally in a state where the open / close doors 53a and 53b are stopped at the left and right retracted positions Y and the entire display screen 29a is visible from the front side (FIG. 1, FIG. 2 (A), see FIG. The left opening / closing door 53a is held in an appropriate posture by the spring 72 of the biasing means 65 so that the guide projection 67 close to the right opening / closing door 53b engages with the end of the guide hole 66.

  For example, when a closing command for the opening / closing doors 53a and 53b is output from the game control means (not shown) during the game operation, the effect control means (not shown) for controlling the movable effect means 43 causes each drive motor 76a and 76b to A drive command in the closing direction is transmitted. As a result, the drive motors 76a and 76b rotate in the closing direction, so that the left and right open / close doors 53a and 53b are driven via the pinions 75a and 75b and the racks 74a and 74b. 54a, 54b and the lower guide means 55a, 55b move toward the protruding position X from the left and right sides at a constant speed.

  When the open / close doors 53a and 53b reach the protruding position X, their end edges 59a and 59b come into contact with each other to fully close the front side of the image display means 29. Each open / close door 53a, 53b is designed and manufactured so that the edges 59a, 59b are substantially vertical, and at the protruding position X, the edges 59a, 59b have a gap as shown in FIG. 2 (B) and FIG. Contact with no contact.

  However, even when one or both of the left and right open / close doors 53a, 53b are inclined, the open / close door 53a is attached to the support member 57 via the posture correcting means 58. Therefore, when the edges 59a and 59b of both the open / close doors 53a and 53b come into contact with each other, the open / close door 53a follows the open / close door 53b while resisting the bias of the biasing means 65 by the operation of the posture correcting means 58. Thus, the corresponding posture is corrected, and the end edges 59a and 59b of both the open / close doors 53a and 53b can be brought into contact with each other with almost the entire length without any gap.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the edge 59a of the door 53a is vertical and the edge 59b of the door 53b is slightly inclined, the doors 53a and 53b are in the direction indicated by the arrow a. When moving to and approaching, the lower ends of the end edges 59a and 59b come into contact with each other, and the lower end of the open / close door 53a is pressed in the direction indicated by the arrow b. Then, the opening / closing door 53a rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow c with respect to the support member 57 within the range allowed by the guide means 64 while resisting the upper and lower urging means 65. Accordingly, the end edges 59a and 59b of both the open / close doors 53a and 53b are in contact with each other substantially in parallel as shown in FIG. 8B, and the generation of a gap between the end edges 59a and 59b can be prevented.

  The posture correcting means 58 includes a guide means 64 for guiding the open / close door 53a so as to be movable in the posture correction direction with respect to the support member 57, and a biasing means 65 for biasing the open / close door 53a with respect to the support member 57 to an appropriate posture. Therefore, durability can be improved with a simple structure.

  9 and 10 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention. The posture correcting means 58 of this embodiment includes a pair of upper and lower guide means 64, and a spring 72 constituting the biasing means 65 is incorporated in the guide means 64. The guide means 64 includes a left and right guide rod 79 fixed to the back side of the open / close door 53a, and the guide rod 79 guides the sliding portion 80 of the support member 57 so as to be slidable in the left and right directions. Yes. The guide rod 79 penetrates the spring receiving portion 70 in the middle of the opening / closing door 53a and is supported between the reinforcing ribs 81 at the left and right ends. The sliding portion 80 is configured by the left and right reinforcing ribs of the support member 57, but both may be provided at portions other than the reinforcing ribs.

  The opening / closing door 53a is provided with a stopper 82 against which the support member 57 abuts. A spring is placed on the guide rod 79 between the sliding portion 80 and the spring receiving portion 70 so that the stopper 82 and the support member 57 abut against each other. 72 is fitted.

  Also in this case, the open / close door 53 a is held in an appropriate posture with respect to the support member 57 by the guide means 64 and the spring 72. When the left and right open / close doors 53a and 53b come into contact with each other, the posture of the open / close door 53a changes to the corresponding posture following the other open / close door 53b while resisting the spring 72. Generation of a gap between 53a and 53b can be prevented. Further, since the spring 72 is incorporated in the guide means 64, the structure can be simplified as compared with the case where the guide means 64 and the biasing means 65 are provided separately. The guide means 64 is sufficient if it can guide the open / close doors 53a, 53b to the support member 57 so as to be movable in the left-right direction.

  11 and 12 illustrate a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the contact member 84 disposed in the vicinity of one side of the image display means 29 in the left-right direction, and the open / close doors 53a, 53b disposed in the retracted position Y in the vicinity of the other side and connected to be stretchable. And a driving means 56 for driving the opening / closing door 53a.

  The contact member 84 is arranged in the vertical direction along the side edge of the image display means 29, and is fixed in the back case 44 by appropriate means at an appropriate place. The open / close doors 53a and 53b are supported by the upper guide means 54 and the lower guide means 55 so as to be movable in the left-right direction and are connected to each other via an extension / contraction connection means 85. At the protruding position X where the open / close door 53a comes into contact with the contact member 84, the open / close door 53a extends to the maximum state and fully closes the front side of the image display means 29.

  The expansion / contraction connecting means 85 is provided in the open / close door 53a between the left and right engaging portions 86a, 86b provided in the open / close door 53b, and the moving direction when the open / close door 53a moves in the left / right direction. A connecting portion 87 that engages with the engaging portions 86a and 86b on the front side of the door and interlocks the opening and closing door 53b, so that the opening and closing door 53b moves in conjunction with the opening and closing door 53b after the opening and closing door 53a moves by the expansion and contraction allowance. It has become.

  The open / close door 53 a is attached to the support member 57 on the back side thereof via the posture correcting means 58 and can contact the contact member 84. The posture correcting means 58 is substantially the same as that in the first embodiment, for example. The support member 57 and the open / close door 53b are supported by the upper guide means 54 and the lower guide means 55 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The upper guide means 54 and the lower guide means 55 have guide wheels 61a, 61b, 88a, 88b and guide rails 60, 62 for guiding the guide wheels 61a, 61b, 88a, 88b.

  The drive means 56 includes a rotary cable 90 wound around the left and right drive wheels 89a and a driven wheel 89b and connected to the support member 57, and a drive motor 76 for driving the drive wheels 89a. The support member 57 is driven in the left-right direction along the upper guide means 54 and the lower guide means 55 via the rotary cable 90 by forward and reverse rotation. The driving unit 56 may have other configurations.

  During a normal game, the open / close doors 53a and 53b are held in the retracted position Y in a contracted state. When there is an effect command, the drive motor 76 rotates forward and the opening / closing door 53 a moves from the retracted position Y to the front side of the image display means 29 via the support member 57. When the opening / closing door 53a moves by the expansion / contraction allowance, the connecting portion 87 of the expansion / contraction connecting means 85 engages with the engaging portion 86a, and the both opening / closing doors 53a, 53b are connected in an extended state. , 53b move together in the maximum extended state, and then the edge 59a of the open / close door 53a contacts the contact member 84 to cover the front side of the image display means 29.

  Thereafter, when there is an evacuation command, the drive motor 76 reverses and the opening / closing door 53a moves from the front side of the image display means 29 to the evacuation position Y via the support member 57. When the opening / closing door 53a moves by the amount of expansion / contraction, and overlaps the back side of the opening / closing door 53b, the connecting portion 87 of the expansion / contraction connecting means 85 engages with the engaging portion 86b, and both the opening / closing doors 53a, 53b overlap in the front-rear direction. In this state, it moves integrally to the retracted position Y.

  Even when the open / close door 53a contacts the fixed contact member 84 in this way, the posture of the open / close door 53a can be obtained by mounting the open / close door 53a on the support member 57 via the posture correcting means 58. Can be corrected to the corresponding posture by following the contact member 84, and the occurrence of a gap between the contact member 84 and the open / close door 53a can be prevented. Therefore, as illustrated in the first embodiment, in addition to the case where both the left and right open / close doors 53a and 53b move in the left-right direction, the same can be implemented when one is fixed.

  13 and 14 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a contact member 84 provided in the vicinity of one side of the image display means 29 and abutted when the opening / closing door 53a moves to the protruding position X, and a fixed-side support member 57 that supports the contact member 84 are provided. A posture correcting means 58 is interposed therebetween, and the posture of the abutting member 84 changes following the end edge 59a when the door 53a abuts.

  The support member 57 is fixed to the back case 44 in the vicinity of the side edge of the image display means 29 through an appropriate member. The contact member 84 is in contact with a reinforcing rib or the like of the support member 57 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction from the front surface and the upper surface. The posture correcting means 58 includes a spring 72 that urges the contact member 84 toward the opening / closing door 53 a with respect to the support member 57. The spring 72 has an intermediate portion in the vertical direction fixed to the spring holding portion 92 of the support member 57 and a pair of upper and lower spring mounting portions 93 of the contact member 84 at the ends protruding from the spring holding portion 92 in the upper and lower sides. Is attached. The contact member 84 is provided with a stopper 82 that contacts the support member 57 on the side opposite to the opening / closing door 53a.

  Thus, even when the contact member 84 is mounted on the support member 57 via the posture correcting means 58, the generation of a gap when the end edge 59a between the contact member 84 and the open / close door 53a contacts is prevented. be able to. For example, even if the edge 59a of the open / close door 53a is inclined as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 13, the lower side of the contact member 84 resists the spring 72 when the lower part of the edge 59a comes into contact. And move in the direction of the arrow. And since the edge 84a of the contact member 84 inclines following the edge 59a of the opening-and-closing door 53a, generation | occurrence | production of the clearance gap between both can be prevented.

  15-17 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the posture correcting means 58 between the open / close door 53a and the support member 57 is a pivot type in the front-rear direction. This posture correcting means 58 includes a pivot 95 that pivotally supports the opening / closing door 53 a on the support member 57, a stopper 82 that contacts the support member 57 in an appropriate posture, and the opening / closing door 53 a with respect to the support member 57. A spring 72 is provided around the pivot 95 to urge it into an appropriate posture.

  The edge 59a of the open / close door 53a is perpendicular to the vertical direction so that the stopper 82 is rotated away from the support member 57 when the end edges 59a, 59b of the open / close doors 53a, 53b come into contact with each other. Is inclined at an angle α. For example, when the upper and lower doors 53a and 53b approach each other and the upper end side of the open / close door 53a comes into contact with the open / close door 53b first, as shown in FIG. Inclined. When the lower end side of the open / close door 53b comes into contact with the open / close door 53a first, the upper end side may be inclined at an angle α in a direction away from the open / close doors 53a, 53b as shown in FIG. Moreover, you may incline the edge 59b of the opening-and-closing door 53b. The spring 72 is a helical type.

  Even when such posture correcting means 58 is employed, when the end edges 59a and 59b of the open / close doors 53a and 53b come into contact with each other, the open / close door 53a is in the direction indicated by the arrow around the pivot 95 with respect to the support member 57. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a gap between the end edges 59a and 59b of both the open / close doors 53a and 53b. Further, since the posture correcting means 58 is a pivot type, the structure can be further simplified. Further, as the angle α of the edge 59a of the open / close door 53a increases, the allowance for correcting the posture of the open / close door 53a can be increased. The end edge 59b of the open / close door 53b may be inclined.

  18 and 19 illustrate a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a pair of open / close doors 53a and 53b are provided on both the upper and lower sides of the image display means 29. The pair of open / close doors 53a and 53b move in the vertical direction between the protruding position X on the front surface of the image display means 29 and the retracted positions Y on the upper and lower sides. Is.

  One of the pair of open / close doors 53 a and 53 b is attached to the support member 57 via the posture correcting means 58. The support member 57 and the other open / close door 53b are supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction by the side guide means 97 on both the left and right sides, and are moved up and down in the reverse direction by the drive means 56 on both the left and right sides. The posture correcting means 58 has substantially the same configuration as that of any of the other embodiments, and when the edges 59a, 59b of both the open / close doors 53a, 53b are in contact with each other, the posture of the open / close door 53a is the edge of the open / close door 53b. It changes to the corresponding posture following 59b. The drive means 56 includes racks 74a and 74b, a pinion 75, and a drive motor 76, and both opening and closing doors 53a and 53b move in the reverse direction by forward and reverse rotation of the drive motor 76.

  When the open / close doors 53a and 53b are provided on both the upper and lower sides of the image display means 29 in this way, any one of the open / close doors 53a and 53b is provided on the support member 57 via the attitude correction means 58 so that the attitude can be corrected. It is possible to prevent the generation of a gap between the upper and lower open / close doors 53a and 53b.

  20 to 22 illustrate a seventh embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a pair of swinging members 98 a and 98 b are provided that swing back and forth in the vertical direction between the retracted positions Y on the upper and lower sides of the image display unit 29 and the protruding position X on the front surface of the image display unit 29. It is a thing.

  The swinging members 98a and 98b are arranged substantially symmetrically so as to be swingable around the support shafts 99a and 99b in the vicinity of the outer side of the image display means 29 in the substantially diagonal direction. One swinging member 98a is mounted via a posture correcting means 58 on the front end side of a support member 57 that swings around a support shaft 99a. The support member 57 and the swing member 98b are swingable about the support shafts 99a and 99b, and the driven gears 100a and 100b that rotate integrally with the support member 57 and the swing member 98b, drive motors 76a and 76b, and the drive motor. Drive means 56a and 56b having drive gears 101a and 101b fixed to the rotation shafts 76a and 76b and meshing with the driven gears 100a and 100b can be driven back and forth around the support shafts 99a and 99b.

  The pair of oscillating members 98a and 98b are configured such that the end edges 59a and 59b come into contact with each other at the protruding position X on the front surface of the image display means 29, and, for example, both form an S-shape. As shown in FIG. 21, the posture correcting means 58 contacts the support member 57 when the swinging member 98a is pivotally attached to the tip end portion of the support member 57 and the swinging member 98a is in the proper posture. A stopper 82 and a spring 72 that biases the swinging member 98a to an appropriate posture with respect to the support member 57 so that the support member 57 and the stopper 82 come into contact with each other are provided.

  In this case, when the swinging members 98a and 98b swing around the support shafts 99a and 99b from the retracted position Y to the projecting position X, the end edges 59a and 59b come into contact with each other from both the upper and lower sides as a whole. Compose the character. When the end edges 59a and 59b of both the swinging members 98a and 98b come into contact with each other, for example, if the side farthest from the support shaft 99a of the end edge 59a of the swinging member 98a comes into contact with the first piece, the swinging member 98a It rotates in the direction of the arrow around the pivot 95 while resisting the spring 72 and follows the corresponding posture corresponding to the end edge 59b of the swinging member 98b. Accordingly, even in such a case, it is possible to prevent a gap between the end edges 59a and 59b of the swinging members 98a and 98b.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the posture correcting means 58 includes a guide hole 66 formed in the support member 57, a guide protrusion 67 provided in the swing member 98a and fitted in the guide hole 66, the swing member 98a and the support member. A compression spring 72 interposed between 57 spring receiving portions 102 and 103 may be provided.

  FIG. 23 illustrates an eighth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, there is provided a pair of left and right movable frames 104a and 104b that are movable in the left and right directions between a retracted position Y on both the left and right sides and a protruding position X on the front surface of the image display means 29, and these movable frames 104a and 104b are provided. A display window 105 is configured on the front side of the image display means 29 when moved to the protruding position X, and the image display means 29 displays a predetermined effect image 106 in the display window 105 in synchronization with this. It is.

  Each movable frame 104a, 104b is formed in an inverted F shape so as to form the display window 105 when abutting, and one of the movable frames 104a can be posture-corrected to the support member 57 on the back side via the posture correcting means 58. It is installed. The other movable frame 104b and the support member 57 are movable in the left-right direction via the upper guide means 54, and are moved back and forth in the reverse direction by driving of a driving means (not shown). Note that the posture correction means 58 may adopt any of those exemplified in each embodiment.

  Even in the case of the movable effect means 43 provided with such movable frames 104a and 104b, both the movable frames 104a are provided by interposing the posture correcting means 58 between the one movable frame 104a and the support member 57 on the back side thereof. 104b can be brought into contact with each other with certainty.

  As mentioned above, although each Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to this each Example, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, in the embodiment, the open / close doors 53a and 53b, the swinging members 98a and 98b, and the movable frames 104a and 104b are illustrated as movable members, but other members may be used. Further, in that case, the counterpart member may be the contact member 84 and the number of movable members may be one, or three or more movable members may be arranged to be relatively movable.

  The posture correcting means 58 may be provided on both adjacent movable members, or may be provided on both the movable member and a counterpart member such as the contact member 84 facing the movable member. It is sufficient that the counterpart member and the movable member are relatively movable in the perspective direction.

  The posture correcting means 58 is suitably configured as exemplified in each embodiment, but when the counterpart member and the movable member are in a separated state, one member is biased to an appropriate posture with respect to the support member 57. And when the other member and the movable member approach each other, the other member is corrected to the corresponding posture corresponding to the other member while resisting the bias in conjunction with the other member. It is also possible to adopt this mechanism.

  Needless to say, the present invention can be similarly applied to other ball game machines such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball game machine, and also to various game machines such as a slot machine.

29 Image display means 43 Movable effect means 53a, 53b Opening / closing door (movable member)
57 Support member 58 Posture correction means 64 Guide means 65 Biasing means 84 Contact member 95 Axis X Projection position Y Retraction position

Claims (5)

Between far in the near direction gaming machine having a movable directing means including a plurality of movable member movable in a support member for supporting at least one movable member and the one movable member of the adjacent two movable members to, with the posture correcting means for correcting the orientation of one of the movable member said, with the one of the movable member when the the attitude modifying means the two movable member is separated state in the proper orientation relative to the support member energized to and the two movable member is fixed in the other of the corresponding attitude and to follow the movable member position of the one movable member while resisting the biasing corresponding to the other movable member when in contact with A gaming machine characterized by that. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , further comprising guide means for guiding each movable member so as to be movable in a perspective direction and drive means for driving each movable member in a perspective direction .   The posture correcting means includes guide means for supporting the movable member with respect to the support member so as to be movable in a posture correction direction, and biasing means for biasing the movable member with respect to the support member in the proper posture. The gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising:   4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, further comprising the guide unit and the biasing unit on both sides in a direction substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the movable member.   On both sides of the image display means, a pair of open / close doors movable between a protruding position on the front surface of the image display means and a retracted position on the side of the image display means are provided, and one of the pair of open / close doors The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the posture correcting means is provided between the open / close door and the support member that supports the open / close door.

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