JP5134823B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that plays a game using a game medium such as a pachinko ball or a coin.

  In a pachinko machine or a slot machine, the number of pachinko balls or coins corresponding to the winning mode is paid out from the main body to a tray on the lower side of the front decorative panel when winning. In the slot machine, the front decorative panel at the top of the saucer is illuminated by the internal fluorescent lamp, but this only has a decorative effect, not to illuminate the saucer, and from the coin payout exit to the saucer. There was a problem that the coins that were paid out were difficult to see.

  In the following Patent Document 1, a light guide plate (for example, an acrylic resin plate) is provided in the lower end of a frame in which a front decorative panel of a slot machine is fitted, and the end surface of the fluorescent lamp enters the light guide plate. The structure which illuminates the saucer located under the light guide plate by guiding the light to the end face of the light guide plate by repeating internal reflection has been proposed.

Patent Document 2 below proposes a slot machine structure that includes an illuminating means for irradiating light from the inside of a coin payout exit to a saucer in a gaming machine having a coin payout exit and a saucer installed in front of the coin payout exit. Has been.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-261973 JP 11-178980 A

  However, in the illumination by the light guide plate, the light incident on the light guide plate is attenuated by repeated internal reflection, and the light emitted from the end face of the light guide plate is not sufficient to illuminate the tray, There is a problem that the light source that illuminates the saucer from the inside also has the problem that the reflected light type becomes weak and the direct light type becomes a dedicated light source. Will be costly.

  The object of the present invention is to provide an effect at the time of paying out a game medium that is noticed by a player by sufficiently illuminating a tray of a game medium such as a pachinko ball or coin from the bottom or side without providing a special additional device. It is to provide a gaming machine with a strong impact as well as making the paid and paid gaming media visible.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine comprising: a receiving tray that receives a paid-out gaming medium; and a decorative lower panel disposed below the receiving tray. A transmission window portion provided on a tray and formed of a light-transmitting plastic, and disposed above the tray and on a straight line connecting the transmission window portion and the lower panel, and through the transmission window portion, And an illumination device for illuminating the lower panel from the back surface.

A transparent illumination substrate disposed between the transmission window portion and the lower panel, and disposed on the illumination substrate, illuminates the inside of the tray through the transmission window portion, and illuminates the lower panel from the back surface. And a light source to be provided.

  The saucer provided in the gaming machine is not always noticed by the player during the game, but is particularly noticed when the player hits and the game medium is paid out to the saucer. The gaming machine of the present invention irradiates light from the back side to a tray to which game media is paid out to increase the visibility of the game media in the tray, and further emits the game media in accordance with the timing of game media payout that the player particularly pays attention to. A gaming machine with a strong impact can be provided as a structure that can enhance the production effect by strengthening or blinking light.

  In addition, by arranging the light source means of the lower panel originally provided for decoration between the lower panel and the transmission window, not only the lower panel but also the transmission window is irradiated. Therefore, there is no member to increase, and it can be implemented without increasing the cost.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine (game machine) 1 includes a main body base 2, and a front door 5 including an upper door 3 and a lower door 4 is attached to the front surface of the main body base 2 so as to be freely opened and closed. Yes. A storage tank 6 is provided on the back side of the main body base 2. A door opening 7 is formed at the center of the upper door 3, and a glass door 8 covering the door opening 7 is attached to the upper door 3 so as to be openable and closable with respect to the upper door 3. A game board 9 is provided on the back side of the upper door 3, and the game board 9 is visible through the glass door 8.

  On the front surface of the game board 9, a symbol display device 10, a start winning opening (hereinafter referred to as "start opening") 11, a normal winning opening (hereinafter referred to as "normal opening") 12, an attacker 13 and an out opening 14 are provided. It has been. Although not shown in detail, a game area 9 a is formed on the front surface of the game board 9. In the game area 9a, game nails, windmills and the like are provided. The lower door 4 launches a pachinko ball (game medium) 21 paid out from the payout outlet 20 and a saucer 22 for storing the pachinko ball 21 lent by a ball lending machine (not shown) and the pachinko ball 21 into the game area 9a. A firing handle 23 for adjusting the launch strength is provided. A ball passage 24 for collecting the pachinko balls 21 stored in the tray 22 is formed on the back side of the tray 22. The ball passage 24 is inclined so as to gradually descend toward the downstream side thereof. The upper periphery of the tray 22 is covered with an apron panel 25 which is a decorative panel, and a lower panel 26 is provided below the apron panel 25.

  When the firing handle 23 is rotated, a ball launching device 40 described later is operated, and a pachinko ball is launched into the game area 9a of the game board 9. The pachinko ball 21 launched into the game area 9a enters one of the start port 11, the normal port 12, and the out port 14. The pachinko balls that have entered the out port 14 are treated as lost and discharged from the back side of the pachinko machine 1. When a pachinko ball wins at the start port 11 or the normal port 12, a predetermined number of award balls are paid out. In addition, when a pachinko ball wins at the start port 11, a winning lottery for determining a winning or losing is performed, and the symbol display device 10 is operated.

  The symbol display device 10 includes a display panel 30 constituted by, for example, a liquid crystal panel. On the display panel 30, three symbols are displayed side by side in parallel. The symbols are made up of 10 types of symbols indicating the numbers “0” to “9”. When the pachinko ball 21 wins at the start port 11, these symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display panel 30, and whether the result of the winning lottery is winning or losing depending on the combination of the symbols when the variably displayed symbols are stopped and displayed Is displayed. A combination of symbols with three identical numbers is a win, and the other combinations are lost.

  Below the storage tank 6, a downfall basin 36 through which the pachinko balls 21 discharged from the storage tank 6 flow down is provided, and the pachinko spheres 21 supplied to the storage tank 6 are discharged from the outlet to the downflow basin 36. The storage tank 6 is provided with a sphere detection switch (not shown). When the pachinko sphere 21 stored in the storage tank 6 decreases and the sphere detection switch is turned off, the pachinko sphere 21 is supplied into the storage tank 6 and stored. When the pachinko ball 21 turns on the ball detection switch, the supply is stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the flow down rod 36 includes two passages 36 a and 36 b along the flow down direction of the pachinko ball 21. Ball passages 37 and 38 are provided below the flow-down rod 36. The passage 36 a of the downcomer 36 communicates with the inlet of the ball passage 37, and the passage 36 b of the downcomer 36 communicates with the inlet of the ball passage 38. A prize ball payout device 39 is provided downstream of the ball passage 37, and the pachinko balls 21 flowing down the ball passage 37 are supplied to the prize ball payout device 39. When the prize ball dispensing device 39 is activated, the pachinko balls 21 supplied to the prize ball dispensing device 39 are dispensed from the dispensing outlet 20 to the tray 22 as prize balls. On the other hand, on the downstream side of the ball passage 38, a launch ball supply device 41 that causes the ball launch device 40 to flow down the pachinko balls 21 is provided. When the firing ball supply device 41 is operated, the pachinko balls 21 are supplied to the ball launching device 40 one by one. When the ball launcher 40 is activated, the pachinko balls 21 supplied to the ball launcher 40 are launched one by one into the game area 9a of the game board 9.

  The pachinko balls 21 collected from the ball passage 24 of the tray 22 are supplied to the ball feeding device 42 one by one. When the ball feeding device 42 is operated, the pachinko balls 21 of the ball feeding device 42 are sent to a collection basket 43 provided on the back side of the tray 22. The pachinko balls 21 sent to the collection basket 43 are collected.

  The operations of the prize ball payout device 39, the ball launch device 40, the shot ball supply device 41, and the ball feed device 42 are controlled by a control board (not shown) including a CPU attached to the back surface of the main body base 2. . The CPU operates the ball launching device 40 and the ball feeding device 42 in response to an operation signal inputted when the firing handle 23 is rotated, and is inputted when a winning occurs at the start port 11 or the normal port 12. In response to the winning signal, the prize ball payout device 39 is operated.

  The pachinko ball 21 supplied from the tray 22 to the ball feeding device 42 is detected by the ball detection sensor 44 when the firing handle 23 is operated. When the pachinko ball 21 is detected by the ball detection sensor 44, a detection signal of the pachinko ball 21 is input to the CPU. In response to this, the CPU activates the firing ball supply device 41.

  The lower panel 26 provided in the lower door 4 is, for example, a liquid crystal panel. The lower panel 26 constitutes a panel case 50 together with a back plate 51 on the back surface and a lighting substrate 52 that is partially transparent. Cold cathode tubes 54 and 55 as light source means are attached to the illumination substrate 52 and irradiate the lower panel 26 from the inside of the panel case 50.

  The illumination board 52 has a configuration in which an opening 52a is provided in a part thereof and the opening 52a is covered with a transparent plate 52b. The cold-cathode tube 55 is disposed in the vicinity of the transparent plate 52b, and the light emitted from the cold-cathode tube irradiates the lower panel 26 and irradiates the receiving tray 22 disposed on the outer side through the transparent plate 52b from the outside.

  A part of the tray 22 is constituted by a transmission window 60 formed of a light-transmitting plastic. The transmission window 60 is disposed at a position facing the transparent plate 52b, and receives light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 55 through the transparent plate 52b. As a result, the cold cathode tube 55 also illuminates the inside of the saucer 22 and draws the player's attention to the inside of the saucer 22. Since the pachinko ball 21 discharged to the tray 22 is also brightly illuminated, the pachinko ball 21 also draws the player's attention.

  The cold-cathode tubes 54 and 55 are configured to be able to control illumination from the control board via the illumination board 52, and change lighting / flashing of the illumination light or intensity of the light. By changing the light emitted from the cold-cathode tubes 54 and 55 according to the timing when the player hits the game or the payout timing of the pachinko ball 21, the production effect is made more effective.

  The apron panel 25 arranged on the upper part of the lower panel 26 has a reflecting plate 62 that reflects light on the inside thereof. The reflecting plate 62 directly irradiates the transmission window portion 60 of the light emitted from the cold cathode tube 55. It acts as a reflector plate that reflects the stray light of the light that is not reflected, the surface reflected light of the transmission window portion 60, and the like, and irradiates the transmission window portion 60 with these loss lights. As a result, the light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 55 can be efficiently applied to the transmission window 60.

  In the above embodiment, the cold cathode tube 55 is provided inside the panel case 50. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the cold cathode tube 55 is provided outside the panel case 50 so that the transmission window 60 is directly irradiated. Anyway. In this case, the lower panel 26 is irradiated with light from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 55 from the back surface through the transparent plate 52b.

  In another embodiment shown in FIG. 4, an illumination device 70 is provided above the saucer 22 to irradiate the saucer 22. The light emitted from the illumination device 70 illuminates the inside of the tray 22, illuminates the pachinko sphere 21 inside from above, transmits through the transmission window 60, transmits through the transparent plate 52b, and transmits through the lower panel. 26 is irradiated from the back surface. Accordingly, the lower panel 26 is illuminated by the illumination device 70 in addition to the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 54 and 55, and more various effects can be produced.

1 is an external perspective view of a pachinko machine that is an embodiment of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the pachinko machine when a cold cathode tube is arranged outside the panel case. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the pachinko machine which provided the illuminating device above the saucer which is another embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
9 Game board 21 Pachinko ball (game media)
22 Receptacle 26 Lower panel 30 Display panel 50 Panel case 52 Illumination board 52b Transparent plate 54,55 Cold cathode tube (discharge tube)
60 Transmission window portion 70 Illumination device

Claims (2)

A pan for receiving the dispensed game media, in the gaming machine and a lower panel for being disposed decoration below the pan,
A transmission window provided on the tray and formed of light-transmitting plastic ;
An illumination device that is disposed above the tray and on a straight line connecting the transmission window portion and the lower panel and that illuminates the lower panel from the back surface through the transmission window portion. To play. A transparent illumination board disposed between the transmission window and the lower panel;
The gaming machine according to claim 1 , further comprising: a light source that is disposed on the illumination board and that illuminates the inside of the tray through the transmission window portion and that illuminates the lower panel from the back surface .

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