JP5324802B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a front door provided on the front surface of a housing containing gaming machines is provided with a lamp unit that lights or blinks depending on the gaming situation.

  In gaming machines such as slot machines, the model can be changed by detachably attaching the upper unit and side lamp unit that are lit or blinking depending on the game situation to the upper and both side edges of the front door provided on the front of the chassis. In some cases, the upper unit and the side lamp unit can be partially exchanged during repair and replacement, so that the model change and maintenance can be flexibly handled (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-41245 A

  However, in the gaming machine as described above, when the upper unit and the side lamp unit are attached to the front door, the upper inner surface of the light source cover constituting a part of the side lamp unit is pushed to the left and right ends of the upper unit. The light source cover and the upper cover are connected to each other so as to make contact. For this reason, the linear design is emphasized on both sides of the front door due to the fact that the joint of both units and the inner surface of the light source cover are aligned so that the degree of freedom of design is limited. It will be.

  In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can flexibly cope with model change and maintenance and can improve the degree of freedom in designing the front door.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention is a top lamp that lights or blinks in accordance with the gaming situation along the upper edge and both side edges of the front door provided on the front surface of the housing housing the gaming equipment. Each of the unit and the side lamp unit is detachably provided, and the top lamp unit is detachably attached to the upper edge of the front door, and has a plurality of reflecting openings for irregularly reflecting light of the top light source described later. An opaque top cover, a top light source provided in the top cover, which lights or blinks depending on the game situation and irradiates a top lens from the back side through the reflection port, on the front surface of the top cover provided, the light of the top light source and a translucent capable oblong top lens, the side lamp unit is detachably mounted along the side edges of the front door Is a non-transparent side covers longitudinal having a plurality of reflective openings for irregularly reflecting the light of the below side light source is fixed to the rear surface of the side cover, the lighting or flashing the reflection in accordance with the game situation Including a substrate on which a side light source that irradiates a side lens, which will be described later, through the mouth is mounted, and a vertically long side lens that is fixed to the surface of the side cover and is capable of transmitting light from the side light source. the cover, in the longitudinal direction of the upper, can butt the ends of the transverse direction of the top cover, and has an L-shaped portion for bent along the upper corner of the front door, the side lenses, An L-shaped portion that is in the vertical direction and matches the L-shaped portion of the side cover ; the rhino to L-shaped portion The light source is provided, against each end of the L-shaped portion of the side cover end portions of the transverse direction of the top cover, also the end of the L-shaped portion of said side lens to an end of the transverse direction of the top lens Connect. With this configuration, the design and maintenance of the front door can be easily performed by replacing the top lamp unit or / and the side lamp unit. In addition, the joint between the top lamp unit and the side lamp unit is biased to the inside of the inner surface of the side lamp unit, so the joint between both units can be made inconspicuous and straight lines on both sides of the front door The design is relaxed and the degree of freedom in designing the front door is improved.
Furthermore, when the design of the upper part of the front door is changed, only the top lamp unit needs to be replaced. Therefore, the degree of freedom in the upper design of the front door is further improved and flexible maintenance is possible.

  According to the present invention, the design change and maintenance of the front door can be easily performed. In addition, since the joint between the top lamp unit and the side lamp unit is biased to the inside of the inner surface of the side lamp unit, the linear design on both sides of the front door is relaxed, and the degree of freedom in designing the front door Will improve.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming machine in a state where a part of a front door is disassembled. In the following description, the lower left in FIG. 1 is the “front” of the gaming machine, the upper right is also “rear”, the upper left is also “left”, and the lower right is “right”. "".

  A gaming machine 1 that is a slot machine (including a pachislot machine) includes a housing 2 having an open front surface and a front door 3 made of synthetic resin that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the housing 2. In the game machine, for example, identification information consisting of multiple types of symbols, numbers, etc. is added to the outer peripheral surface, and the left, middle and right three rotations are pivotally supported around the horizontal axis A reel 4 is accommodated.

  An identification information display window 31 through which the identification information of the rotary reel 4 can be visually recognized is provided at a substantially central portion of the front surface of the front door 3. The identification information display window 31 is attached to the back surface of the front door 3 above the identification information display window 31. A display window 32 through which an effect image related to a game displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5 can be visually recognized is provided. The front surface of the upper half of the front door 3 including the identification information display window 31 and the display window 32 is covered with a transparent panel 6 formed of a transparent acrylic plate or the like. The transparent panel 6 has a lamp provided behind it, a window corresponding to the liquid crystal display device 5, and a film 61 on which a pattern is printed, or is sandwiched in the thickness direction. Therefore, the identification information of the rotary reel 4 and the effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5 can be viewed through the window provided on the transparent panel 6.

  Below the identification information display window 31 in the front door 3, an operation unit cover plate 9 is detachably provided. The operation unit cover plate 9 includes a medal insertion unit 10 into which medals are inserted when playing a game, a MAX bet button 11 for setting the bet number of medals, and a start lever that is operated to rotate all the rotating reels 4. 12. Three stop buttons 13 and the like that are operated when stopping the rotation of each rotary reel 4 are provided.

  On the upper edge of the front door 3 above the display window 32, a horizontally long top lamp unit 7 that is lit or blinks depending on the game situation is detachably attached, and on both side edges of the front door 3, the game situation is given. The vertically long side lamp units 8 and 8 that are turned on or blinking in accordance with the above are detachably attached.

  The game of the gaming machine 1 sets the bet number of medals in a credit state in which the player inserts medals into the medal insertion unit 10 or the number of medals inserted in advance by the MAX bet button 11 is electrically stored. After that, the operation is started by operating the start lever 12 to rotate all the rotating reels 4.

  After a predetermined time has passed since the rotation reel 4 has rotated, the three stop buttons 13 are sequentially operated to stop the rotation of each rotation reel 4, and the combination of identification information of the stopped three rotation reels 4 is used. The number of medals distributed according to the presence / absence of a prize and the size of the prize is determined. When winning, a predetermined number of medals are paid out to the front surface of the front door 3 from a hopper unit (not shown) accommodated in the housing 2 and the top lamp unit 7 and the side lamp unit 8 are set in a predetermined manner. Illuminates or flashes in a manner to enhance the production effect.

  In the present embodiment, the gaming machine 1 is described as a slot machine whose gaming medium is a medal (including coins), but the present invention is not limited to this, and the gaming machine 1 is a gaming medium. It may be a slot machine or a pachinko machine that is a pachinko ball.

  3 is an exploded perspective view of the right side lamp unit 8, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the top lamp unit 7, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper right corner of the front door 3. The side lamp unit 8 includes a translucent synthetic resin side cover 81 that is detachably attached from the back side of the front door 3 along a side edge of the front door 3 with a plurality of screws (not shown), and a side cover. A plurality of light-emitting diodes 84 and 85 that are light sources mounted on the lower substrates 82 and 83, and a light-transmitting lens 86 that is fixed to the surface of the side cover 81 and that is below the light-transmitting lens 86. , 87 and a corresponding translucent tubular body 88 of each upper light emitting diode 84.

The side cover 81 substantially corresponds to each light emitting diode 84 in the upper half and has a plurality of reflecting openings 811 that irregularly reflect the light of each light emitting diode 84 that has passed through the cylindrical body 88, and the front door 3 on the upper part. Each of which has an L-shaped portion 812 bent along the upper corner (the upper left corner 33 in the left side cover 81 and the upper right corner 34 in the right side cover 81). Are formed in an L-shape, and a light-emitting diode 84 is also provided on the L-shaped portion of the substrate 82 to fix the substrate 82 to the side cover 81 and to be detachably attached to the front door 3.

  The upper lens 86 is fixed to a substantially upper half region of the side cover 8 so as to cover the reflection port 811 from the front surface, and an L-shaped portion 861 that matches the L-shaped portion 812 of the side cover 81 is provided at the upper portion. Is formed. A decorative lens 89 colored differently from the lens 86 is fitted into the opening 862 formed in the side surface of the lens 86.

  The upper light emitting diode 84 emits light to irradiate the upper lens 86 from the back side through the corresponding cylindrical body 88 and the reflection port 811.

  The lower lens 87 is fitted into an opening 813 provided in the lower portion of the side cover 81 and is irradiated from the back side by the light of the lower light emitting diode 85.

  The top lamp unit 7 includes a top cover 71 made of translucent synthetic resin that is detachably fixed by a plurality of screws (not shown) from the back side of the front door 3 along the upper edge of the front door 3. A plurality of light emitting diodes 73 constituting a light source mounted on a horizontally long substrate 72 fixed to the rear surface of the cover 71, a horizontally long translucent lens 74 fixed so as to cover the front surface of the top cover 71, and A plurality of translucent cylindrical bodies 75 disposed at positions corresponding to the light emitting diodes 73.

  The left and right end surface shapes of the top lamp unit 7 with the lens 74 attached to the top cover 71 correspond to the end surface shapes of the L-shaped portions 812 and 861 in the side lamp unit 8 with the lens 86 attached to the side cover 81.

  The top cover 71 has a plurality of reflecting openings 711 corresponding to the light emitting diodes 73 and the cylindrical bodies 75 on the front surface and irregularly reflecting the light of the light emitting diodes 73 that have passed through the cylindrical body 75. By being detachably fixed along the upper edge of the front door 3, the front door 3, that is, the upper part of the display window 32 formed separately from the top cover 71 is decorated.

  The light emitting diode 73 emits light to irradiate the lens 74 from the back side through the corresponding cylindrical body 75 and the reflection port 711.

  With the above-described configuration, the top lamp unit 7 is attached to the upper edge of the front door 3, and the side lamps 8, 861 of the side lamp unit 8 are in contact with the ends of the top light unit 7. By attaching the unit 8 along both side edges of the front door 3, the joint A between the top light unit 7 and the side lamp unit 8 is at the upper edge of the front door 3 and the inner side surface of the side lamp unit 8. It is biased to the inner side (center side) than 80. As a result, the linear design on both sides of the front door 3 is relaxed, the degree of freedom in design is improved, and the joint A can be made inconspicuous.

  The design change and maintenance of the front door 3 can be easily performed by replacing the top lamp unit 7 and / or the side lamp unit 8. When the design of the upper part of the front door 3 is changed, only the top lamp unit 7 that does not form the display window 32 on which the effect image related to the game is displayed needs to be replaced. Can be improved and flexible maintenance is possible.

It is a perspective view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a perspective view of the gaming machine in a state where a part of the front door is disassembled. It is a disassembled perspective view of the right side lamp unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a top lamp unit. It is an expansion perspective view of the upper right corner of a front door.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Housing | casing 3 Front door 4 Revolving reel 5 Liquid crystal display device 6 Transparent panel 7 Top lamp unit 8 Side lamp unit 9 Operation part surface board 10 Medal insertion part 11 MAX bet button 12 Start lever 13 Stop button 31 Identification information display Window 32 Display window 33 Upper left corner 34 Upper right corner 61 Film 71 Top cover 72 Substrate 73 Light emitting diode (light source)
74 Lens 75 Cylindrical body 80 Inner side surface 81 Side cover 82, 83 Substrate 84, 85 Light emitting diode (light source)
86, 87 Lens 88 Tubular body 89 Decorative lens 711 Reflection port 811 Reflection port 812 L-shaped portion 813 Opening portion 861 L-shaped portion 862 Opening portion A Joint

Claims (1)

A top lamp unit and a side lamp unit that are lit or blinking according to the gaming situation are detachably provided along the upper edge and both side edges of the front door provided on the front surface of the housing containing the gaming equipment,
The top lamp unit is
A horizontally long non-translucent top cover that is detachably attached to the upper edge of the front door and has a plurality of reflection openings for irregularly reflecting the light of the top light source described later ,
A top light source that is provided in the top cover and illuminates or flashes in accordance with the gaming situation and irradiates the top lens from the back side through the reflection port ;
A horizontally long top lens provided on the front surface of the top cover and capable of transmitting light from the top light source;
The side lamp unit is
A vertically- opaque side cover that is detachably attached along the side edge of the front door and has a plurality of reflection openings for irregularly reflecting the light of the side light source described later ,
A substrate on which a side light source is mounted that is fixed to the rear surface of the side cover, illuminates or flashes depending on the game situation, and irradiates the side lens from the back side through the reflection port ,
A vertically long side lens fixed to the surface of the side cover and capable of transmitting light from the side light source;
The side cover may be in the longitudinal direction of the upper, it can be butted to the end of the transverse direction of the top cover, and has an L-shaped portion for bent along the upper corner of the front door,
The side lens has an L-shaped part at the upper part in the vertical direction and matches the L-shaped part of the side cover,
An upper part of the substrate is formed in an L shape in accordance with an L shape part of the side cover ,
The side light source is also provided in the L-shaped part of the substrate,
The end portion of the L-shaped portion of the side cover is connected to the end portion in the horizontal direction of the top cover, and the end portion of the L-shaped portion of the side lens is connected to the end portion in the horizontal direction of the top lens. A featured gaming machine.

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