JP5616567B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a display device capable of displaying an image and a shutter capable of opening and closing an image display area of the display device.

In a slot machine as a gaming machine, left and right shutters that can be moved linearly in the left-right direction are provided in front of a display device that can display various game information and images, and the left and right shutters are driven by the power of the drive device according to the gaming situation. There is one that can perform a variety of effects by moving or moving in the left-right direction to shield or open the image display area of the display device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-350987 A

  In the gaming machine as described above, since the design of the surface of the shutter is determined for each model and each gaming theme, it is difficult to share the shutter between gaming machines of different models and gaming themes.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which the shutter can be easily changed to a design related to a model or a game theme, and the shutter can be shared. .

To achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention comprises a display device having an image display area capable of displaying an image, and a front and rear shutter capable of opening and closing the image display area of the display device. And the front shutter of the front and rear shutters is formed on the upper and lower portions of the shielding portion for moving on the surface side of the image display region to show or hide the image display region. A portion formed on the upper portion meshes with the driving device and has upper and lower slide portions movable along guide rails arranged parallel to the surface of the image display area, and the shielding portion is opaque together are formed by members, in time for the upper and lower sliding portion, the surface is flat, and a plurality of decorative components plated on the surface is formed by a separate component is mounted to the shutter Has a tongue portion, the flat portion has a plurality of through-holes having a chamfered portion rear inner peripheral surface is recessed in a dish shape corresponding to each of the plurality of decorative parts, wherein the plurality of decorative parts Is provided with a non-plated protrusion corresponding to the through-hole and extending longer than the thickness of the flat portion of the shielding portion, and a tip that penetrates the protrusion through the through-hole. Ultrasonic welding is performed on the chamfered portion, the decorative part is attached to the shielding portion, and the weld mark is flattened along the back surface of the shielding portion. With this configuration, by changing the design of multiple decorative parts for each model or game theme, the front shutter can be easily changed to a design related to the model or game theme, and the shutter can be shared. it can. Moreover, a decorative part can be reliably attached to a shielding part. Furthermore, the projection of the decorative member can be reliably ultrasonically welded to the chamfered portion of the through hole of the shielding portion.

  According to the present invention, by changing the design of the decorative part for each model or game theme, the shutter can be easily changed to a design related to the model or game theme, and the shutter can be shared. .

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to 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. In the following description, the lower left diagonal in FIG. 1 is “front”, the upper right upper is “rear”, the upper left upper is “left”, and the lower right lower is “right”.

  A gaming machine (slot machine) 1 includes a housing 3 that houses three types of left, middle, and right rotating reels 2 and other various gaming machines with a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface, and a front surface of the housing 3. A predetermined game is formed by inserting a medal (including coins), which is a game medium, into the medal insertion unit 20 provided on the right side of the front surface of the front door 4. Is done.

  The game of the gaming machine 1 is a credit in which the player inserts medals into the medal insertion unit 4 or the number of medals previously inserted by the bet button 21 provided on the front surface of the front door 3 is electrically stored. After setting the number of medals in the state, the operation is started by operating the start lever 22 and rotating all the rotating reels 2.

  After a predetermined time has passed after the rotating reel 2 has rotated, the three stop buttons 23 provided on the front surface of the front door 4 are sequentially operated to stop the rotation of each rotating reel 2, and the stopped three The combination of symbols on the rotating reel 2 determines the number of medals to be paid according to the presence or absence of a prize and the size of the prize. It is paid out to the tray 41.

  At the front center of the front door 4 is provided a see-through window 42 through which the symbols of each rotary reel 2 can be visually recognized, and the display unit 5 is provided at the top.

  2 is an exploded perspective view of the display unit 5 as viewed obliquely from the front, FIG. 3 is a front view of the display unit 5, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the display unit 5 with the display frame 6 removed. The display unit 5 is a game in which the light source is turned on and blinks according to the game situation, various game information and images are displayed in an image display area 71 described later, and the image display area 71 is shielded or opened. A display frame 7 made of synthetic resin fixed to the upper front portion of the front door 4 and a display device 7 having an image display area 71 capable of displaying effect information and images according to the game situation. The shutter device 8 that can open and close the image display area 71 according to the game situation, the left and right front shutter drive devices 10A and 10B, the display frame 6, the display device 7, the shutter device 8 and And a base member 11 made of synthetic resin to which the driving devices 10A and 10B are attached.

  The display device 7 is fixed to the back side of the base member 11 and forms an image display area 71 composed of liquid crystal or the like on the front surface, and displays an image according to the game situation in the image display area 71. It will be a lively production.

  The base member 11 is fixed to the upper portion of the front door 4 together with the display frame 6, and an opening 111 corresponding to the size of the image display area 71 of the display device 7 is formed at the center. Left and right front shutter drive devices 10A are attached to the left and right upper portions of the base member 11, and the left and right rear shutter drive devices 10B are attached to the left and right lower portions of the back surface.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the shutter device 8. The shutter device 8 includes left and right synthetic resin front and rear shutters 81 and 82 that can move linearly in the left and right directions along the surface of the image display region 71 so as to sandwich the image display screen 71 in the display device 7 from the left and right. And a guide structure 9 for supporting the front shutter 81 and the rear shutter 82 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. As will be described later, decorative parts 83, 84, and 85 are attached to the front surfaces of the left and right front shutters 81.

  The guide structure 9 is fixed to the front surface of the base member 11 by a plurality of bolts or the like (not shown), and supports the upper portions (upper slide portions 813) of the left and right front shutters 81 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. An upper guide rail 91 for the front shutter, and an upper guide rail 92 for the rear shutter that is disposed directly below the upper guide rail 91 for the front shutter and supports the upper part of the left and right rear shutters 82 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The front shutter lower guide rail 93 for supporting the lower part of the left and right front shutter 81 (lower slide part 814) so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and the rear left and right guide rails 93 are disposed directly behind the left and right rear guide rails 93. A rear shutter lower guide rail 94 for supporting the lower part of the side shutter 82 movably in the left-right direction; And a lateral connecting plate 95 for connecting the guide rails 91, 92, 93, 94 up and down.

  Each of the upper guide rails 91 and 92 is disposed above the image display area 71 so as to be parallel to the surface of the image display area 71 and has a substantially downward opening U-shape. Each of the lower guide rails 93 and 94 is disposed below the image display region 71 so as to be parallel to the surface of the image display region 71, and the vertical cross-sectional shape is substantially an upward U-shape. Yes. Each guide rail 91, 92, 93, 94 is arranged outside the image display area 71 so as not to block an image displayed in the image display area 71.

  The left and right connecting plates 95 are arranged to be separated from each other in the left-right direction so as not to block the image display area 71 of the display device 7, and the upper end portions thereof are fixed to the front surface of the rear shutter upper guide rail 92. Similarly, the lower end portion is fixed between the rear surface of the front shutter lower guide rail 93 and the front surface of the rear shutter lower guide rail 94.

  6 is an exploded perspective view of the front shutter 81 and the decorative members 83, 84, and 85 as viewed from diagonally forward, and FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the front shutter 81 and the decorative members 83, 84, and 85 as viewed from diagonally rear. FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part.

  The left and right front shutters 81 are engaged with an upper slide portion 813 that engages with the upper guide rail 91 for front shutter so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and with a lower guide rail 93 for front shutter that can move in the left-right direction. A lower slide portion 814 to be joined is formed, and an opaque shielding portion 811 is provided between the upper slide portion 813 and the lower slide portion 814. A rack 815 that meshes with the pinion 101A rotated by the motor 102A in the front shutter drive device 10A is provided on the rear surface of the upper slide portion 813 along the left-right direction. With this configuration, the left and right front shutters 81 are supported by the upper and lower guide rails 91 and 93 so as to be movable in the left and right directions along the surfaces of the image display area 71 and the connecting plate 95, and the pinion 101A of the front shutter drive device 10A. With this rotation, the shielding unit 811 linearly reciprocates between a shielding position (see FIG. 3) for shielding the image display area 71 and an opening position (see FIG. 4) for opening.

  The shielding part 811 of the front shutter 81 is provided with a flat part 811a having a semicircular shape when viewed from the front, and decorative parts 83, 84, 85 having a design determined for each model or game theme are attached to the flat part 811a. A large number of through holes 812 are provided for the purpose. A chamfered portion 812a that is recessed in a dish shape is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rear portion of the through hole 812 as shown in FIG.

  On the back surface of each decorative component 83, 84, 85, projections 831, 841, 841, 841, corresponding to the respective through holes 812 formed in the flat portion 811 a of the shielding portion 811 and longer than the plate thickness of the flat portion 811 a, 851 are provided in a protruding manner.

  The decorative parts 83, 84, 85 are fitted into the corresponding through holes 811 by inserting the protrusions 831, 841, 851, and the tips of the protrusions 831, 841, 851 protruding from the through holes 811 (FIG. 8). 2) is welded to the chamfered portion 812a as shown by the solid line by ultrasonic welding, so that it is securely fixed to the flat portion 811a. As a result, by changing the design of the decorative parts 83, 84, 85 for each model or game theme, the front shutter 81 can be easily changed to a design related to the model or game theme. The front shutter 81 can be shared between the two.

  Secondary processing such as gold plating or chrome plating is applied to the surfaces of the decorative parts 83, 84, 85 excluding the protrusions 831, 841, 851. Thereby, even if each decoration part 83, 84, 85 is decorated by plating, each projection 831, 841, 851 can be reliably welded by ultrasonic welding. Further, since the shielding portion 811 including the flat portion 811a is formed of an opaque material, the image display area 71 can be completely hidden and attached to the shielding portion 811 when the front shutter 81 is in the shielding position. Moreover, there is no possibility that the attached state of each decorative component 83, 84, 85 (welded portion of each projection 831, 841, 851) is visible to the player, and the appearance can be improved.

  The rear shutter 82 is an upper slide portion 821 that engages with the rear shutter upper guide rail 92 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and a lower slide that engages with the rear shutter lower guide rail 94 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. Part 822 and a rectangular-shaped shielding part 823 that can open and close the image display area 71. A rack (not shown) that meshes with the pinion 101B that is rotated by the motor 102B in the rear shutter drive device 10B is provided on the rear surface of the lower slide portion 822 along the left-right direction. With this configuration, the left and right rear shutters 82 can be moved in the left-right direction between the front surface of the image display area 71 and the back surface of the connecting plate 95 by the upper and lower guide rails 92 and 94, and the rear shutter drive With the rotation of the pinion 101B of the apparatus 10B, the shielding unit 823 linearly reciprocates between the shielding position where the image display area 71 is shielded and the opening position where the shielding is performed.

  When the rear shutter 82 is in the shielding position, the shielding unit 823 shields the image display area 71 and can be seen through the image displayed in the image display area 71 or can be translucent enough to visually recognize the outline, color, and the like. Formed.

  The front shutter 81 and the rear shutter 82 open and close the image display area 71 of the display device 7 in the following opening and closing manner. (A) The left and right front shutters 81 and the rear shutter 82 are both in the shielding position, and the image display area 71 of the display device 7 is double-shielded so that the image displayed in the image display area 71 is completely hidden. To do. (B) The left and right rear shutters 82 are in the open position, the left and right front shutters 81 are in the shielding position, and the image display area 71 is shielded only by the shielding part 811 of the front shutter 81. (C) The left and right front shutters 81 are in the open position, the left and right rear shutters 82 are in the shielding position, and the image display area 71 is shielded only by the shielding part 823 of the rear shutter 82. (D) The left and right front shutters 81 and the rear shutter 82 are both in the open position, and the image display area 71 is completely opened.

9 and 10 show the structure of the rear shutter 86 which is another embodiment of the present invention. Since this is another embodiment of the present invention, a description will be given with a new reference numeral. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the rear shutter 86 as viewed from the front, and FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the rear shutter 86 as viewed from the rear.
In this embodiment, the rear shutter 86 is movably engaged with the upper slide portion 861 that faces the rear shutter upper guide rail 92 and is movably engaged with the rear shutter lower guide rail 94. A shutter frame 864 formed by connecting a lower slide portion 862 facing in the left-right direction with a continuous portion 863 facing in the up-down direction, and a flat plate-shaped shielding portion 865 formed as a separate part from the shutter frame 864, The plurality of protrusions 866 protruding from the back surface of the shutter frame 864 are fitted into the through holes 867 formed in the shielding portion 865 and welded by ultrasonic welding, thereby fixing the shielding portion 865 to the shutter frame 864. Then, the shielding portion 865 and the upper and lower slide portions 861 and 862 are integrated. Thereby, the shielding part 865 can be easily changed to the design related to the model or the game theme.

  In addition, the decorative part in this embodiment is configured by a seal 868 that describes a shape or a pattern related to the game theme of the gaming machine. The seal 868 is attached by sticking to the flat part of the shielding part 865. Thereby, the design of the front shutter 86 can be easily changed by changing the shape and pattern of the seal 868.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following various modifications and changes can be made to the present embodiment without departing from the gist of the present invention.
(I) The gaming machine 1 is a pachinko machine in which the gaming medium is a pachinko ball, a slot machine, and other gaming machines, instead of a slot machine in which the gaming medium is a medal (including coins).
(Ii) The rear shutter 82 has the same structure as the front shutter 81, and a decorative part related to the model or game theme is also attached to the rear shutter 82.
(Iii) Only one of the front shutter 81 and the rear shutter 82 or 86 is arranged in front of the image display area 71 in the display device 7.

It is a perspective view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a disassembled perspective view of the display unit seen from diagonally forward. It is a front view of a display unit. It is a front view of the display unit 5 of the state which removed the display frame. It is a perspective view of a shutter device. It is the disassembled perspective view of the front side shutter and each decoration member seen from diagonally forward. It is the disassembled perspective view of the front side shutter and each decoration member seen from diagonally back. It is an expanded sectional view of the principal part. It is a disassembled perspective view of the rear shutter which looked at other embodiment in the present invention from the front. It is the disassembled perspective view of the rear side shutter similarly seen from back.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine (slot machine)
2 rotating reel 3 housing 4 front door 5 display unit 6 display frame 7 display device 8 shutter device 9 guide structure 10A front shutter drive device 10B rear shutter drive device 11 base member 20 medal insertion portion 21 bet button 22 start Lever 23 Stop button 41 Medal tray 42 Viewing window 71 Image display area 81 Front shutter 82 Rear shutter 83, 84, 85 Decoration part 86 Rear shutter 91 Front shutter upper guide rail 92 Rear shutter upper guide rail 93 Front shutter Lower guide rail 94 Rear shutter lower guide rail 95 Connecting plate 101A, 101B Pinion 102A, 102B Motor 111 Opening 811 Shielding portion 811a Flat portion 812 Through hole 812a Chamfered portion 813 Upper slide portion 814 Lower slide 815 Rack 820 Upper slide part 822 Lower slide part 823 Shield part 831, 841, 851 Projection part 861 Upper slide part 862 Lower slide part 863 Continuous part 864 Shutter frame 865 Shield part 866 Projection part 867 Through hole 868 Seal (decoration parts)

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine comprising a display device having an image display area capable of displaying an image, and a front and rear shutter capable of opening and closing the image display area of the display device,
Front shutter of said front and rear shutters, said image display shielding unit for showing and hiding the image display area by moving the surface side of the region is formed in a vertical portion of the shield portion, the upper The upper and lower slide portions that are movable along guide rails that are arranged in parallel to the surface of the image display region, the portion formed in
The shielding part is formed of an opaque member, and is between the upper and lower slide parts, and has a flat surface, and a flat surface on which a plurality of decorative parts plated with a surface formed separately from the shutter are attached. Part
The flat portion has a plurality of through-holes corresponding to each of the plurality of decorative parts, each having a chamfered portion in which a rear inner peripheral surface is recessed in a dish shape.
The plurality of decorative parts are provided with protrusions corresponding to the through-holes and extending longer than the thickness of the flat part in the shielding part and not plated, and allowing the protrusions to pass through the through-holes. A gaming machine, wherein a penetrating tip portion is ultrasonically welded to the chamfered portion, the decorative part is attached to the shielding portion, and a mark of the welding is made flat along the back surface of the shielding portion.

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