JP5927516B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a winning device that controls winning of a game ball to a winning opening.

  A winning device that switches between an open state and a closed state of a winning opening by operating an opening / closing member by a driving source is known. For example, Patent Document 1 below describes a winning device including a mechanism for preventing an illegal act of forcibly opening an opening / closing member using a wire or the like.

JP 2002-18005 A

  However, the prize winning device described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the size of the device increases due to a drive source that operates the opening and closing member and a mechanism that prevents the above-described fraud. In such a configuration, it may be difficult to install the winning device in a limited space in the gaming machine.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to downsize a winning device that controls winning of a game ball to a winning opening.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, serves as an entrance to the game ball path to guide the game ball flowing down the game area formed on the board surface of the game board to the game ball path. An opening / closing member that can be displaced from a closed position in which the entry into the winning opening is restricted to an open position in which the restriction is released, and a drive source that is a base for displacing the opening / closing member, And a link mechanism that transmits power of the drive source to the opening / closing member, wherein the link mechanism includes at least a first transmission member and a second transmission member, and the drive source is driven. The first transmission member moves from the original position to the terminal position, and the second transmission member is displaced with the movement of the first transmission member to bring the opening / closing member into the open position, first The second transmission member is displaced as the reaching member moves from the terminal position to the original position, so that the opening / closing member is set to the closed position, and the first transmission member is moved to the original position. A regulating member that regulates the operation of the second transmission member so that the opening / closing member is not displaced to the open position when positioned, and the regulating member is configured such that the first transmission member is moved from the original position to the terminal position. In the process of moving to the restriction release position for releasing the restriction of the operation of the second transmission member from the restriction position for restricting the operation of the second transmission member, the second transmission member and the The regulating member is rotatably supported on the wall surface of the path member that constitutes the game ball path, and has surfaces that are substantially opposed to each other at the original position, and the substantially opposed surfaces are located at the closed position. Place Contact when a force to force the opening / closing member to move toward the open position is applied, and preventing the second transmission member and the regulating member from rotating each other. Features.

In the present invention, the power transmission unit includes a first transmission member and a second transmission member, and a regulation member capable of regulating the operation of the second transmission member is provided. When the first transmission member is in the original position, the operation of the second transmission member is restricted by the restriction member (unauthorized opening operation of the opening member is prevented), while the restriction places the opening / closing member in the open position. It is released by the operation of the first transmission member. That is, the restriction by the restriction member is released by a series of operations when the opening / closing member is opened. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a link mechanism having not only a power transmission function but also a function of preventing unauthorized opening of the opening / closing member.
More specifically, the force forcibly moving toward the open position applied to the open / close member positioned at the closed position prevents the second transmission member and the regulating member from rotating each other. Since it is transmitted as a force, it is possible to more reliably prevent unauthorized opening of the opening / closing member.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a game board. It is a disassembled perspective view of a winning device. It is a top view of a winning device. It is a side view (side view seen from the drive source side) of the winning device from which the drive source is removed, showing a state in which the opening and closing members are located at the closed position (a state where each member is located at the original position) It is a thing. It is a side view (side view seen from the drive source side) of the winning device from which the drive source is removed, showing a state in which the opening / closing member is located at the open position (a state where each member is located at the end position) It is a thing.

(Overall configuration of gaming machine)
Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. A well-known configuration can be applied to the skeleton of the gaming machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a front frame 91 is rotatably supported on a frame-shaped machine frame 90. The front frame 91 is provided with a transparent plate 911 that allows the game board 11 to be visually recognized from the front side.

  The game board 11 is formed of a substantially square plywood and is detachably attached to the front frame 91. A decorative member 12 is attached to the game board 11 so as to surround an opening 111 formed substantially at the center, and the launched game ball flows down to a part of the front side of the game board 11 and the decorative member 12. A gaming area 13 is provided. The game board 11 is provided with a strip-shaped guide rail 92 made of a thin metal plate for guiding a game ball emitted from the launch device 96 to the game area 13 so as to have a substantially arc shape.

  The game area 13 includes a display device 93, a first start winning port 941 (a start winning port for a normal state (so-called left-handed game)), and a second start winning port 942 (a so-called right-handed state). A start winning opening for gaming), a big winning opening 14 (a so-called right winning game that is aimed at the right winning game and corresponds to the winning opening in the present invention), an out opening 95, and the like are provided. As the display device 93, for example, a liquid crystal display device is used, and special symbols, normal symbols, and the like are displayed on the display screen (display unit) of the display device 93. The display screen of the display device 93 is visible through the opening 111 formed in the game board 11.

  In the present embodiment, the special winning opening 14 is provided in a portion of the decorative member 12 constituting the game area 13. The big winning opening 14 is provided with a winning device 2 that can switch between a state in which the entry of game balls is restricted (blocked) and a state in which the entry of game balls is allowed (a state in which the restriction is released). . Details of the winning device 2 are as described later.

  The game area 13 is provided with a plurality of game nails (not shown) as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the game balls flowing down collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 13 changes into various modes according to the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

  A center base unit (not shown) is provided on the back side of the gaming machine 1. The center base unit is provided with various control boards such as a main control board and a sub control board, a ball tank, a rail, and the like.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 13 by operating the launching device 96 (handle). When a game ball flowing down the game area 13 wins a winning opening such as the start winning opening 941, 942 or the big winning opening 14, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device. In addition, the jackpot lottery method, effects, and the like can be applied to those similar to known game machines, and thus description thereof is omitted.

(Composition of winning equipment)
Hereinafter, the configuration of the winning device 2 included in the gaming machine 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the original position refers to the position of each member in a state where the winning device 2 restricts the winning of game balls to the big winning opening 14 (a state in which an opening and closing member 3 described later is positioned at a closed position). The term “end position” refers to the position of each member in a state where the restriction of winning of a game ball to the big winning opening 14 is released by the winning device 2 (a state in which the opening and closing member 3 described later is located in the open position). Say. In the following description, the front-rear direction refers to the front-rear direction of the gaming machine (facing the front side of the gaming machine 1), the width direction refers to the width direction (left-right direction) of the gaming machine, and the upper-lower direction refers to the gaming machine. The up and down direction is referred to as a reference.

  The winning device 2 is a device that switches between a state that restricts the entry of the game ball into the grand prize opening 14 and a state that the restriction is released, and the prize winning device 14 in the portion constituting the game area 13 of the decorative member 12. Is provided on the rear side of the portion where the opening is formed. The winning device 2 includes an opening / closing member 3, a drive source 4, and a link mechanism 5.

  The opening / closing member 3 is a member provided so as to be displaceable (movable) from a closed position in which the entry of a game ball into the grand prize opening 14 is restricted to an open position in which the restriction is released. . The opening / closing member 3 is supported by a path member 6 that constitutes a game ball path 61 that guides a game ball that has entered the special winning opening 14. The path member 6 is a member having a shape in which two communicating paths that become the game ball path 61 are provided side by side. The opening on the near side of the route located above (hereinafter referred to as the upper opening 611) is installed so as to be located at the same position as the opening that becomes the big prize opening 14 provided in the decorative member 12. Thereby, the special winning opening 14 becomes the entrance of the game ball path 61. The upper path communicates with the lower path on the rear side of the path member 6, and the game ball that enters the upper path from the big prize opening 14 (upper opening 611) In this way, it is discharged from the opening on the near side of the lower path (hereinafter referred to as the lower opening 612). In the present embodiment, the game ball discharged from the lower opening 612 is used for an effect (described later) by the privilege grant effect device 7. A game ball sensor 63 is provided at a portion connecting the route located above and the route located below. The game ball sensor 63 detects a game ball that has entered the game ball path 61. That is, the game ball won in the big winning opening 14 is detected. A payout device (not shown) pays out a winning ball in response to detection of a game ball.

  The link mechanism 5 and the drive source 4 are arranged on the side (one side) of the path member 6 (game ball path 61). A first transmission member guide rail 621 and a second transmission member 52 for guiding the first transmission member 51 are rotatably supported on the wall surface 62 (parallel to the front-rear direction and the vertical direction) of the path member 6 on the side. A second transmission member support projection 622 that is configured to be formed, and a regulation member support projection 623 that pivotally supports the regulation member 53 are formed. The first transmission member guide rail 621 is a protrusion that extends linearly in the front-rear direction. The second transmission member support protrusion 622 and the restriction member support protrusion 623 are columnar protrusions.

  The opening / closing member 3 has a transmitted shaft 31 and a guide wall 32 and is provided on the front side of the upper opening 611 of the path member 6. Specifically, from the state in which the guide wall 32 covers the upper opening 611 to the state in which the guide wall 32 falls to the near side and opens the upper opening 611, the rotation is performed by the rotation shaft 33 attached to the path member 6. It is possible to move. The state in which the guide wall 32 covers the upper opening 611 is a state in which there is no gap through which a game ball connected to the game ball path 61 can pass. That is, the opening / closing member 3 is in a closed position that restricts the entry of the game ball into the special winning opening 14. The state in which the guide wall 32 falls to the near side and the upper opening 611 is opened is a state in which there is a gap through which a game ball connected to the game ball path 61 can pass. That is, the opening / closing member 3 is in a state where the opening / closing member 3 is located at an open position that does not restrict the entry of the game ball into the special winning opening 14. When the opening / closing member 3 is located at the open position, the game ball guided to the front side of the big winning opening 14 is guided by the guide wall 32 of the opening / closing member 3 in a state of being collapsed to the front winning opening. 14 enters the game ball path 61, is detected by the game ball sensor 63, and is then discharged from the lower opening 612.

  The drive source 4 is a power source for displacing (operating) the opening / closing member 3. The drive source 4 of the present embodiment uses a solenoid and has a main body 41 and a power shaft 42. The main body portion 41 is a portion having a cylindrical coil arranged such that the central axis is along the front-rear direction. In the present embodiment, the outer edge of the case that accommodates the cylindrical coil has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The power shaft 42 is a shaft-like member provided so as to be movable forward and backward in the front-rear direction from the rear end surface of the main body 41. At the tip of the power shaft 42, a hook-shaped portion 421 that projects in the circumferential direction is formed. A coil spring 422 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the power shaft 42 so as to be sandwiched between the front end surface of the hook-shaped portion 421 (or the input portion 5a of the link mechanism 5 described later) and the rear end surface of the main body portion 41. Yes. When power is supplied to the cylindrical coil, the power shaft 42 is attracted into the cylindrical coil (main body portion 41) against the urging force of the coil spring 422. That is, the power shaft 42 moves forward. When the power supply to the cylindrical coil is stopped, the power shaft 42 attracted in the cylindrical coil moves in a direction in which the protruding amount from the rear end surface of the main body 41 is increased by the urging force of the coil spring 422. That is, the power shaft 42 moves backward. As described above, the power shaft 42 is a member that appears and disappears from the rear end surface of the main body portion 41 by the induction force generated by supplying power to the cylindrical coil and the biasing force of the coil spring 422.

  The link mechanism 5 is configured to transmit the power of the drive source 4 to the opening / closing member 3. The link mechanism 5 is roughly divided into an input unit 5a and a power transmission unit 5b. The input unit 5 a is a portion that is located behind the main body 41 of the drive source 4, faces the rear end surface of the main body 41, and has a flat surface. The power shaft 42 of the drive source 4 is engaged with the input portion 5a. Specifically, it is as follows. The input portion 5a is formed with a vertically elongated hole 5aa that opens outward. The thickness (length in the front-rear direction) of the elongated hole 5aa is slightly larger than the thickness of the hook-shaped portion 421 formed on the power shaft 42 of the drive source 4. Further, the front surface of the input portion 5a is cut out so that the periphery has a substantially “U” shape, and the cut out portion 5ab is continuous with the elongated hole 5aa. The size of the cut-out portion 5ab in the vertical direction is larger than the diameter of the power shaft 42 (portion other than the hook-shaped portion 421) of the drive source 4 and smaller than the diameter of the hook-shaped portion 421. The power shaft 42 is engaged with the input portion 5a so that the hook-shaped portion 421 enters the elongated hole 5aa, and the portion located in front of the hook-shaped portion 421 is inserted into the cut-out portion 5ab. Yes. Thereby, the movement in the front-rear direction of the power shaft 42 becomes the movement in the front-rear direction of the input unit 5a as it is. That is, the input part 5 a of the link mechanism 5 is a part that moves in the front-rear direction together with the power shaft 42.

  The power transmission unit 5 b is a part that transmits the operation in the front-rear direction of the input unit 5 a as the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing member 3. The power transmission unit 5 b is located along the side surface of the main body 41 of the drive source 4. In other words, the power transmission unit 5 b faces the main body 41 of the drive source 4 in the width direction. In addition, from the viewpoint of reducing the size of the winning device 2 in the width direction as much as possible, the power transmission unit 5b should be provided at a position close to the main body 41 of the drive source 4 within a range not contacting the main body 41 of the drive source 4. Is desirable. Further, the power transmission unit 5 b is located between the game ball path 61 (path member 6) and the side surface of the main body 41 of the drive source 4. Although the power transmission mechanism up to the opening / closing member 3 by the power transmission unit 5b will be described later, the position where the power transmission unit 5b finally comes into contact with the opening / closing member 3 is the front end face side of the main body 41 of the drive source 4 (front and rear). The front of the main body in the direction).

  Thus, when the link mechanism 5 is viewed as a whole, the power of the drive source 4 transmitted to the input unit 5a behind the main body 41 of the drive source 4 is sent forward by the power transmission unit 5b, and finally. Is transmitted to the opening / closing member 3 on the front end face side of the main body 41 of the drive source 4. That is, the power transmission path that continues from the input unit 5 a to the power transmission unit 5 b and from the power transmission unit 5 b to the opening / closing member 3 is bent from the rear of the main body 41 of the drive source 4 and is directed forward. Finally, the path is bent in a substantially “L” shape that is output to the opening / closing member 3 on the front end face side of the main body 41 of the drive source 4.

  Hereinafter, details of the link mechanism 5 (details of constituent members constituting the link mechanism 5) will be described. The link mechanism 5 includes a first transmission member 51, a second transmission member 52, and a restriction member 53.

  The first transmission member 51 is constituted by a part of the input part 5a and the power transmission part 5b, and is a plate-like member bent in a substantially “L” shape when viewed in the vertical direction. That is, it has the part which comprises the said input part 5a itself, and the part (henceforth an output part) along the front-back direction bent from there. The shape of the part constituting the input unit 5a is as described above.

  At the output portion of the first transmission member 51, a restriction release protrusion 511 and an engagement recess 512 are formed. The restriction release protrusion 511 is a protrusion that protrudes upward from the upper surface, and is formed on the rear side (closer to the part constituting the input part 5a). The engagement recess 512 is a recess recessed downward from the upper surface, and is formed in front of the restriction release protrusion 511. Further, a guide portion (not shown) that engages so as to sandwich the first transmission member guide rail 621 extending in the front-rear direction is formed on the side surface (surface on the path member 6 side) of the output portion of the first transmission member 51. Has been. Due to the engagement between the two, the first transmission member 51 is guided by the first transmission member guide rail 621 and moves in the front-rear direction. In addition, a contact protrusion 513 protruding toward the path member 6 is formed on the same side surface. The contact protrusion 513 is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6.

  The second transmission member 52 is a member that constitutes a part of the power transmission unit 5 b and operates in conjunction with the operation of the first transmission member 51. The second transmission member 52 is rotatably supported by a second transmission member support protrusion 622 formed on the path member 6. The side surface of the second transmission member 52 on the side of the path member 6 is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. That is, the second transmission member 52 rotates while the side surface on the path member 6 side is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. An output concave portion 521 that is slightly recessed upward is formed at the front lower position of the second transmission member 52. The transmitted shaft 31 of the opening / closing member 3 is located in the output recess 521. Further, an engaged protrusion 522 that protrudes toward the drive source 4 is formed on the rear side of the side surface of the second transmission member 52 on the drive source 4 side. The engaged protrusion 522 is located in the engaging recess 512 of the first transmission member 51. Further, the upper end of the second transmission member 52 is formed to be relatively high on the front side. The rear surface of the relatively high portion (hereinafter referred to as the regulated surface 523) is slightly inclined with respect to the vertical direction. Specifically, the regulated surface 523 is inclined so as to approach the regulating member 53 and move away from the opening / closing member 3 as it goes upward (see FIG. 5).

  The regulating member 53 is a member that is rotatably supported by a regulating member support protrusion 623 formed on the path member 6. The side surface of the regulating member 53 on the side of the path member 6 is along (in contact with) the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. That is, the regulating member 53 rotates while the side surface on the path member 6 side is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. On the lower surface of the regulating member 53, a regulated release protrusion 531 that protrudes downward is formed. The regulated release protrusion 531 is inclined so as to gradually decrease toward the front (so that the protrusion amount increases). Further, the restriction member 53 is formed with a protrusion (hereinafter referred to as a restriction protrusion 532) extending linearly toward the front. The front end surface of the protrusion (hereinafter referred to as a regulation surface 533) is slightly inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and is substantially opposed to or in contact with the regulated surface 523 of the second transmission member 52. That is, it inclines so that it may approach the 2nd transmission member 52, so that it goes below. When the regulating member 53 is in the original position, the regulating projection 532 is in contact with a relatively low portion of the upper end surface of the second transmission member 52 (see FIG. 5).

  As described above, at least a part of each member constituting the link mechanism 5 (the first transmission member 51, the second transmission member 52, and the regulating member 53) is along (in contact with) the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. Has been placed. As shown in FIG. 4, each member constituting the link mechanism 5 is configured to be within a region having a width W from the wall surface 62 toward the drive source 4.

(Action of the winning device)
Although the operation (operation) of the winning device 2 having the above configuration partially overlaps with the above description, it will be described in detail below.

1) Injustice prevention action of the winning device in the original position First, the fraud prevention action of the winning device 2 in the original position will be described. In the original position, that is, the state in which the opening / closing member 3 is located at the closed position (the state shown in FIG. 5), the function of preventing the unauthorized opening / closing member 3 from opening works.

  An attempt is made to tilt the guide wall 32 toward the front side, that is, the opening / closing member 3 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 5 (hereinafter referred to as clockwise or counterclockwise is the rotation in FIGS. 5 and 6). The transmission shaft 31 of the opening / closing member 3 tries to move clockwise so as to draw an arc centered on the rotation shaft 33. In the original position, the transmitted shaft 31 is close to or in contact with the upper inner wall surface 521a of the output recess 521 of the second transmission member 52 (the output recess 521 of the second transmission member 52 is the main body 41 of the drive source 4). Of the open / close member 3 in the vicinity of or in contact with the transmitted shaft 31). Therefore, the force for illegally opening the opening member is transmitted to the second transmission member 52 through the transmitted shaft 31.

  The second transmission member 52 to which such a force is transmitted attempts to rotate counterclockwise about the second transmission member support protrusion 622. However, when such a force is applied, the regulated surface 523 of the second transmission member 52 comes into contact with the regulation surface 533 of the regulation member 53, so that each of the second transmission member 52 and the regulation member 53 rotates with respect to each other. Try to rotate in the direction to prevent. That is, the second transmission member 52 does not rotate counterclockwise, and the opening / closing member 3 is not displaced to the open position.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the regulated surface 523 is inclined so as to approach the regulating member 53 and move away from the opening / closing member 3 as it goes upward, and the regulating surface 533 moves toward the second transmission member 52 as it goes downward. Inclined to approach. With such a shape, the force transmitted to the second transmission member 52 by the unauthorized opening operation is a force that attempts to rotate clockwise by the contact between the regulated surface 523 and the regulating surface 533, and the regulating member 53. It is transmitted to. Since the restriction projection 532 of the restriction member 53 is in contact with the upper end of the second transmission member 52 in the original position, the second transmission member 52 attempts to rotate counterclockwise, and the restriction member 53 attempts to rotate clockwise. As a result, the restricting projection 532 of the restricting member 53 and the upper end of the second transmission member 52 are pressed against each other, and none of them rotate. That is, by setting the regulated surface 523 and the regulating surface 533 as the inclined surfaces as described above, it is possible to reliably prevent the rotation of the second transmission member 52, that is, the unauthorized opening operation of the opening / closing member 3. .

  If the inclined surfaces of the regulated surface 523 and the regulating surface 533 are reversed, the force transmitted to the second transmission member 52 by an unauthorized opening operation rotates counterclockwise due to the contact between the regulated surface 523 and the regulating surface 533. It is transmitted to the regulating member 53 as a force to be moved. That is, since the possibility that the restricting protrusion 532 of the restricting member 53 rotates in the direction away from the second transmission member 52 is increased, the second transmission member 52 is rotated, and the opening / closing member 3 is illegally opened. Increased risk of forgiveness.

2) Opening / closing member opening operation A series of opening / closing member 3 (opening / closing member 3 in the state shown in FIG. 5) located in the closed position (original position) is located in the open position (the state shown in FIG. 6). The operation will be described. First, power is supplied to the cylindrical coil, and the power shaft 42 of the drive source 4 located at the original position is moved forward. Since the input portion 5a of the link mechanism 5 is engaged with the tip of the power shaft 42, the input portion 5a moves forward together with the power shaft 42. That the input part 5a moves forward means that the first transmission member 51 having the input part 5a moves forward. As described above, the output portion of the first transmission member 51 is formed with a guide protrusion (513) that is engaged with the first transmission member guide rail 621 and a contact protrusion 513 that is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. The output portion of the first transmission member 51 is guided by the first transmission member guide rail 621 while contacting the contact protrusion 513 with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6, and moves forward along the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. .

  When the first transmission member 51 moves forward, the restriction release protrusion 511 formed on the output portion of the first transmission member 51 contacts the restriction release protrusion 531 formed on the restriction member 53. Since the regulated release protrusion 531 is inclined so as to be lowered toward the front, the regulating member 53 is pushed upward as the first transmission member 51 moves forward. That is, the restricting member 53 rotates counterclockwise. As described above, since the side surface of the regulation member 53 on the side of the path member 6 is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6, the regulation member 53 rotates while the side surface is in contact with the wall surface 62. When the restricting member 53 is thus rotated counterclockwise, the state in which the restricting surface 533 of the restricting member 53 is substantially opposed to the restricted surface 523 of the second transmission member 52 is released. That is, the restricting member 53 moves from a restricting position where the rotation of the second transmission member 52 is restricted (blocked) to a restriction releasing position where the restriction is released.

  Thus, until the regulating member 53 rotates counterclockwise and the state where the rotation of the second transmission member 52 is regulated is released, it is located in the engagement recess 512 of the first transmission member 51. The engaged protrusion 522 of the second transmission member 52 moves relatively rearward in the engaging recess 512, but does not contact the rear side inner wall surface 512a of the engaging recess 512. Since the first transmission member 51 and the second transmission member 52 do not contact each other unless the engaged protrusion 522 contacts the rear side inner wall surface 512a of the engagement recess 512, the power of the drive source 4 is first during this period. There is no transmission to the second transmission member 52 via the transmission member 51. In order to exert this action, at least at the original position, “the distance between the restriction release protrusion 511 and the restriction release protrusion 531 in the front-rear direction” <“the rear inner wall surface 512a of the engagement recess 512 in the front-rear direction. It is necessary to design each member so that the distance between the engaged protrusion 522 and the engaged protrusion 522 is satisfied.

  Thereafter, when the first transmission member 51 further moves forward, the engaged protrusion 522 comes into contact with the rear side inner wall surface 512 a of the engaging recess 512. Thereby, the power of the drive source 4 is transmitted to the second transmission member 52 via the first transmission member 51. After the engaged protrusion 522 contacts the rear side inner wall surface 512a of the engaging recess 512, the second transmission member 52 rotates counterclockwise as the first transmission member 51 moves forward. As described above, since the side surface of the second transmission member 52 on the side of the path member 6 is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6, the second transmission member 52 rotates while the side surface is in contact with the wall surface 62.

  When the second transmission member 52 rotates counterclockwise by a predetermined amount, the transmitted shaft 31 of the opening / closing member 3 contacts the lower inner wall surface 521b of the output recess 521 of the second transmission member 52. That is, the second transmission member 52 (power transmission unit 5b) contacts the opening / closing member 3 on the front end surface side of the main body 41 of the drive source 4 (the output recess 521 of the second transmission member 52 is the main body of the drive source 4). The front end face side of the portion 41 abuts on the transmitted shaft 31 of the opening and closing member 3). Thereafter, as the second transmission member 52 rotates counterclockwise, the open / close member 3 (guide wall 32) gradually opens as the transmitted shaft 31 is pushed by the lower inner wall surface 521b of the output recess 521. It is displaced toward. As shown in FIG. 6, when the first transmission member 51 reaches the terminal position, the opening / closing member 3 is in the open position, that is, the game ball can enter the game ball path 61.

  In this way, a series of operations for positioning the opening / closing member 3 at the open position is as follows: 1) The first transmission member 51 moves the restriction member 53 located at the restriction position to the restriction release position, and the second transmission member by the restriction member 53 The state where the operation of 52 is restricted is released, and 2) the power of the drive source 4 transmitted to the first transmission member 51 is transmitted to the opening / closing member 3 via the second transmission member 52. The first transmission member 51 that moves forward by the drive source 4 moves the restricting member 53 to the restriction release position by the forward movement of the first half, and opens the opening / closing member 3 via the second transmission member 52 by the forward movement of the second half. Displace to. In other words, the prize winning device 2 according to the present embodiment, when displacing the opening / closing member 3 to the open position, causes the unauthorized operation before the transmission of power to the opening / closing member 3 by the forward movement of the first transmission member 51 as one member. It is configured so that the regulation for prevention is released.

3) Closing operation of the opening / closing member The opening / closing member 3 (the opening / closing member 3 in the state shown in FIG. 6) located at the open position (terminal position) by the above opening operation is returned to the closed position (the state shown in FIG. 5). ) A series of operations will be described. First, power supply to the cylindrical coil is stopped, and the power shaft 42 located at the terminal position (forward end position) is moved backward by the biasing force of the coil spring 422. Since the input portion 5a of the link mechanism 5 is engaged with the tip of the power shaft 42, the input portion 5a moves rearward together with the power shaft 42. That the input part 5a moves backward means that the first transmission member 51 having the input part 5a moves backward. As described above, the output portion of the first transmission member 51 is formed with a guide protrusion (513) that is engaged with the first transmission member guide rail 621 and a contact protrusion 513 that is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. The output portion of the first transmission member 51 is guided by the first transmission member guide rail 621 while contacting the contact protrusion 513 with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6, and moves rearward along the wall surface 62 of the path member 6. .

  When the first transmission member 51 moves rearward, the restriction release protrusion 511 that contacts the restricted release protrusion 531 and pushes up the restriction member 53 moves backward. Since the regulated release protrusion 531 is inclined so as to descend toward the front, the more the first transmission member 51 moves rearward, the smaller the amount by which the restriction member 53 is pushed up by the restriction release protrusion 511. The restricting member 53 rotates clockwise by its own weight. As described above, since the side surface of the regulation member 53 on the side of the path member 6 is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6, the regulation member 53 rotates while the side surface is in contact with the wall surface 62. When the state where the restriction release protrusion 511 is in contact with the restriction member 53 is eliminated, the restriction surface 533 of the restriction member 53 is substantially opposed to the restricted surface 523 of the second transmission member 52. As described above, the restricting member 53 moves from the restriction release position where the rotation of the second transmission member 52 is not restricted to the restriction position where the rotation of the second transmission member 52 is restricted.

  The second transmission located in the engagement recess 512 of the first transmission member 51 until the regulation member 53 rotates clockwise and shifts to a state in which the rotation of the second transmission member 52 is regulated. The engaged protrusion 522 of the member 52 moves relatively forward in the engagement recess 512, but does not contact the front inner wall surface 512b of the engagement recess 512. The first transmission member 51 and the second transmission member 52 do not contact each other unless the engaged protrusion 522 contacts the front inner wall surface 512b of the engagement recess 512. There is no transmission to the second transmission member 52 via the transmission member 51.

  Thereafter, when the first transmission member 51 further moves rearward, the engaged protrusion 522 comes into contact with the front inner wall surface 512b of the engaging recess 512. Thereby, the power of the drive source 4 (the biasing force of the coil spring 422) is transmitted to the second transmission member 52 via the first transmission member 51. After the engaged protrusion 522 contacts the front inner wall surface 512b of the engaging recess 512, the second transmission member 52 rotates clockwise as the first transmission member 51 moves rearward. As described above, since the side surface of the second transmission member 52 on the side of the path member 6 is in contact with the wall surface 62 of the path member 6, the second transmission member 52 rotates while the side surface is in contact with the wall surface 62. Further, the opening / closing member 3 is in the open position by its own weight until the engaged protrusion 522 contacts the front inner wall surface 512b of the engaging recess 512 after the first transmission member 51 moves rearward. Is maintained.

  When the second transmission member 52 rotates clockwise by a predetermined amount, the transmitted shaft 31 of the opening / closing member 3 contacts the upper inner wall surface 521a of the output recess 521 of the second transmission member 52. That is, the second transmission member 52 (power transmission unit 5b) contacts the opening / closing member 3 on the front end surface side of the main body 41 of the drive source 4 (the output recess 521 of the second transmission member 52 is the main body of the drive source 4). The front end face side of the portion 41 abuts on the transmitted shaft 31 of the opening and closing member 3). Thereafter, as the second transmission member 52 rotates clockwise, the transmission shaft 31 is pushed by the upper inner wall surface 521a of the output recess 521, so that the opening / closing member 3 (guide wall 32) gradually moves to the closed position. It is displaced towards. As shown in FIG. 5, when the first transmission member 51 reaches the original position, the opening / closing member 3 is in the closed position, that is, the game ball cannot enter the game ball path 61.

  Thus, a series of operations for positioning the opening / closing member 3 in the closed position are as follows: 1) The first transmission member 51 moves the restriction member 53 located in the restriction release position to the restriction position, and the second transmission member formed by the restriction member 53 The operation is performed in the order in which the operation of 52 is regulated, and 2) the power of the drive source 4 transmitted to the first transmission member 51 is transmitted to the opening / closing member 3 via the second transmission member 52. The first transmission member 51 that moves backward by the drive source 4 moves the restriction member 53 to the restriction position by the first half of the backward movement, and moves the opening / closing member 3 to the closed position via the second transmission member 52 by the second half of the backward movement. Displace. That is, when the winning device 2 according to the present embodiment displaces the opening / closing member 3 to the closed position, the first transmission member 51, which is one member, retreats before the power is transmitted to the opening / closing member 3. It is configured so that restrictions for prevention are set.

(Effect of this embodiment)
According to the gaming machine according to the present embodiment described above, the following effects are achieved.

  In the winning device 2 in this embodiment, the power of the drive source 4 is output from the rear to the input unit 5a and transmitted to the opening / closing member 3 by the power transmission unit 5b along the side surface of the drive source 4 (power by the link mechanism 5). The transmission path is substantially L-shaped). That is, since the drive source 4 (main body portion 41) is arranged side by side with the game ball path 61 and the link mechanism 5 in the width direction, the size of the winning device 2 in the front-rear direction can be reduced. .

  In particular, in this embodiment, since the winning device 2 is provided on the decorative member 12, it is important to reduce the size of the winning device 2 in the front-rear direction. Generally, this type of winning device 2 is installed on the game board 11 because it is sufficient to discharge the winning game balls as they are. However, in this embodiment, the winning device 2 is provided on the decorative member 12 in order to execute the following effects using the game balls won in the grand prize opening 14.

  After the game ball that has won the big prize opening 14 is detected by the game ball sensor 63, it is discharged from the lower opening 612 of the path member 6, and the privilege grant effect located below the big prize opening 14. It is sent to the winning area or non-winning area of the device 7 (see FIGS. 1 and 2). In the privilege giving effect device 7, a game that gives a privilege to the player is executed when the game ball sent from the winning device 2 enters a predetermined area. As an example of the game, if the game ball enters the winning area of the privilege providing effect device 7 that is normally closed but is regularly opened, a game state (for the player that is advantageous to the player after the end of the big hit game ( For example, a high probability state) or a game in which the next round is set. In other words, it is an effect using a so-called “dead ball” that won the big prize opening 14 by the jackpot game. The privilege grant effect device 7 that performs such an effect enables the player to visually recognize whether or not the game ball enters a predetermined area ("V" is printed in the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2). Therefore, it is desirable to provide it as close to the player as possible, that is, as far as possible.

  In the present embodiment, the privilege grant effect device 7 is installed on the decorative member 12 from such a viewpoint. Therefore, the winning device 2 that discharges the game balls used in the privilege giving effect device 7 is also installed on the decorative member 12. Since the decorative member 12 needs to be housed between the game board 11 and the transparent plate 911 supported by the front frame 91, the size in the front-rear direction is limited. Therefore, when the winning device 2 is installed on such a decorative member 12 whose size in the front-rear direction becomes small, it is important to make the size of the winning device 2 in the front-rear direction as small as possible. The winning device 2 in this embodiment meets this demand.

  Further, when the power transmission unit 5b is disposed between the side surface of the main body 41 of the drive source 4 and the game ball path 61, the space in the width direction for arranging the power transmission unit 5b is reduced. Any form can be arranged. In particular, in the present embodiment, at least a part of the first transmission member 51, the second transmission member 52, and the regulating member 53 constituting the power transmission unit 5b is in contact with the path member 6, and at least a part of each member is a path. It operates along the wall surface 62 of the member 6. Each of these members is narrower than the game ball and is configured to have substantially the same width as the wall surface 62, so that it fits in the region of the width W shown in FIG. 4 from the wall surface 62 of the path member 6 toward the drive source 4 side. ing. Since it is such a structure, the magnitude | size of the width direction of the winning device 2 of this embodiment is very small.

  Moreover, since each member which comprises the link mechanism 5 operate | moves maintaining the state which at least one part contacted the wall surface 62 of the path | route member 6, it suppresses the shake (rattle) when each member operate | moves. Is possible.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the power transmission unit 5b is configured by two members, the first transmission member 51 and the second transmission member 52, and the operation of the second transmission member 52 is restricted. A possible restriction member 53 is provided, and when the first transmission member 51 is in the original position, the operation of the second transmission member 52 is restricted by the restriction member 53 (unauthorized opening of the opening member is prevented), The restriction is released by the operation of the first transmission member 51 when the opening / closing member 3 is positioned at the open position. That is, it is possible to provide the link mechanism 5 having not only a power transmission function but also a function of preventing the opening / closing member 3 from being illegally opened.

  In the present embodiment, the engaged protrusion 522 of the second transmission member 52 is positioned in the engaging recess 512 of the first transmission member 51, and the engaged protrusion 522 is relatively positioned in the engaging recess 512. The power of the drive source 4 transmitted to the first transmission member 51 is not transmitted to the second transmission member 52 until the first transmission member 51 is brought into contact with the inner wall surface 512a on the rear side of the engagement recess 512. The one transmission member 51 makes it possible to position the restriction member 53 at the restriction release position. In particular, in the winning device 2 in the present embodiment, the driving source 4 (main body portion 41) is arranged in the width direction with the game ball path 61 and the link mechanism 5, and the size of the winning device 2 in the front-rear direction is suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to set the movement amount (stroke amount) of the first transmission member 51 in the front-rear direction to be larger than that in the past. In the present embodiment, by utilizing the fact that the movement amount of the first transmission member 51 in the front-rear direction can be increased in this way, a part of the large movement of the first transmission member 51 is “ It is constructed so as to be used as power for “moving the regulating member 53 to the restriction release position” and to be used as power for “moving the opening / closing member 3 to the open position”.

  In the present embodiment, the force for forcibly moving toward the open position applied to the opening / closing member 3 located at the closed position is the rotation of the second transmission member 52 and the regulating member 53. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the opening / closing member 3 from being illegally opened.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications as described below are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. is there.

  In the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the winning device 2 is provided in the big winning opening 14, but the same winning device 2 can be applied to a winning opening other than the big winning opening 14. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the same winning device 2 can be applied to the second start winning port 942.

  In the above embodiment, it has been described that the drive source uses a solenoid. However, the drive source is not limited to that using a solenoid as long as it has a power shaft that moves forward and backward from the rear end face side of the main body.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 11 Game board 12 Decoration member 13 Game area 14 Big prize opening 2 Prize-winning device 3 Opening / closing member 4 Drive source 41 Main part 42 Power shaft 5 Link mechanism 5a Input part 5b Power transmission part 51 First transmission member 511 Restriction release protrusion Part 512 Engaging recess 512a Rear side inner wall surface 513 Contact protrusion 52 Second transmission member 521 Output recess 522 Engaging protrusion 523 Restricted surface 53 Restricting member 531 Unregulated releasing protrusion 532 Restricting protrusion 533 Restricting surface
6 path member 61 game ball path 62 wall surface

Claims (1)

In order to guide the game ball flowing down the game area formed on the board surface of the game board to the game ball path, from the closed position in which the entrance to the winning entrance as the entrance of this game ball path is restricted An opening / closing member displaceable to an open position in which the restriction is released;
A drive source serving as a base for displacing the opening and closing member;
A link mechanism for transmitting the power of the drive source to the opening and closing member;
In a gaming machine equipped with a winning device having
The link mechanism includes at least a first transmission member and a second transmission member,
When the drive source is driven, the first transmission member moves from the original position to the terminal position, and the second transmission member is displaced as the first transmission member moves, so that the opening / closing member is moved to the open position. On the other hand, the second transmission member is displaced as the first transmission member moves from the terminal position to the original position, and the open / close member is set to the closed position.
A restriction member for restricting the operation of the second transmission member so that the opening / closing member is not displaced to the open position when the first transmission member is located at the original position;
The restriction member releases the restriction of the operation of the second transmission member from the restriction position for restricting the operation of the second transmission member in the process in which the first transmission member moves from the original position to the terminal position. Configured to move to the deregulation position,
The second transmission member and the regulating member are both rotatably supported on the wall surface of the path member constituting the game ball path, and have surfaces that are substantially opposed to each other at the original position.
The substantially opposing surfaces come into contact with each other when a force for forcibly moving the opening / closing member located at the closed position toward the open position is applied to the second transmission member and the restriction member. A gaming machine characterized in that the respective rotations of the members are prevented from each other.

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