JP6012925B2 - Game media presentation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an effect device for a game hall where game machines capable of playing via game media are installed, and more particularly to an effect device that can execute an effect based on the amount of game media acquired by a player.

  What is generally known as a gaming machine includes, for example, a ball ball gaming machine (so-called pachinko machine) and a slot machine. In particular, a pachinko machine is a game that uses an iron ball, a so-called pachinko ball (hereinafter simply referred to as a ball) as a game medium. In this pachinko machine, a predetermined number of balls are paid out from the pachinko machine to the player based on the fact that a predetermined condition is established such that a ball wins a winning opening during a game and wins a jackpot. The slot machine, like the pachinko machine, has a configuration in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out when a predetermined condition such as winning a jackpot is established. However, in the following explanation, for the sake of easy understanding, Focus on the machine and explain.

Of the balls paid out from the pachinko machine, at least the portion overflowing from the storage dishes (upper and lower dishes) provided in the pachinko machine is stored in a predetermined storage box, and the player can play the storage box. It will be arranged on the floor of the game hall until the end of. This is a means of effectively informing other players about the current appearance of balls in the amusement hall. It was one of the “Idetama production”.
When the player finishes the game, the storage boxes arranged on the floor or the like are transported to the counter installed at a predetermined place by the hall staff, and the balls of the storage box are counted by the counter. .

  By the way, in recent years, a decrease in the game population has become conspicuous in the game hall. Therefore, in the game hall, in order to increase the effect of attracting customers and prevent the game population from decreasing, measures are being taken to introduce new pachinko machines (hereinafter referred to as new machines) one after another in a short cycle. As a result, the existing player is prevented from leaving the game and a new player is successfully taken in.

  However, since the actual operation period per pachinko machine is shortened by shortening the period for introducing the new machine, there is dissatisfaction that the profit per pachinko machine is reduced. As a result, there is a problem that even if the game separation or the like can be prevented as described above, it does not lead to the profit of the entire game hall.

  Therefore, in the amusement hall, measures are taken to reduce costs such as personnel costs in order to suppress a reduction in profits of the entire amusement hall. In particular, in some game halls, instead of simply reducing the number of hall staffs to reduce costs, a counter (each counter) corresponding to each pachinko machine is provided so that the player plays a game. After introducing a counting system that can count balls at the place, measures are taken to reduce the number of hall staff. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for counting each vehicle.

  In other words, by introducing each vehicle counting system into the amusement hall, work that would otherwise be performed by hall staff (work for arranging storage boxes and transporting work) can be omitted. The number of players in the amusement hall can be reduced without any problem. As a result, personnel costs could be reduced without deteriorating services (services related to comfort in amusement halls).

  However, the introduction of the counting system for each vehicle will reduce the labor cost, but the existing ball production will be hidden, and the effect of letting you know the current ball performance will be diminished. There is dissatisfaction that it is. As a result, even if the amount of balls at the amusement hall is larger than that at other stores or normal, the storage boxes are not arranged on the floor as in the conventional case. There was a problem that the effect of attracting customers could be diminished because it was impossible to know how the customer was coming out. In other words, at the amusement hall, if each unit counting system is introduced, labor costs can be reduced, but it may not be possible to attract customers due to production effects. There was a bug.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 2, it is arranged between adjacent pachinko machines in a group of gaming machines (so-called amusement islands) formed by a plurality of pachinko machines (hereinafter referred to as “between the machines”), and counted by each machine counter. There is disclosed a game medium effect device (effect device) capable of notifying the appearance of balls according to the number of balls. Specifically, Patent Document 2 is configured to have a see-through cover body arranged between the stands, and to introduce a ball into the inside of the cover body to produce the appearance of the ball.

JP 11-192370 A JP 2010-142582 A

  However, in patent document 2, since it is set as the structure which distributes a production | presentation apparatus between stands, there exists a problem that the substantial space which installs the pachinko machine in amusement island will be reduced. As a result, when viewed from the entire amusement hall, the number of pachinko machines that can be operated substantially decreases, resulting in a decrease in profit.

  In addition, since the production device of Patent Document 2 is configured to cast an actual ball into the cover body and produce the appearance of the ball, when installing the device on an existing game island, the internal structure of the game island There is a need to change. For this reason, in addition to the cost of the newly introduced production device, the cost for changing (reforming) the structure of the game island is also required, and there is a problem that the capital investment cost increases significantly.

  Therefore, in view of the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides an effect device that can produce the appearance of game media without changing the structure of the game island even when installed on an existing game island. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a count that can count game media at positions corresponding to each game machine in a game hall where a plurality of game machines that can be played using game media are installed. A game medium directing device capable of reflecting information on game media acquired by a player based on numerical values measured by a counting device, the device being installed above each gaming machine, and information on the game media Display means and moving means for performing a rotation operation, the display means is operated in conjunction with the rotation action of the movement means and can change the display state, and at least the counting device has a game medium When the measured condition is satisfied and the predetermined condition is satisfied, the display means is moved to display the information of the game medium acquired by the current player, and the display means is a long sheet. In some areas Similar game media are printed or drawn, and the housing of the game media rendering device has a game media box portion in which single game media boxes are stacked, and the game media box portion includes the display. means provided with a space capable of accommodating a, each said space is communicated over the single game medium box, the display means, the number of measured game media to offset of +/- standard numeric, In accordance with the increase / decrease, a part of the area on which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn moves stepwise in one single game medium box, and the moving display means is transmitted through the one single game medium box. der visible Te is, furthermore, a region of a part of the pseudo-game medium is printed or drawn, and being movable from the one unitary game medium box in the other single game medium in box This is a game medium effect device.
That is, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a counting device capable of counting game media at a position corresponding to each game machine in a game hall where a plurality of game machines capable of playing using game media are installed, A display device capable of reflecting information on game media acquired by a player based on a numerical value measured by a counting device, arranged above each gaming machine, and displaying means for displaying the information on the game media; It has a moving means for performing a rotation operation, and the display means can be operated in conjunction with the rotation operation of the movement means and can change the display state. When the above is satisfied, the display means is moved to display information on the game medium acquired by the current player.

  Since the effect device of the present invention is arranged above each gaming machine, it does not press the installation space of the gaming machine. That is, in the case of the production device of the prior art, since it is arranged between the gaming machines, for example, if there is no production device, there are only two gaming machines in a space where three gaming machines should be juxtaposed. However, in the present invention, the production device is installed above each gaming machine, not between the gaming machines, so the same number of gaming machines as the case where the production device is not installed are arranged. Can be set. Therefore, according to the present invention, for example, even when the production device is installed in a group of gaming machines (so-called game islands) formed by a plurality of already installed gaming machines, the game is performed before and after the production device is installed. The number of aircraft never changes. Accordingly, in the present invention, since the number of gaming machines that can be substantially operated is not reduced, profit reduction due to a decrease in installed gaming machines does not occur.

  Further, the effect device of the present invention operates the moving means based on the number of game media measured by the counting device corresponding to each gaming machine, and operates the display means in conjunction with the operation to display the display means. The display state is changed. That is, according to the present invention, the number of game media measured by the counting device can be expressed by changing the display state of the display means. There is no need to provide a transport path for game media for the rendering device. In other words, the present invention can be established simply by electrically connecting the counting device and the rendering device. Therefore, since the production device of the present invention does not need to change the structure inside and outside the game island as in Cited Document 2, there is no extra cost associated with installing the production device.

  In addition, since the rendering device of the present invention employs a moving unit that performs a rotation operation, for example, a cylindrical roller or a pulley can be employed as the moving unit. If the information on the game medium is expressed in advance on the display means so as to change stepwise, for example, and the display means is wound by the operation of the roller, the display state can be easily changed. Can do. That is, according to the present invention, since the structure can be simplified, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed, and the information about the game medium acquired by the player can be transmitted in an easy-to-understand manner every time a change occurs. You can expect the production effect.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the moving means is composed of at least two cylinders, and at least one cylinder is a driving roller provided with a drive source, and the display means has a long shape. 2. The sheet according to claim 1, wherein the lighting unit is a sheet that is wound around a plurality of cylinders in an annular state, and the illumination unit is disposed inside a ring formed by the display unit. This is a game medium effect device.
That is, in the invention described in claim 2, the moving means is composed of at least two cylinders, and at least one cylinder is a driving roller provided with a drive source, and the display means is long. It is a sheet | seat of shape, and is wound over the some cylinder body in the cyclic | annular state.

  According to such a configuration, since the sheet as the display means is wound around the plurality of cylinders in an annular shape, the entire sheet moves smoothly in the same direction by driving the driving roller. Therefore, the tensile force more than necessary is not generated on the sheet. That is, every time the display state is changed, the deterioration of the sheet does not accelerate rapidly.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the moving means is composed of two cylinders, both cylinders are driving rollers provided with a driving source, and the display means is a long sheet. 2. The game medium effect device according to claim 1, wherein one end is connected to a driving roller and the other end is connected to another cylinder.

  According to such a configuration, since the sheet can be set longer than when the sheet is annular, the display state can be expressed with abundant variations. That is, in view of physical space, for example, even when only information in a state where about four storage boxes are stacked can be expressed, according to the present invention, the sheet feeding length can be further extended. It is possible to express information when the storage box exceeds four stages. Specifically, for example, it is conceivable to change the color of the sheet or change the expression method.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an illuminating means, and the illuminating means can irradiate a part of the area on which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn, and is based on information transmitted from the counting device. , Ri changeable der illumination condition, illumination means, there is a plurality of different colors of light can be irradiated, based on the originating information from the counting device, the light of different colors pseudo game media Irradiates a part of the printed or drawn area, and the display means displays a part of the area where the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn on all the single game medium boxes, and further displays the total game. 4. The game medium effect device according to claim 1 , wherein when the number of media increases, the illumination unit emits light of different colors .
That is, the invention according to claim 4 has an illuminating means, and the illuminating means can irradiate a portion of the display means for displaying the information of the game medium, and based on the information transmitted from the counting device, The irradiation state can be changed.

  According to such a configuration, in addition to changing the display state of the display unit based on information from the counting device, it is possible to change the irradiation state by the illumination unit, so that it is possible to enhance the effect. As a result, the effect of informing the player waiting for the game of information on the game medium of the player who is currently playing the game will be enhanced, so that the effect of attracting customers due to the effect of the effect at this game hall will be made more effective. Can do.

請 Motomeko fourth invention according to the illumination means, there is a plurality of different colors of light can be irradiated, characterized in that on the basis of the calling information from the counting device to irradiate the light of different colors And

According to such a configuration, the variation of the production increases, so that an expression that cannot be expressed only by the display means is possible. For example, it is a representation of a storage box that can not be displayed, or if the game medium is a ball for a pachinko machine, if the number of balls exceeds a predetermined value, it will be notified by irradiating light of the corresponding color etc. An expression is mentioned.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the display means displays a part of the area in which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn on each single game medium box, and the total number of game media increases. , said illumination means, you and then irradiating light of different colors.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines capable of playing using game media are installed, a counting device capable of counting game media is installed at a position corresponding to each gaming machine, and the counting device A game medium rendering device capable of reflecting information on game media acquired by a player based on the numerical value measured by the display unit, arranged above each gaming machine, and displaying the information on the game media; It has a moving means for performing a rotation operation, and the display means can be operated in conjunction with the rotation operation of the movement means and can change the display state. Is satisfied, the display means is moved to display the information of the game medium acquired by the current player, and the display means is a long sheet, and is in a partial area. Pseudo game media printed or The housing of the game medium effect device is drawn, and has a game medium box part in a shape in which single game medium boxes are stacked, and the game medium box part is a space that can accommodate the display means. The space communicates with each single game medium box, and the display means adjusts the increase / decrease according to the increase / decrease each time the number of measured game media increases / decreases by a reference value. A part of the area on which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn moves stepwise in the game medium box, and the moving display means can be seen through the game medium box. A part of the area on which the game medium is printed or drawn can be moved from one single game medium box to another single game medium box.

  Since the production device of the present invention can produce information on game media acquired by the player based on the numerical value measured by the counter corresponding to each game machine, the storage box is used as a floor of the game hall as in the prior art. It is possible to expect a production effect similar to the conventional one without being stacked on a surface or the like. In addition, since the production device is arranged above each gaming machine, the number of gaming machines arranged side by side does not decrease due to the installation of the production device. In addition, since the production device of the present invention can artificially express how much game media has been acquired by the player in the current game arcade with the display means, it is necessary to almost change the internal structure of the gaming machine group. And there is no significant increase in capital investment.

It is a front view which shows the game island of the game hall where the production | presentation apparatus based on embodiment of this invention was installed. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the effect device of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the effect device of FIG. 2. It is an A direction arrow directional view which shows the housing | casing of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows notionally the light source of an illuminating device. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the state which light-emitted the light source of one color among the light sources of an illuminating device independently. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a control board. It is sectional drawing which shows simply the relationship between a production | presentation apparatus and game island. It is explanatory drawing which shows the position of the illuminating device in a housing | casing. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which has arrange | positioned the roller for a drive to the roller accommodating part. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a production | presentation apparatus, (a), (b) shows the operation | movement condition of a display member and an illuminating device when a total number of balls increases from 0 pieces to 500 pieces. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a production | presentation apparatus, (a), (b) shows the operation | movement condition of a display member and an illuminating device when a total number of balls increases from 500 pieces to 1500 pieces. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a production | presentation apparatus, (a), (b) shows the operation state of a display member and a illuminating device when a total number of balls increases from 6000 to 6500. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a production | presentation apparatus, (a), (b) shows the operation | movement condition of a display member and an illuminating device when a total number of balls reduces from 1500 pieces to 500 pieces. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification of a production | presentation apparatus notionally. FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of a display member of the effect device in FIG. 15. FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of a display member of the effect device in FIG. 15 and is a modification of FIG. It is another modified example of the effect device, and is an explanatory view showing only the moving device. It is a perspective view which shows another modification of a production | presentation apparatus.

Below, the rendering device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.
In the following description, unless otherwise specified, expressions in the up / down / left / right and front / rear directions will be described based on the normal installation position (FIG. 1).
As shown in FIG. 1, the rendering device 1 according to the present embodiment is provided in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machine groups (game islands) 50 formed by a gaming machine 30 such as a pachinko machine 40 or a slot machine (not shown) are installed. Are arranged so as to correspond to the respective gaming machines 30.

  Here, the gaming island 50 in the present embodiment is formed by a plurality of pachinko machines 40, and a plurality of devices related to the operation of the gaming machine 30 are arranged therein, and the gaming media (hereinafter referred to as the gaming media (hereinafter referred to as gaming media)) are used. , Simply referred to as balls). More specifically, on the game island 50, a ball transport device (not shown) for transporting balls to each pachinko machine 40, and a storage tank (not shown) in which balls collected from each pachinko machine 40 are temporarily stored. ), A ball polishing device (not shown) that removes and polishes the collected balls, and a lifting device (not shown) that lifts the balls that have passed through the ball polishing device to the ball transfer device. However, since there is no particular relationship in the present invention, the description is omitted.

  In addition, in the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment, in particular, a counter (each counter) 31 corresponding to each pachinko machine 40 is provided, and a player is playing balls that are paid out from each pachinko machine 40. It is suitable for a game arcade in which a well-known counter counting system capable of counting at a place is introduced. Below, each counter | counting system is demonstrated easily.

  Each stand counting system is a system in which each stand counter 31 having a function of measuring the number of balls shown in FIG. 1 and a ball lending machine 32 having a function of lending balls function as a unit. That is, each unit counting system uses a predetermined operation (for example, pressing a count start button) by a player or the like for balls that are paid out from the pachinko machine 40 and stored in the fixed storage box 41 of each unit counter 31. Therefore, the player can easily manage the ball information counted in the predetermined route of each counter 31 by the ball lending machine 32. That is, a ball counting sensor (not shown) is arranged on the predetermined path communicating with the fixed storage box 41, and the correct number of balls is counted in a state of being arranged in a line on the path. Then, the number of balls counted by the ball counting sensor is digitally displayed (for example, 2500 pieces) on a ball number display unit (not shown) of the ball lending machine 32. The balls counted at this time are introduced into the storage tank provided in the lower part of the game island.

  Then, when a replay button (not shown) or the like provided on the ball lending machine 32 is pressed while the number of balls is displayed on the ball lending machine 32, a part of the counted balls (for example, 125 balls) It is paid out through the lending machine 32. In addition, when the game is finished or moved to another gaming machine 30, the number of balls, the balance, etc. can be stored by pressing a return button (not shown) provided on the ball lending machine 32, etc. Card (including membership card) is returned.

  Therefore, according to each counter counting system, when a predetermined condition such as winning a jackpot is satisfied and a large amount of balls are paid out, the fixed storage box 41 of each counter 31 is temporarily stored. The balls are stored, but the balls stored in the fixed-type storage box 41 are counted on the spot by a predetermined operation and can be easily managed by the player with the ball lending machine 32 and the card. There is no need to store a large amount of balls in a plurality of storage boxes (ball boxes conventionally used). In other words, when this system is introduced, it is not necessary to arrange the storage boxes on the floor of the game hall.

  On the other hand, in order to improve the number of customers and increase the liveliness of the hall, the amusement hall has traditionally arranged ball boxes with balls on the floor to let the surroundings know how the balls are currently appearing. (This is called “Idama production”). However, as described above, the introduction of the counting system for each car has made it impossible to arrange the ball boxes on the floor in the first place, so there was a problem that the effect of attracting customers by dimming effects dilutes and does not lead to profits at the game hall. .

Therefore, the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment is provided at a position corresponding to each pachinko machine 40 and above the pachinko machine 40 (curtain board 51), and arranges the ball boxes on the floor of the game hall. Instead, it is configured to be able to produce the appearance of balls based on the number of balls counted in each vehicle counting system.
Hereinafter, the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment will be specifically described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rendering device 1 includes a housing 2, a lid 3 of the housing 2, a display member (display unit) 5 on which a ball is pseudo-displayed, and a moving device ( (Moving means) 6 (FIG. 3), illumination device 7 that can irradiate the display member 5, and ball information transmitted from each stand counting system, and a control board (control) that controls according to the information Means) 8 and a fixing member 9 required when attaching the rendering device 1 to a wall surface or the like.

  The casing 2 is made of a transparent synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride or acrylic, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, four ball boxes (referred to as single ball boxes 14a to 14d) are stacked. It is comprised by the ball box part 10 formed in the shape, and the roller accommodating part 11 attached to the upper and lower sides of the ball box part 10 integrally. In addition, in the roller accommodating part 11, it is preferable to give the device which cannot visually recognize the inside. Examples of such devices include means for decorating the outer surface and adopting a dark colored synthetic resin such as black.

The ball box part 10 has a ball box body 42 whose one side on the back side (referenced in FIG. 1) is opened (opening part 12), and a pseudo gripping part 43 projecting outward from the ball box body 42. .
As shown in FIG. 4, the ball box main body 42 has a space 13 in which a display member 5 described later can be accommodated, and the space 13 communicates with the four single ball boxes 14 a to 14 d. Further, the ball box main body 42 has side walls 44 a to 44 c, and the side walls 44 a to 44 c are a part of the configuration that forms the space 13. And 4 sets of holding | maintenance parts 33 which can hold | maintain the illuminating device 7 mentioned later are provided inside a pair of side wall 44a, 44c which opposes among the side walls 44a-44c. That is, in the present embodiment, eight holding parts 33 are provided.

  The holding portion 33 is a groove that can slide the lighting device 7 in the vertical direction, and the groove is formed by a protruding wall portion 45 that protrudes in a substantially vertical direction from the plane of each of the side walls 44a and 44c. The protruding wall portion 45 is a “U” shape whose front view is directed upward with the open portion facing upward, and a pair of opposed slide wall portions 45a and 45c extending in the vertical direction, and the pair of slide walls. It is formed by the joining wall part 45b which joins the parts 45a and 45c integrally. The slide wall portions 45a and 45c are set so that the length in the slide direction is approximately one half of the height of each single ball box 14a to 14d (about one eighth of the height of the ball box body 42). And provided so as to extend upward from the lower end in the height direction of each of the single ball boxes 14a to 14d. Moreover, the space | interval of slide wall part 45a, 45c is set to the magnitude | size (about the thickness of the illuminating device 7) of the grade which the illuminating device 7 can hold | maintain. In addition, the slide direction length of the slide walls 45a and 45c is not limited to the above-described length, and may be changed as appropriate.

The pseudo gripping portion 43 is a decorative portion formed in the shape of a handle of an actual ball box, and is for making each of the single ball boxes 14a to 14d resemble an actual ball box.
Further, the pseudo gripping portion 43 is formed with a plurality of housing side holes 34 that are drilled in the front direction of the housing 2 on the back side of the housing 2.

  The roller accommodating portion 11 is a box body integrally joined to the upper and lower sides of the ball box portion 10 (the upper portion is the roller accommodating portion 11a and the lower side is the roller accommodating portion 11b). The back side is open (included in the above-described open portion 12), and the width-direction spread is approximately the same as the width including the pseudo gripping portion 43 of the ball box portion 10. 4 and 10, the roller accommodating portion 11 has an accommodating space 15 communicating with the space 13 of the ball box portion 10 and a holding groove 16 for fixing the position of the moving device 6 described later. ing. Note that both of the upper and lower roller accommodating portions 11a and 11b are different from each other, and most have the same configuration.

  Accordingly, when focusing attention on the upper roller accommodating portion 11a, the inner side wall surface portion (along the bottom portion of the ball box portion 10 in the lower roller accommodating portion 11b) along the pseudo gripping portion 43 of the ball box portion 10 ( The inner wall surface portion 46 and the outer side wall surface portion (outer frame of the housing 2) of the roller accommodating portion 11 at a position facing the inner side wall surface portion 46. A holding groove 16 is formed in a pair with a wall surface portion (corresponding to 47). That is, in the roller accommodating portion 11 a, a pair of upper and lower holding grooves 16 are provided at both ends in the width direction of the housing 2.

The holding groove 16 is formed by arranging linear wall portions 48 erected in a substantially vertical direction from the inner side wall surface portion 46 and the outer side wall surface portion 47 at predetermined intervals in the direction along each wall surface. It is a groove. Further, the holding grooves 16 of the inner side wall surface portion 46 and the outer side wall surface portion 47 are arranged so as to be separated with the protruding end portions of the wall portion 48 facing each other. In other words, the holding groove 16 is configured to be able to hold upper and lower end portions of a roller mounting member 21 of the moving means 6 described later.
Further, the roller accommodating portion 11a is configured such that a part of the holding groove 16 is omitted. Specifically, a part of the wall portion 48 on the back side of the housing 2 is cut out for the purpose of passing an electric wire or the like.
The lower roller accommodating portion 11b has the same configuration as the roller accommodating portion 11a except for the configuration in which the wall portion 48 is not cut out, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the lid 3 is a metal thin plate that closes the opening 12 on the back side of the housing 2, and is formed larger than the opening 12. Further, the lid 3 is provided with a lid side hole 35 for connecting to the housing 2 and the curtain plate 51. The lid side hole 35 of the lid 3 is arranged so as to communicate with the casing side hole 34 of the casing 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the fixing member 9 is a general grooved steel having a U-shaped cross section, and the casing 2 and the curtain plate 51 constituting the game island 50 are interposed between the casing 2 and the casing 2. It is a member that is arranged at an opposing position and attaches the housing 2 to the game island 50. That is, the fixing member 9 is provided with two through holes 49 in the thickness direction of the member. The through holes 49 are connected to the housing side hole 34 of the housing 2 and the lid side hole 35 of the lid 3, and the curtain plate 51. The casing 2 and the like can be fixed to the game island 50 by being arranged so as to communicate with a hole (not shown) provided in the case and screwing a bolt or the like into the communication hole. In the present embodiment, the fixing members 9 are arranged at three locations in the upper, middle, and lower portions of the housing 2 in the height direction. However, the number and mounting locations of the fixing members 9 may be appropriately changed depending on the configuration of the game island. It doesn't matter.

  The display member 5 is a sheet made of resin such as polypropylene which is flexible and can transmit light and has a long and thin plate shape. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a display member 5 having an end portion connected to each other in an annular shape is used. Further, the display member 5 is printed or drawn with a ball stored in a ball box in a partial area. That is, in this embodiment, since the housing | casing 2 is equipped with the single ball box 14a-14d piled up in 4 steps | paragraphs, the ball printed or drawn on the display member 5 is 4 steps | paragraphs of single ball boxes 14a-14d. It is displayed in the area across.

  The moving device 6 transmits to the driven roller 18 a roller (hereinafter referred to as a driving roller) 17 having a built-in DC motor for driving, a driven roller 18 that freely rotates, and a driving force of the driving roller 17. The transmission belt 20 and a roller mounting member 21 into which the shafts of the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 are inserted are configured.

The driving roller 17 is the same as a known roller, and has a cylindrical body 52 and a rotating shaft 53. It is intended to rotate.
The cylindrical body 52 has a groove (not shown) formed along the outer periphery on the end in the axial direction, and a transmission belt 20 (described later) is suspended in the groove.
A part of the rotating shaft 53 is exposed to the outside from both ends of the cylindrical body 52, and a part of the cross-sectional shape exposed to the outside is a hexagon. In addition, an electric line and a signal line connected to the motor are wired inside the rotating shaft 53 at one end of the cylindrical body 52, and are extended from the end of the rotating shaft 53 to the outside.

  The driving roller 17 is provided with a Hall element that detects a change in the magnetic field of the built-in motor. That is, the driving roller 17 can recognize the rotation information of the motor as a pulse signal by the Hall element. Specifically, the driving roller 17 according to the present embodiment has two or more Hall elements, and is configured to detect the rotation speed and the rotation direction based on pulse signals having different phases.

  The driven roller 18 has a cylindrical body 54 and a rotating shaft 55, and the cylindrical body 54 is configured to be rotatable relative to the rotating shaft 55. Note that the cylindrical body 54 and the rotating shaft 55 of the driven roller 18 have the same configuration as that of the driving roller 17. That is, a groove (not shown) is formed in the cylindrical body 54, and a part of the cross-sectional shape exposed to the outside from the cylindrical body 54 in the rotating shaft 55 is a hexagon.

The transmission belt 20 is a belt in which a long belt is wound in an annular shape, and is suspended across the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 so that the driving force of the driving roller 17 is applied to the driven roller 18. It is a transmission. Moreover, in this embodiment, the cyclic | annular display member 5 can be formed by sticking the display member 5 to the power transmission belt 20 using an adhesive agent.
The roller mounting member 21 is a metal plate, and is provided with a shaft insertion hole 36 having a hexagonal opening shape penetrating in the member thickness direction. Specifically, the shaft insertion hole 36 is set to have substantially the same shape and size as the rotation shaft 53 of the driving roller 17 and the rotation shaft 55 of the driven roller 18. In other words, the shaft insertion hole 36 rotates relative to the shaft insertion hole 36 when the rotation shafts 53 and 55 of the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 are inserted. This is the part that can be held while blocking.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lighting device 7 includes a plurality of LED light sources 27 and a substrate 28 that allows the plurality of LED light sources 27 to be attached to a single plate body. 14a to 14d are arranged so as to correspond to each of them.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the LED light source 27 has a wide-angle type that has three different colors and can illuminate a relatively wide range. And as shown in FIG. 6, it is set as the structure which can light each color independently. In the present embodiment, the LED light source 27a is set to white, the LED light source 27b is set to blue, and the LED light source 27c is set to yellow.

  The control board 8 is built in the driving roller 17 and includes an input unit 60, a control unit 61, a storage unit 62, a calculation unit 63, and an output unit 65 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. . And it is set as the structure which controls the moving apparatus 6 and the illuminating device 7 based on the information from the motor of each stand counter 31, the ball lending machine 32, and the roller 17 for a drive.

Specifically, the input unit 60 includes the ball counting information in each counter 31 and the change of the management information (acquired ball count, etc.) in the ball lending machine 32 (subtraction of the acquired ball count due to replay, etc.) Data relating to the rotational speed and rotational position of the motor of the driving roller 17 is input.
The control unit 61 is a part that controls the storage unit 62 and the calculation unit 63.
The storage unit 62 is a part that stores information on the number of balls input to the input unit 60, information on each of the driving rollers 17, setting information regarding the operating conditions of the rendering device 1, and the like.
The calculation unit 63 compares the input information from each counter 31 or the change information in the ball lending machine 32 with the information stored in the storage unit 62, or compares the comparison information with the current position information of the motor. It is a part which calculates the rotation speed etc. of a motor based on.
Then, the output unit 65 transmits a command signal to the ball lending machine 32, the driving roller 17 or the lighting device 7 based on the input information and the calculation result.

Next, the positional relationship of each member of the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment will be specifically described.
In the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the display member 5, the moving device 6, and the lighting device 7 are arranged in the space 13, and the open portion 12 of the housing 2 is closed with the lid 3 ( Hereinafter, this composite is referred to as a closed casing), and the closed casing is fixed to the curtain plate 51 of the game island 50 using the fixing member 9. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the rendering device 1 is arranged so that the lid 3 of the closed casing and the fixing member 9 face each other so as to sandwich the curtain plate 51, and the lid side hole of the lid 3. 35 and the communication hole 49 of the fixing member 9 are in a communication state, and a bolt or the like is screwed and fixed.

Hereinafter, a description will be given focusing on the closed housing fixed to the game island 50.
That is, the illuminating device 7 is disposed on the holding portion 33 provided on the inner wall surface 44 of the housing 2. Specifically, one set of holding portions 33 is provided for each single ball box 14a to 14d, and one illumination device 7 is provided for each single ball box 14a to 14d as shown in FIG. Is arranged. The LED light source 27 is directed to each illumination device 7 so as to irradiate in the front direction from the back side of the housing 2.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 are inserted along the holding groove 16 in a state where the roller mounting member 21 is inserted into the rotating shafts 53 and 55. Has been. That is, the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 are arranged such that a pair of opposing end portions of the roller mounting member 21 are held by a pair of holding grooves 16 positioned above and below in the roller accommodating portion 11. . At this time, the cylindrical bodies 52 and 54 of the rollers 17 and 18 are arranged in the accommodating space 15 so that the axial directions of the rotation shafts 53 and 55 and the width direction of the housing 2 are substantially coincident.
In the roller 17, since an electric line or a signal line is extended from one end side to the outside, the electric line or the like passes through the notch of the wall portion 48 that forms the holding groove 16. 2 space 13 is led below.

  Although not shown, a display member 5 is attached to the transmission belt 20 suspended over the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 along the annular shape of the transmission belt 20 using an adhesive or the like. That is, the display member 5 is positioned outside the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18, and is arranged to operate synchronously with the transmission belt 20 when the driving roller 17 is driven. Further, the display member 5 is also arranged so that a portion located on the front side of the housing 2 is irradiated to the lighting device 7. That is, the illumination device 7 is arranged inside the ring formed by the display member 5.

Next, the operation of the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment will be described.
The stage device 1 can change the display state of the display member 5 based on ball counting information in each of the counters 31, or can further change the display state by adding a lighting effect by the lighting device 7. Is.

  That is, in the pachinko machine 40, for example, if the jackpot pattern is aligned and a large amount of balls are dispensed, most of the dispensed balls cannot be stored in the upper and lower dishes of the pachinko machine 40. As a result of this operation, the overflowing balls are stored in the fixed storage box 41. In this state, when the jackpot pattern is further aligned and a large amount of balls are paid out, the balls cannot be stored in the fixed storage box 41. Therefore, at least the balls already stored in the fixed storage box 41 must be discharged. I will have to.

Therefore, in such a situation, the player presses a counting start button or the like, and the balls stored in the fixed-type storage box 41 are discharged toward a storage tank (not shown) of the game island 50. At this time, the number of balls discharged toward the storage tank is counted by a ball counting sensor (not shown). Then, the information counted by the ball counting sensor is transmitted to the control board 8 of the rendering device 1 as information transmitted from each counter 31. This information is simultaneously transmitted to a hall computer or the like that collectively manages the game hall.
And if the command signal to an apparatus is produced | generated based on the information input into the control board 8, the command signal will be transmitted to the applicable apparatus, and the display state of the production | presentation apparatus 1 will be changed.

  Here, in this embodiment, when the display state of the display member 5 is changed, it is a condition that the numerical value calculated by the control board 8 satisfies a predetermined standard. That is, the total of the number of balls already acquired by the player and the number of balls newly input from each counter 31 (hereinafter referred to as the total number of balls) is preset and stored in the control board 8. Whether or not the condition is satisfied is confirmed. If the condition is satisfied, the display state of the display member 5 is changed by a predetermined operation.

  More specifically, in this embodiment, every time the total number of balls increases or decreases with 500 as a reference value, the display member 5 is moved by one third of the height of the single ball box 14. That is, for example, if the total number of balls increases from 0 to 500, the rendering device 1 displays a pseudo ball display unit from the lower side to the upper side of the lower unit single box 14d as shown on the left side of FIG. Is displayed, and a state in which about one third of the balls are stored in one ball box is displayed, and if the total number of balls increases from 500 to 1500, as shown on the left side of FIG. 5 moves from the position of one third of the height of the single ball box 14d to the top of the single ball box 14d, and a situation where one ball box is filled with balls is displayed. The same operation is executed until the total number of balls further increases until the uppermost single unit box 14a is full.

  In the present embodiment, in addition to the operation of the display member 5, the lighting effect by the lighting device 7 is added. That is, when the total number of balls increases from 0 to 500 and the display member 5 moves, as shown on the right side of FIG. 11, the lower white LED light source 27a in the lighting device 7 corresponding to the single ball box 14d If the total number of balls increases from 500 to 1500, as shown on the right side of FIG. 12, the white LED light sources 27a of all the stages (upper middle and lower stages) in the lighting device 7 corresponding to the single ball box 14d are obtained. Light. Then, in the case where the total number of balls is further increased, the same operation as described above is executed until the fourth-stage single ball box 14a becomes full. That is, only the white color of the lighting device 7 is lit at any stage of the single ball box 14.

  Here, it is conceivable that the jackpot is continuous five times or more and the total number of balls exceeds 6000, that is, the balls are stored in the fifth cup box. In this case, since the pseudo ball cannot be displayed on the fifth level, in the present embodiment, the fifth and subsequent levels of the single ball box 14 are represented by changing the emission color of the lighting device 7. Specifically, after the display state of the display member 5 is changed, the blue LED light source 27b is turned on instead of the white LED light source 27a in the fifth to eighth stages of the single ball box 14, and the single ball box 14 is turned on. The ninth to twelfth stages are set to turn on the yellow LED light source 27c instead of the blue LED light source 27b.

  That is, pseudo balls are displayed in all of the single ball boxes 14a to 14d, and the lighting devices 7 corresponding to any of the stages are all in the case where the total number of balls further increases from the state in which the white LED light source 27a is lit. The white LED light source 27a of the illumination device 7 corresponding to the stage is turned off. Then, the display member 5 is moved to a position corresponding to the number of balls (hereinafter referred to as the number of subtracted balls) obtained by subtracting 6000 balls (corresponding to the total number of balls of the single ball box 14) from the total number of balls. For example, if the total number of balls reaches 6500, the number of subtraction balls is 500, and a state where about two-thirds of the height of the single ball box 14d is stored is displayed as shown on the left side of FIG. . That is, the display state of the display member 5 is the same as the case where the total number of balls is 6000 or less. The moving direction of the display member 5 at this time may be the same direction as the moving direction until the total number of balls reaches 6000 or may be the opposite direction to the moving direction. And the blue LED light source 27b of the position corresponding to a total ball number of 6500 lights. That is, as shown on the right side of FIG. 13, only the blue LED light sources 27b up to the first and second stages of the single ball box 14d are lit.

  On the other hand, when the total number of balls decreases due to replay or the like, for example, when the number of balls decreases from 1500 to 500, as shown on the left side of FIG. If the ball display part moves, a situation where about two-thirds of the balls are stored in one ball box is displayed, and if the total number of balls is less than 500, the display part of the pseudo ball in the display member 5 is a single unit. It becomes visible from the ball box 14d. In addition, the same operation | movement is performed also in the single ball box 14a-single ball box 14c, and the lighting state of the illuminating device 7 is changed on the same conditions as the case where a total ball number increases simultaneously.

As described above, the production device 1 of the present embodiment informs the surroundings of the current appearance of the ball in the game hall in the game hall provided with each unit counting system that does not arrange or stack the ball boxes on the floor surface or the like. Since the liveliness in the hall can be enhanced, there is no reduction in profits due to the dilutive appearance of the ball.
In addition, since the rendering device 1 of the present embodiment has a configuration that is attached to the curtain plate 51 located on the upper part of the pachinko machine 40 on the game island 50, the interval between the pachinko machines 40 arranged side by side is too wide. The actual operating number of the pachinko machine 40 is not significantly reduced. That is, the expected profit is not reduced by the decrease in the number of operating pachinko machines 40.
Furthermore, since the production device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to perform the ball appearance effect by using a pseudo ball printed or drawn on the display member 5, compared to a configuration using an actual ball as the ball appearance effect, the game island There is little need to change the 50 structure. Specifically, since it can be made to function by simple changes such as wiring signal lines and electric lines inside the amusement island 50, there is a concern that the capital investment cost will be greatly increased by introducing the production device 1. Nor.

In the above-described embodiment, the display member 5 is suspended and used in a ring shape so as to straddle the two rollers 17 and 18, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, as shown in FIG. The configuration may be such that the end of the long display member is wound around each of the two rollers and is used without being annular.
That is, in this configuration, since the display members 75 and 76 having a length in the longitudinal direction longer than the length of the display member 5 can be used, as shown in FIG. A configuration in which a pseudo ball is printed or drawn with a different color for each certain region toward the other end, or as shown in FIG. 17, a constant from one end of the display member 76 toward the other end If different colors and plain colors are printed or drawn alternately for each region, it is not necessary to change the display state of the display members 75 and 76 by the lighting device. Specifically, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained even when the LED light source disposed in the illumination device 77 is, for example, only one white color.
Further, if the display members 75 and 76 are used, variations in the display state can be increased without using a lighting device, so that manufacturing and running costs can be reduced.
When this configuration is adopted, both the two rollers need to be driving rollers because of the structure.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the rollers 17 and 18 are employed in the moving device 6 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a configuration in which a rotating body such as a pulley 74 is employed as illustrated in FIG. It does not matter. In this case, it is desirable to use a toothed belt such as a timing belt for the transmission belt 79.

In the said embodiment, although the structure which piled up the single ball box 14 in 4 steps | paragraphs was shown, this invention is not limited to this, For example, it may be 3 steps | paragraphs or 5 steps | paragraphs or more.
Further, in the present invention, in addition to the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 19, for example, a treasure box-shaped production assisting portion 80 is provided on the upper portion of the housing 2, and a certain number (for example, 10 cups) of single ball boxes are provided. You may have the structure turned on by the illumination part with which the production | assistant assistance part 80 comprised when it became full. Thereby, for example, it becomes possible to easily grasp when 10 or more cups are stacked. In this case, it is preferable that the variation of the display state change by the display member and the illuminating device is matched to the above-described constant quantity.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the rendering device 1 is attached to the curtain plate 51 of the game island 50 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. I do not care.

1 staging device 5, 75, 76 display member (display means)
6 Moving device (moving means)
7, 77 Illumination device 17 Driving roller 30 Game machine 31 Counter for each unit (counter)
32 Ball lending machine 40 Pachinko machine 50 Amusement island 51 Curtain plates 52, 54 Cylindrical body 74 Pulley

Claims (5)

In a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines capable of playing using gaming media are installed, a counting device capable of counting gaming media is installed at a position corresponding to each gaming machine, and a game is played based on a value measured by the counting device. A game medium directing device capable of reflecting information on game media acquired by a person,
Placed above each gaming machine,
Display means for displaying information on the game medium, and moving means for performing a rotation operation;
The display means operates in conjunction with the rotation operation of the moving means and can change the display state.
When the game medium is measured by at least the counting device and a predetermined condition is satisfied, the display means is moved to display information on the game medium acquired by the current player,
The display means is a long sheet, in which a pseudo game medium is printed or drawn in a partial area,
The housing of the game medium effect device has a game medium box portion of a shape in which single game medium boxes are stacked,
The game medium box portion is provided with a space capable of accommodating said display means,
The space communicates over each single game media box,
Each time the number of game media measured is increased or decreased by a reference value, the display means has a partial area where the pseudo game media is printed or drawn in accordance with the increase or decrease within a single game media box. stepwise moved, Ri visible der to display means for the mobile by transmitting a single game medium box of the one,
Furthermore, a part of the area in which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn is movable from the one single game medium box to another single game medium box . The moving means is composed of at least two cylinders, and at least one cylinder is a driving roller provided with a driving source,
The display means is a long sheet, and is wound around a plurality of cylinders in an annular state.
2. The game medium effect device according to claim 1, wherein the illumination unit is arranged inside a ring formed by the display unit. The moving means is composed of two cylinders, and both cylinders are driving rollers provided with a driving source,
2. The game according to claim 1, wherein the display means is a long sheet, one end of which is connected to a driving roller, and the other end is connected to another cylindrical body. Medium effect device. Having illumination means,
The illumination means can irradiate a part of the area on which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn,
Based on the outgoing information from the counting device, Ri changeable der irradiation state,
The illumination means can irradiate a plurality of different colors of light,
Based on the information transmitted from the counting device, it irradiates a part of the area where the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn with light of different colors,
When the display means displays a partial area in which the pseudo game media are printed or drawn on all the single game media boxes, and the total number of game media further increases, the illumination means displays different colors. The game medium effect device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game medium effect device is irradiated with the light . In a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines capable of playing using gaming media are installed, a counting device capable of counting gaming media is installed at a position corresponding to each gaming machine, and a game is played based on a value measured by the counting device. A game medium directing device capable of reflecting information on game media acquired by a person,
Placed above each gaming machine,
Display means for displaying information on the game medium, and moving means for performing a rotation operation;
The display means operates in conjunction with the rotation operation of the moving means and can change the display state.
When the game medium is measured by at least the counting device and a predetermined condition is satisfied, the display means is moved to display information on the game medium acquired by the current player,
The display means is a long sheet, in which a pseudo game medium is printed or drawn in a partial area,
The housing of the game medium effect device has a game medium box portion of a shape in which single game medium boxes are stacked,
The game media box has a space that can accommodate the display means;
The space communicates over each single game media box,
Whenever the number of game media thus measured increases or decreases by a reference value, a part of the area in which the pseudo game media is printed or drawn according to the increase or decrease is stepped in the game media box. The display means for moving is visible through the game medium box portion,
Furthermore, a part of the area in which the pseudo game medium is printed or drawn can be moved from one single game medium box to another single game medium box.

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