JP6265221B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine installed in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

  Slot machines are widely known as gaming machines installed in amusement halls such as pachinko parlors. The slot machine includes an illumination device. The electrical decoration device includes a light source board on which a light source such as an LED is mounted, a front cover that covers the light source board from the front side, and a back cover that covers the light source board from the back side. For example, a printed sheet on which the model name of the gaming machine is written is arranged on the front cover, and the lighting device illuminates this printed sheet to attract the attention of the player and improve the operation rate. ing.

  Further, in gaming machines, measures are taken to protect electrical components such as the above-described electrical decoration device (light source substrate) from static electricity. For example, Patent Document 1 below describes a configuration in which a conductive member is crimped to a control circuit board and grounded (grounded). Further, Patent Document 2 below describes a configuration in which the electric charge charged to the game ball is grounded (grounded) via a decorative member.

JP 2000-210459 A JP2011-063310

  As in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the problem caused by static electricity can be prevented by discharging the charge charged to the member by grounding. However, in the case of an electric decoration device, there is a problem that this method is inefficient. In other words, because of the nature of the electrical decoration device, it is placed at a position that is visible to the player near the player, such as the front of the gaming machine. The method of connecting and grounding impairs the aesthetic appearance. Moreover, the method of grounding by connecting a ground wire or the like from the inside of the gaming machine to the electrical decoration device not only results in a long and complicated route for passing the ground wire, but also costs and labor. In order to secure the passage route of the ground wire, the arrangement position of other members arranged inside the gaming machine is also limited.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described background, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine that can prevent a problem due to static electricity without being grounded.

  In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine of the present invention includes a light source board on which a light source is mounted, a front cover that covers the light source board from the front side and is illuminated from the back side by the light source, and the light source board. In a gaming machine including an electrical decoration device having a back cover that covers from the back side, an extending portion that extends from the front cover toward the back cover and the back cover is formed integrally, and the extending portion is charged. The extension portion so as to block a shortest discharge path that is a discharge path connecting the extension portion and the light source substrate at a shortest distance among the discharge paths until the generated charge is discharged and reaches the light source substrate. And an insulating member disposed between the light source substrate and the light source substrate.

  The electric charge can reach the light source substrate only when passing through an avoidance discharge path that is a discharge path that is longer than the shortest discharge path by avoiding the insulating member, and Of the avoidance discharge paths, the length of the shortest avoidance discharge path, which is the shortest discharge path, is preferably 2 cm or more.

  The extending portion is a support for screwing the front cover to the back cover, and the front cover is inserted into the back cover by a screw that passes through the back cover and is screwed to a front end of the support. The insulating member may be provided so as to cover at least the light source substrate side of the side surface of the support column.

  A first region and a second region are set on the front cover, and illumination light for illuminating the first region is incident between the light source substrate and the front cover, and incident illumination A light diffusing member that diffuses light toward the first region and emits the light may be provided.

  A light blocking member that blocks illumination light for illuminating the second region may be provided between the light source substrate and the front cover.

  A light guide member may be provided that is formed in a cylindrical shape surrounding an optical path of illumination light from the light source toward the first region and guides the illumination light from the light source to the first region.

  The light blocking member may be formed integrally with the light guide member.

  The first and second regions may be provided on a print sheet on which information consisting of images or characters is printed.

In the first area, information about the gaming machine is printed,
In the second area, information to be added to the information printed in the first area may be printed.

  In the present invention, since the insulating member blocks the discharge path (shortest discharge path) that connects the front cover (extension portion) and the light source substrate with the shortest distance, problems due to static electricity can be prevented without grounding.

It is an external view of a slot machine. It is an external view of an illumination device. It is an exploded view of an illumination device. It is sectional drawing of an electrical decoration apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the discharge to a light source board | substrate is prevented by an insulating member. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure which varied the illumination aspect of main information and incidental information.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the slot machine (game machine) 10 includes a storage box 11 and a front door 12, and a gaming machine main body is constituted by these. The storage box 11 stores a reel unit in which a plurality of reels are unitized, a hopper device for paying out medals, and the like. The front door 12 is divided into an upper door 12a and a lower door 12b. The upper door 12a and the lower door 12b are pivotally attached to the storage box 11 and supported so as to be freely opened and closed.

  The upper door 12a is provided with a liquid crystal display 15 for displaying various images and a transparent window 16 for visually recognizing the reel on the front surface. A plurality of types of symbols are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the reel. When the reel is stopped, three symbols are displayed for each reel through the transparent window 16.

  The lower door 12b has a medal slot 22 for inserting medals, a bet button 23 that is operated when betting credited medals, a start lever 24 that is operated when starting a game, and a rotating reel. Stop buttons 26a to 26c for stopping, a medal tray 28 for receiving medals paid out from the hopper device, and a clearing button 29 for clearing credited medals are provided.

  In the slot machine 10, the start lever 24 is activated when a medal is betted by inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot 22 or by operating the bet button 23, and the game starts when the activated start lever 24 is operated. Is done. When the game is started, the winning combination lottery is executed to determine one of a plurality of types of winning combinations or lose, and the reel starts to rotate. When the rotation speed of the reel reaches a constant speed and becomes a steady rotation, the operation of the stop buttons 26a to 26c is activated, and when the activated stop buttons 26a to 26c are operated, the reel corresponding to the operated stop button is stopped. Can be made. When all the reels are stopped and the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination determined in the winning combination lottery is displayed, the winning combination is won, and the process corresponding to the winning winning combination (winning process) Is executed.

  Further, the slot machine 10 is provided with an illumination device 30 on the upper door 12a. The electrical decoration device 30 electrically decorates the slot machine 10 with illumination light from a light source arranged inside. In the present embodiment, the illumination device 30 illuminates a print sheet 32 (see FIGS. 4 and 6) on which information such as images and characters are printed, thereby attracting the player's attention. Give an explanation.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the electrical decoration device 30 includes a light source in which a plurality of LEDs (light sources) 34 for illuminating the print sheet 32 are mounted on the front side in addition to the print sheet 32 described above. A front surface that is disposed in front of the substrate 36 and the light source substrate 36 and guides the illumination light from the LEDs 34 toward the print sheet 32, and covers the light source substrate 36 and the light guide portion 38 from the front side and the rear side. A cover 40 and a back cover 42 are provided.

  The front cover 40 is disposed so as to close the cylindrical main body 44 having conductivity and the opening on the front side of the main body 44 at least on the surface portion by performing surface treatment such as plating. The print sheet 32 is disposed behind the transparent plate 46, and the print sheet 32 is visible through the transparent plate 46. In addition, the main body 44 of the front cover 40 is formed with four columns (extension portions) 50 extending toward the back surface (the back cover 42). The front column cover 40 includes the four columns 50. The back cover 42 is fixed to the back cover 42 by screwing with screws 52 from the back side.

  The back cover 42 is formed from an insulating material. The back cover 42 is formed in a box shape that covers the side surface and the back surface of the front cover 40, and a receiving portion 54 is formed in a position corresponding to each of the columns 50. Further, the back cover 42 is provided with a discharge path blocking wall (insulating member) 60 that covers the front end portion (end portion on the back cover 42 side) of the support column 50 from the side around the receiving portion 54. The discharge path blocking wall 60 prevents electric charges charged in the front cover 40 from being discharged toward the light source substrate 36.

  That is, the main body 44 (the support column 50) of the front cover 40 has conductivity at least in the surface portion by the surface treatment described above. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5A (a cross-sectional view in which a portion where the support 50 and the light source substrate 36 are close to each other is enlarged, and a view showing a state where the back cover 42 is removed in FIG. 4), as shown in FIG. When the distance between the light source board 36 and the light source board 36 is short, the electric charge charged in the front cover 40 is discharged from the front end portion of the support column 50 toward the light source board 36, which may cause problems such as breakage of the LED 34.

  On the other hand, in the slot machine 10, as shown in FIG. 5B (in FIG. 4, an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion where the support column 50 and the light source substrate 36 are close to each other), A path through which charges sometimes pass (a discharge path (shortest discharge path) connecting the tip of the support column 50 and the light source substrate 36 with the shortest distance) 62 (see FIG. 5A) is blocked. For this reason, the electric charge charged in the front cover 40 is not discharged through the shortest discharge path 62, and a path (avoidance discharge) that is longer than the shortest discharge path 62 by avoiding the discharge path blocking wall 60. It is discharged only through the (path) (discharge is prevented by increasing the distance of the discharge path).

  As described above, in the slot machine 10, the discharge path through which charges pass during discharge is blocked by the discharge path blocking wall 60 to increase the distance, thereby preventing problems due to static electricity without grounding.

  Further, in the slot machine 10, in addition to the configuration for preventing the problem due to static electricity as described above, a device is provided for effective illumination by distinguishing the area to be actively illuminated from the area not to be illuminated. That is, in the slot machine 10, it is not always effective to uniformly illuminate all the information printed on the print sheet 32. For example, when printing the model name of the slot machine 10 including a trademark-registered term on the print sheet 32, the term is a registered trademark as well as the model name, that is, information (main information) about the slot machine 10. It is also necessary to print incidental information indicating that. However, although the main information should be actively illuminated, the incidental information need not be actively illuminated. For this reason, in the slot machine 10, the main information and the incidental information are made different in lighting method so that the player's attention is focused on the main information rather than the incidental information (effective illumination is performed). .

  Hereinafter, a specific configuration for performing effective lighting so that the main information and the incidental information are different from each other and attention is focused on the main information will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the print sheet 32 is provided with a first area 70 on which main information is printed and a second area 72 on which auxiliary information is printed. A light source substrate 36 and a light guide unit 38 are disposed behind the print sheet 32, and illumination light from each LED 34 of the light source substrate 36 is guided to the print sheet 32 via the light guide unit 38.

  The light guide unit 38 includes, for example, a light guide member 74 formed from a white resin and a light diffusion member 76 formed from, for example, a transparent resin. The light guide member 74 has a plurality of cylindrical portions 74a (see FIG. 4) formed so as to surround the optical path of the illumination light from the LEDs 34 of the light source substrate 36, and the light diffusion member 76 has a fine unevenness on the back surface. The light diffusion surface 76a (see FIG. 4) is formed. The illumination light from each LED 34 of the light source substrate 36 is guided to the light diffusion surface 76a while being internally reflected in the cylindrical portion 74a, diffused on the light diffusion surface 76a, and irradiated to the print sheet 32.

  In the slot machine 10 that illuminates the print sheet 32 with such a configuration, the LEDs 34 are mounted only in the region corresponding to the first region 70 on the light source substrate 36. In this way, more illumination light is applied to the first region 70 than to the second region 72.

  Further, in the slot machine 10, the light guide member 74 is provided with the cylindrical portion 74 a so as to surround only the region corresponding to the first region 70, and the region corresponding to the second region 72 blocks light that blocks illumination light. A member 74b is provided. By doing so, illumination light is guided only to the first region 70 and illumination light is not guided to the second region 72.

  Further, in the slot machine 10, the region corresponding to the second region 72 is cut out so that only the region corresponding to the first region 70 in the light diffusion member 76 becomes the light diffusion surface 76 a, thereby forming the cutout portion 76 b. . By doing so, only the illumination light applied to the first region 70 is diffused.

  As described above, in the slot machine 10, the illumination method is different between the first area 70 on which the main information is printed and the second area 72 on which the auxiliary information is printed, and only the first area 70 is actively illuminated. Accordingly, the print sheet 32 can be illuminated more effectively than the case where the first and second regions 70 and 72 are illuminated uniformly (first than the incidental information printed in the second region 72). The player's attention can be drawn to the main information printed in the area 70).

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the description has been given of the example in which both the configuration for preventing the problem due to static electricity and the configuration for changing the illumination method for the main information and the incidental information are provided. Of these two configurations, Only one configuration may be provided.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example which applies this invention to the electrical decoration apparatus which illuminates a printed sheet, for example, this invention is applied with respect to the electrical decoration apparatus which illuminates other than a printed sheet, such as a three-dimensional object. You may apply. Furthermore, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example which arrange | positions the electrical decoration apparatus of this invention in the upper-end center part of the upper door of a slot machine, the arrangement position of an electrical decoration apparatus can be set freely. Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example which provides only one electrical decoration apparatus of this invention, you may provide multiple electrical decoration apparatuses of this invention with respect to one slot machine.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a discharge path blocking wall (insulating member) is provided to prevent discharge from the support for screwing the front case to the back case to the light source substrate, that is, the extending portion is a support. Although an example has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, depending on the structure of the illumination device, the side wall of the front cover is provided at the same level as the above-mentioned support column or at a position closer to the light source substrate than the support column, and there is a possibility of discharging from the side wall to the light source substrate. . In such a case, the side wall is used as an extended portion, and an insulating member may be provided to prevent discharge from the extended portion (side wall) to the light source substrate. Of course, it is also possible to use an extending portion other than the side wall and provide an insulating member to prevent discharge from the extending portion to the light source substrate.

  In addition, if the linear distance (the length of the shortest discharge path) is 2 cm or more, it is difficult for the discharge to occur. Therefore, the discharge path when discharging from the front cover to the light source substrate is traced regardless of the path. It is preferable to provide an insulating member so that the length becomes 2 cm or more. In other words, it is preferable that a portion of the front cover where the linear distance to the light source substrate is less than 2 cm is an extended portion, and an insulating member is provided between the extended portion and the light source substrate.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the shape of the insulating member demonstrated in the example which is a cylindrical shape which covers the side surface of the front-end | tip part of a support | pillar, this invention is not limited to this. As described above, since the extension portion may be other than the support column, the shape and arrangement position of the insulating member may be appropriately set according to the shape and arrangement position of the extension portion. Specifically, the shape and arrangement position of the insulating member may be determined so that the discharge path when discharging from the front cover to the light source substrate is a predetermined length (for example, 2 cm) or more.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the model name of the slot machine is used as the main information, and the information indicating that the term included in the model name is registered as a trademark has been described as ancillary information. It is not limited. The main information may be other than the model name as long as the information is related to the slot machine. Further, the incidental information may be information other than that indicating that the trademark is registered as long as the information is to be incidental to the main information.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a slot machine as a gaming machine has been described. However, the present invention may be applied to a gaming machine other than a slot machine, such as a pachinko machine.

10 Slot machines (gaming machines)
12 Front door 24 Start lever 26a-26c Stop button 30 Illumination device 32 Print sheet 34 LED (light source)
36 light source substrate 38 light guide 40 front cover 42 back cover 50 support (extension part)
60 Discharge path blocking wall (insulating member)
70 1st area | region 72 2nd area | region 74 Light guide member 74a Cylindrical part 74b Light blocking member 76 Light diffusing member 76a Light diffusing surface 76b Notch

Claims (1)

A light source board on which a light source is mounted, a front cover that covers the light source board from the front side and is illuminated from the back side by the light source, and a back cover that covers the light source board from the back side. In gaming machines,
An extending portion extending from the front cover toward the back cover;
A discharge path that is integrally formed with the back cover and that connects the extended portion and the light source substrate in a shortest distance among discharge paths from when the charge charged in the extended portion is discharged and reaches the light source substrate. An insulating member disposed between the extended portion and the light source substrate so as to block the shortest discharge path ,
The gaming machine , wherein the insulating member is formed so as to surround a distal end portion of the extending portion .

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