JP6322855B2 - Directional device and game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rendering device and a gaming machine that perform a rendering by moving a rendering body to the front of a symbol display device in accordance with the gaming state.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known an effect device that is provided in a pachinko machine and performs an effect by moving the effect body to the front of a symbol display device according to the game state. For example, in the effect unit described in Patent Document 1, one end is rotatably connected to a sub-base that fixes a motor, and the other end is rotatably connected to a base member that supports the first effect body. Similarly to the member, a support member having one end and the other end rotatably connected to the sub-base and the base member, respectively. When the performance is not performed, the first performance body is moved to the first position overlapping the game area, and when the performance is performed, the first performance body is moved to the second position overlapping the display device.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-47509

  However, when the first effector moves to the second position, the transmission member and the support member support the end of the first effector on the side close to the sub-base. Since the end of the first director is not supported by the transmission member and the support member, the end of the first director can be tilted down by the weight of the first director. There was sex.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an effect device and a game machine that can prevent the effector from being inclined by weight.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a game board in which a game area in which a game ball flows down is formed on the front surface, a symbol display device provided on the back side of the game board to variably display various symbols, and the game board Provided in the decorative frame of the gaming machine having an opening that penetrates in the front and rear, and through which the display of the symbol display device is exposed. An effect device for performing between a standby position between the decoration frame and the game board above the opening and an effect position on the front of the symbol display device below the standby position and within the opening. A stage that can move the stage, a drive source that generates a driving force for moving the stage between the stand-by position and the stage, a holding body that holds the drive source, a first end, It extends between two ends, and the first end is in the left-right direction of the director The second end is pivotally supported by the holding body and connected to the drive source, and the second end is driven by the drive source. The first link member that rotates about the axis, and extends between the third end portion and the fourth end portion, and the third end portion is the one end portion of the effector and the first end portion. The fourth link is pivotally supported at different positions and the fourth end is pivotally supported on the holding body, and extends between the fifth end and the sixth end. The fifth end portion has a fulcrum portion that can be moved toward and away from the sixth end portion, and the fulcrum portion rotates around the other end portion of the effect body opposite to the one end portion. A third link member pivotally supported so that the sixth end is pivotally supported directly or indirectly on the decorative frame, and the first link member and the second link member are , When configuring the line crank mechanism and the effector is located at the effect position, the first end and the third end are respectively located on the sides of the second end and the fourth end, The pivot support position at which the decorative frame pivotally supports the sixth end portion is a side position of the fifth end portion when the rendering body is located at the standby position, and the rendering body is at the rendering position. The fulcrum portion of the third link member is in contact with and away from the sixth end when the effect body is located at the effect position. In a possible range, an effect device is provided which is arranged at a position farthest from the sixth end portion.

  When the director is located at the director position, one end of the director is supported by the first link member and the second link member, but the position of the other end can be lowered and tilted by the weight of the director There is sex. At this time, the third link member is in a state of suspending the other end of the effect body because the pivot support position is located above the effect body. The fulcrum part is maximally separated from the sixth end part, and there is no further separation between the shaft support position and the fulcrum part. Therefore, the third link member can prevent inclination due to the weight of the effector when the effector is located at the effect position.

  1st aspect WHEREIN: When the said production body is located in the said stand-by position, the said fulcrum part of the said 3rd link member, the said pivot support position, and the said 1st end part of the said 1st link member are pivotally supported. The position is arranged at a position lined up in the left-right direction, and the fulcrum part may be arranged at a position farthest from the sixth end part within a range in which the fulcrum part can contact and separate from the sixth end part. Good. When the effector is located at the standby position, the fulcrum part of the third link member, the pivotal support position, and the position where the first end is pivotally supported are arranged in the horizontal direction. That is, the effect body and the third link member are stretched in the left-right direction. The fulcrum part is maximally separated from the sixth end part, and there is no further separation between the shaft support position and the fulcrum part. Even if the effector tries to incline due to the weight, the other end portion is pulled sideways by the third link member. Therefore, the 3rd link member can suppress the inclination by the weight of a production body.

  In the first aspect, the effect body may be a plate-like body that extends long in the left-right direction. Horizontal characters or symbols may be shown on the effect body. Since the effect body has a shape that is long in the left-right direction, the first link member and the effect body extend in the left-right direction at the effect position, and a large torque is applied to the shaft of the second end portion. Therefore, in the production position, by suspending the other end portion of the production body with the third link member, it is ensured that the other end side is lower than the one end side and the production body is inclined. Can be prevented.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a game board having a game area in which a game ball flows down on the front surface, a symbol display device provided on the back side of the game board to variably display various symbols, and the game board A decorative frame that has an opening that is provided in the front and rear and that passes through the opening and exposes the display of the symbol display device, and the decorative frame is provided in any one of claims 1 to 3. There is provided a gaming machine comprising the described production device. By providing the rendering device according to the first aspect, the second aspect can obtain the same effects as the first aspect.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. It is a front view of the rendering device 50 in a state where the rendering body 80 has moved to the standby position. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the rendering device 50. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a first link member 100. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a second link member 120. FIG. FIG. 45 is a front view of the rendering device 50 showing the positional relationship of the link members at the standby position of the rendering body 80. FIG. 49 is a front view of the rendering device 50 showing the positional relationship of the link members at the rendering position of the rendering body 80. It is a front view of the rendering device 50 in a state where the rendering body 80 has moved to the rendering position.

  Hereinafter, the rendering device 50 and the pachinko machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 including the rendering device 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the following description, the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the front and back direction of the pachinko machine 1 are based on the direction of the board surface of the game board 2 unless otherwise specified. That is, the orientation of the pachinko machine 1 viewed from a player who plays with the pachinko machine 1 installed in the hall (that is, the orientation of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 1) is a reference. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience, the front and back direction will be described as the front-rear direction. In addition, with respect to the devices and parts used in the pachinko machine 1, the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the front-back direction are defined based on the orientation when the pachinko machine 1 is assembled.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a game board 2 is provided on the upper side of the pachinko machine 1. The game board 2 has a substantially square shape, and the front surface is protected by a front frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. An upper plate 5 and a lower plate 6 are provided on the lower side of the game board 2. The upper plate 5 is provided at the lower part of the game board 2 and supplies game balls to a launcher (not shown) and receives prize balls. In the upper center of the upper plate 5, an operation button 9 that is operated by a player is disposed. The lower plate 6 is provided directly below the upper plate 5 and receives a prize ball that overflows or is discharged from the upper plate 5. On the right side of the lower plate 6, a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided. Speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners of the front frame 13.

  A substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by guide rails 3 is formed on the front surface of the game board 2. The game ball launched by the launcher flows down in the game area 4. In the approximate center of the game area 4, a symbol display device 28 configured using an LCD (liquid crystal display) or the like is provided. The symbol display device 28 is disposed on the back side of the game board 2, and the display surface 27 is exposed to the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 through an opening provided in the approximate center of the game board 2. Various images such as a moving image and a message are displayed on the display surface 27, and in particular, a demo symbol for notifying the result of the jackpot determination is displayed. The pachinko machine 1 changes the number of demo symbols (three in this embodiment), and then executes a notification effect for confirming and displaying a combination of demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination, thereby obtaining the result of the jackpot determination. Inform the player.

  The edge of the opening of the game board 2 is decorated, and a decorative frame 14 surrounding the outer edge of the symbol display device 28 is provided. The symbol display device 28 exposes the display surface 27 to the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 through the opening 19 of the decorative frame 14. The decoration frame 14 is provided with a plurality of effect devices that perform various effects together with the decoration frame 14. The effect device is arranged in the decorative frame 14 or between the decorative frame 14 and the symbol display device 28. The effect device produces an effect such as causing a light emitter such as an LED to emit light on the spot or in front of the symbol display device 28 according to the gaming state. The effect device 50, which is one of them, is arranged on the back side of the decorative frame 14 in a portion from the left edge of the opening 19 to the upper edge. Although the details will be described later, the effector 80 of the effector 50 is arranged at a position hidden behind the upper edge of the opening 19 of the decorative frame 14 when viewed from the front during non-effects (see FIG. 2). The effector 80 is exposed in the opening 19 by the driving force of the drive motor 63 at the time of effect, and further emits a light emitter such as an LED, and performs various effects while interlocking with the symbol display device 28, the speaker 48, and the like.

  A normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the symbol display device 28. A big prize opening 17 is provided below the normal symbol starting gate 12. Below the symbol display device 28, a first special symbol start winning opening 15 is provided. A second special symbol start electric accessory 16 is provided immediately below the first special symbol start winning opening 15. The second special symbol starting electric accessory 16 includes an opening / closing member. The game ball can win the second special symbol starting electric accessory 16 only when the opening / closing member is opened. When game balls win the first special symbol start winning opening 15 and the second special symbol start electric winning combination 16, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls, respectively. Under the second special symbol starting electric accessory 16 is provided an out port 18 for collecting the game balls that have flowed down to the central lower end of the game area 4 (see FIG. 2).

  A symbol display section 24 (see FIG. 2) is provided in the lower right portion of the game area 4. The symbol display unit 24 includes a normal symbol display unit, a first special symbol display unit, a second special symbol display unit, a normal symbol memory number display LED, a first special symbol memory number display LED, and a second special symbol memory number display LED. Is provided.

  In the present embodiment, when a game ball wins the first special symbol start winning opening 15, a first big hit determination is performed, and one of a plurality of special symbols is displayed on the first symbol display unit 24 according to the determination result. It is displayed on the special symbol display section. As a result, when it is determined that the jackpot is a jackpot game in which the jackpot 17 is opened. A specific area is formed in the flow path of the game ball that has won the big prize opening 17. In the pachinko machine 1, it is a condition that a probability variation state occurs after the jackpot game ends when the game ball passes through a specific area in the jackpot 17 during the jackpot game. A control unit (not shown) for controlling the main control of the game, various effects, etc. is provided on the back side of the game board 2.

  Further, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12, the normal hit determination is performed, and the determination result is displayed on the normal symbol display unit of the symbol display unit 24. As a result, when it is determined that the winning is normal, the second special symbol starting electric accessory 16 is opened. When a game ball wins the second special symbol start electric accessory 16, a second big hit determination is performed, and the determination result is displayed on the second special symbol display unit of the symbol display unit 24. As a result, when it is determined that the game is a jackpot, a jackpot game is executed as described above.

  The normal symbol memory number display LED displays up to four normal symbol operation reserved balls. The normal symbol operation reserved ball number is the number of game balls that have passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 and for which the result of the normal hit determination is not yet displayed on the normal symbol display portion. The first special symbol memory number display LED of the symbol display unit 24 displays up to four first special symbol actuated balls. The number of first special symbol actuated reserved balls is the number of game balls that have won the first special symbol start winning opening 15 and for which the result of the first big hit determination has not been displayed yet. The second special symbol memory number display LED displays up to four second special symbol actuated balls. The second special symbol actuated holding ball number is the number of game balls that have won the second special symbol starting electric player 16 and the result of the second big hit determination is not yet displayed.

  Although not shown, a control unit having various substrates is provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. Each board of the control unit includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and controls various operations of the pachinko machine 1. For example, the main board performs a normal hit determination, a big hit determination, and the like, and controls the main control of the pachinko machine 1. The relay board drives a solenoid that opens and closes the special winning opening 17 based on the control result performed on the main board. Further, the CPU (not shown) of the effect board performs drive control of a drive motor 63 (see FIG. 4) that operates the effect device 50, light emission control of an LED for illumination (not shown) provided in the effect device 50, and the like. Do.

  Next, the structure of the rendering device 50 will be described. As described above, the rendering device 50 of the present embodiment is provided in a portion from the left side edge to the upper side edge of the opening 19 of the decorative frame 14. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rendering device 50 includes a holding body 60, a rendering body 80, a first link member 100, a second link member 120, and a third link member 140. The holding body 60 is a box-shaped body having a thickness in the front-rear direction and extending in the up-down direction. The holding body 60 includes a front cover 61 that forms a front wall and a front side wall, and includes a front cover 61 that extends in the vertical direction, and a rear cover 62 that forms a rear wall and a rear side wall and extends in the vertical direction. The front cover 61 and the rear cover 62 are fixed by screwing to form a box-shaped body. The holding body 60 is assembled to the pachinko machine 1 by screwing the rear cover 62 to the decorative frame 14.

  The holding body 60 accommodates a drive motor 63, an output gear 64, a driven gear 65, a transmission gear 66, and a photosensor 67 between the front cover 61 and the rear cover 62. The drive motor 63 is disposed substantially at the center in the vertical direction of the holding body 60 and projects the output shaft 68 rearward. A shelf plate portion 69 that protrudes forward in a trapezoidal shape is formed at the approximate center of the rear cover 62 in the vertical direction. The drive motor 63 is fixed to the front side of the shelf board 69 by screwing. The output shaft 68 protrudes to the rear side of the shelf plate portion 69 through a notch formed in the shelf plate portion 69. An output gear 64 is disposed on the rear surface side of the shelf board 69 and is fixed to the output shaft 68. The rotation shaft of the output gear 64 is arranged in the front-rear direction.

  A driven gear 65 is disposed obliquely above and to the right of the output gear 64. The driven gear 65 is rotatably fixed to the front surface of the rear cover 62 by screwing. The rotation shaft of the driven gear 65 is disposed in the front-rear direction. The outer diameter of the driven gear 65 is smaller than the outer diameter of the output gear 64. The driven gear 65 meshes with the output gear 64 and rotates following the output gear 64.

  A transmission gear 66 is disposed obliquely above and to the left of the driven gear 65. The transmission gear 66 is rotatably fixed to the front surface of the rear cover 62 by screwing. The rotation shaft of the transmission gear 66 is arranged in the front-rear direction. The transmission gear 66 is, for example, a missing gear in which gear teeth are formed only at about 3/5 of the entire circumference. The transmission gear 66 and the driven gear 65 are always meshed. The outer diameter of the transmission gear 66 is larger than the outer diameter of the output gear 64. The transmission gear 66 meshes with the driven gear 65. The transmission gear 66 rotates following the output gear 64 via the driven gear 65. A pin-like drive protrusion 70 that protrudes forward is provided at the outer peripheral portion of the transmission gear 66 at the end in the counterclockwise direction in the gear tooth formation range in front view. The drive protrusion 70 engages with the driven hole 103 (see FIG. 5) of the first link member 100 via the washer 71.

  A holding hole 72 is formed on the front surface of the rear cover 62 on the upper left side of the output gear 64 and the lower left side of the transmission gear 66. A holding hole 73 is also formed on the rear surface of the front cover 61 at a position facing the holding hole 72 in the front-rear direction. The holding holes 72 and 73 of the front cover 61 and the rear cover 62 hold the front end portion and the rear end portion of the columnar first support shaft 104 extending in the front-rear direction, respectively. The first support shaft 104 is a shaft body that rotatably supports the first link member 100. Similarly, a holding hole 74 is formed on the front surface of the rear cover 62 at an obliquely lower right side of the output gear 64 and below the driven gear 65. A holding hole 75 is also formed on the rear surface of the front cover 61 at a position facing the holding hole 74 in the front-rear direction. The holding holes 74 and 75 of the front cover 61 and the rear cover 62 hold the front end portion and the rear end portion of the cylindrical second support shaft 124 extending in the front-rear direction, respectively. The second support shaft 124 is a shaft body that rotatably supports the second link member 120.

  A photosensor 67 is provided at a position below the second support shaft 124 in the holding body 60. The photosensor 67 has a detection unit including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The photo sensor 67 is fixed to the front surface of the rear cover 62 by screwing. The photosensor 67 outputs a detection signal to the CPU of the effect board when a shielding plate 128 (described later) of the second link member 120 is disposed in the detection unit. The CPU of the effect board detects that the effect body 80 has reached the standby position based on the detection result of the photo sensor 67 when moving the effect body 80 from the effect position to the standby position. As shown in the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2 and FIG. 9, the effect position is a position where the effector 80 is moved to the right of the holding body 60 and exposed in the opening 19 of the decorative frame 14. As shown in the dotted line of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the standby position is a position where the effector 80 is moved above the holding body 60 and is arranged on the back side of the decorative frame 14 above the upper edge of the decorative frame 14. It is.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a relay board 76 is attached to the front surface of the front cover 61 by screwing. The effect body 80 and the drive motor 63 are electrically connected to the effect board (not shown) via the relay board 76. A connection terminal portion 77 is provided on the lower rear surface of the relay substrate 76. As will be described later, a connection line 135 (see FIG. 6) for connecting the effect body 80 and the relay board 76 is connected to the connection terminal portion 77. A plurality of LEDs are provided on the front surface of the relay substrate 76. The CPU of the effect board emits the LED of the relay board 76 according to a predetermined light emission pattern during the effect. The LED light emitted from the LED of the relay board 76 is irradiated to the front of the pachinko machine 1 through the decorative frame 14.

  The first link member 100 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first link member 100 extends in a rod shape between the distal end portion 101 and the proximal end portion 102. The first link member 100 is formed in a step shape in the front-rear direction, and the distal end portion 101 is located in front of the proximal end portion 102. The base end portion 102 is formed with a support hole 109 that opens in the front-rear direction and through which the first support shaft 104 is inserted. With the first support shaft 104 inserted into the support hole 109, hooked cylindrical washers 105 and 106 are arranged at the front end portion and the rear end portion of the first support shaft 104, respectively. The washer 105 is interposed between the base end portion 102 and the front cover 61 and between the first support shaft 104 and the support hole 109. The washer 106 is interposed between the base end portion 102 and the rear cover 62 and between the first support shaft 104 and the support hole 109. The first link member 100 has the base end portion 102 supported by the first support shaft 104 between the front cover 61 and the rear cover 62 via the washers 105, 106, so that the first support shaft 104 is centered. , And can be rotated with respect to the holding body 60.

  A screw hole 110 that opens in the front-rear direction is formed in the distal end portion 101 of the first link member 100. A washer 107 is disposed on the front side of the distal end portion 101. A screw 111 is inserted through the screw hole 110 and the washer 107. The screw 111 is fastened to a first retaining hole 81 (see FIG. 4) provided on the rear surface of the effect body 80. The washer 107 is interposed between the tip 101 and the effector 80 and between the screw 111 and the screw hole 110. The first link member 100 can be rotated with respect to the effect body 80 around the screw 111 by supporting the tip portion 101 on the screw 111 via the washer 107.

  In the following description, in a front view of the first link member 100, the direction connecting the axial center position of the support hole 109 at the proximal end portion 102 and the axial center position of the screw hole 110 at the distal end portion 101 is defined as the first extending direction. (See FIG. 5). In the first extending direction, an oval driven hole 103 that opens in the front-rear direction and extends in the first extending direction is formed in a portion closer to the base end portion 102 than the center of the first link member 100. The drive protrusion 70 of the transmission gear 66 is engaged with the driven hole 103 via the washer 71. When the transmission gear 66 is rotated by the driving force of the driving motor 63, the driving protrusion 70 moves along an arcuate path. When the driving projection 70 presses the inner peripheral surface of the driven hole 103 via the washer 71, the first link member 100 swings on the tip 101 side about the first support shaft 104.

  A hooking portion 108 to which one end of a tension spring 90 (described later) is hooked is provided at the distal end portion 101 of the first link member 100. The hanging portion 108 is provided at the end portion of the distal end portion 101 in the clockwise direction when the distal end portion 101 swings around the base end portion 102 in the front view of the first link member 100. Moreover, the 1st link member 100 has the bending part 113 (refer FIG. 5) in the front-end | tip part 101 side. In the bent portion 113, the first link member 100 is viewed from the first extending direction toward the clockwise side when the distal end portion 101 swings around the base end portion 102 in the front view of the first link member 100. Also bends into a protruding state.

  Next, the second link member 120 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the second link member 120 extends in a bar shape that bends between the distal end portion 121 and the proximal end portion 122. The second link member 120 is formed in a step shape in the front-rear direction, and the distal end portion 121 is located in front of the proximal end portion 122. The base end portion 122 is formed with a support hole 129 that opens in the front-rear direction and through which the second support shaft 124 is inserted. With the second support shaft 124 inserted into the support hole 129, hooked cylindrical washers 125 and 126 are disposed at the front end portion and the rear end portion of the second support shaft 124, respectively. The washer 125 is interposed between the base end portion 122 and the front cover 61 and between the second support shaft 124 and the support hole 129. The washer 126 is interposed between the base end portion 122 and the rear cover 62 and between the second support shaft 124 and the support hole 129. The second link member 120 has the base end portion 122 supported by the second support shaft 124 between the front cover 61 and the rear cover 62 via the washers 125, 126, so that the second support shaft 124 is centered. , And can be rotated with respect to the holding body 60.

  A screw hole 130 that opens in the front-rear direction is formed in the distal end portion 121 of the second link member 120. A washer 127 is disposed on the front side of the distal end portion 121. A screw 131 is inserted through the screw hole 130 and the washer 127. The screw 131 is fastened to a second retaining hole 82 (see FIG. 4) provided on the rear surface of the effector 80. The washer 127 is interposed between the tip 121 and the effector 80 and between the screw 131 and the screw hole 130. The second link member 120 can be rotated with respect to the effect body 80 around the screw 131 by the tip 121 being supported by the screw 131 via the washer 127.

  In the following description, in the front view of the second link member 120, the direction connecting the axial center position of the support hole 129 in the base end portion 122 and the axial center position of the screw hole 130 in the distal end portion 121 is the second extending direction. (See FIG. 6). The 2nd link member 120 has the bending part 123 in the approximate center of the 2nd extending | stretching direction. The second link member 120 has a second extending direction in the bent portion 123 toward the counterclockwise direction when the distal end portion 121 swings around the base end portion 122 in the front view of the second link member 120. Bends in a more overhanging state.

  A shielding plate 128 is provided at the base end portion 122 of the second link member 120. The shielding plate 128 protrudes from the base end portion 122 toward the opposite side of the second extending direction from the tip end portion 121. The shielding plate 128 is a plate-like body having a thickness in the front-rear direction. The shielding plate 128 is disposed in the detection unit of the photosensor 67 as the second link member 120 rotates when the effector 80 moves to the standby position.

  The length L2 between the axial center position of the support hole 129 of the second link member 120 and the axial center position of the screw hole 130 in the front view of the rendering device 50 is the axis of the support hole 109 of the first link member 100. The length L1 (see FIG. 5) between the center position and the axial position of the screw hole 110 is substantially the same.

  The second link member 120 has a groove 132 formed in a groove shape that opens on the rear surface side at a portion between the distal end portion 121 and the proximal end portion 122. A lid 133 is attached to the opening of the groove 132 by screwing. The lid 133 closes the groove 132. That is, the groove 132 and the lid 133 form a cylindrical passage in the second link member 120. The passages formed by the groove 132 and the lid 133 communicate with the outside at the distal end 121 and the proximal end 122 of the second link member 120, respectively. A connection line 135 that electrically connects the effect body 80 and the relay board 76 is disposed in the groove 132. A connector 136 is provided at the end of the connection line 135 drawn from the groove 132 at the base end 122 of the second link member 120. The connector 136 engages with a connection terminal portion 77 provided on the rear surface of the relay board 76 of the holding body 60. A connector 137 is provided at the end of the connection line 135 drawn from the groove 132 at the tip 121 of the second link member 120. The connector 137 is provided on the rear surface of the LED board (not shown) of the effect body 80 and engages with the connection terminal portion 85 exposed on the rear surface of the effect body 80.

  The third link member 140 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the third link member 140 extends in a plate shape between the distal end portion 141 and the proximal end portion 142 with the front-rear direction as the thickness direction. The base end portion 142 of the third link member 140 is formed in a disc shape. A screw hole 144 that opens in the front-rear direction is formed in the center of the base end portion 142. A washer 145 is disposed on the rear side of the base end portion 142. A screw 146 is inserted into the screw hole 144 and the washer 145 from the front side. The screw 146 is fastened directly or indirectly to the decorative frame 14. The washer 145 is interposed between the base end portion 142 and the decorative frame 14 and between the screw 146 and the screw hole 144. The third link member 140 can be rotated with respect to the decorative frame 14 around the screw 146 by the base end portion 142 being supported by the screw 146 via the washer 145.

  In the following description, in the front view of the third link member 140, the direction connecting the center in the width direction of the distal end portion 141 and the axial center position of the screw hole 144 of the proximal end portion 142 is referred to as the third extending direction (see FIG. 7). The third link member 140 has a long hole 143 that penetrates in the front-rear direction from the substantially central position in the third extending direction to the distal end portion 141 and extends in the third extending direction. In the elongated hole 143, cylindrical washer 147 and 148 with a flange are arranged with the cylindrical holes from the front side and the rear side of the third link member 140, respectively. A screw 149 is inserted into the washers 147 and 148 from the rear side of the third link member 140. The screw 149 passes through the elongated hole 143 in the front-rear direction via washers 147 and 148 and is fastened to a third retaining hole 83 provided on the rear surface of the effector 80. The washers 147 and 148 are interposed between the tip portion 141 and the effector 80 and between the screw 149 and the elongated hole 143. The third link member 140 can be rotated with respect to the effect body 80 around the screw 149 by supporting the tip portion 141 on the screw 149 via the washers 147 and 148. Further, the third link member 140 can move in the third extending direction with respect to the effect body 80 by sliding the washers 147 and 148 in the elongated hole 143.

  The director 80 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the effector 80 is a box-like plate-like body that is long in the left-right direction and has a thickness direction in the front-rear direction. The director 80 is formed of a transparent resin, and has a concave and convex decoration on the front surface. Horizontally written characters and symbols are shown on the front surface of the director 80. In the present embodiment, the characters and symbols of “decha!” Are formed on the front surface of the production body 80 by uneven decoration and are shown in horizontal writing.

  Inside the effector 80, an electric decoration board (not shown) and a diffusion plate (not shown) are provided. The electrical decoration board has a plurality of LEDs mounted on the front surface and a connection terminal portion 85 mounted on the back surface. The electrical decoration board has an outer shape that matches the shape of the effector 80 in front view, and is accommodated in the effector 80. The connection terminal portion 85 is exposed on the rear surface of the effect body 80. The connector 137 (see FIG. 6) of the connection line 135 is engaged with the connection terminal portion 85. The illumination board is connected to the effect board (not shown) via the relay board 76. The CPU of the effect board emits the LED of the illumination board according to a predetermined light emission pattern at the time of the effect. The diffusing plate has substantially the same outer shape as that of the electric decoration board, and is disposed on the front side of the electric decoration board in the effect body 80. The diffusion plate diffuses the LED light emitted from the LED of the illumination board so that the intensity of the light becomes substantially uniform and emits the light forward. The LED light diffused on the diffusion plate is irradiated to the front of the pachinko machine 1 through the front surface of the effector 80.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, a first retaining hole 81, a second retaining hole 82, a third retaining hole 83, and a hanging portion 84 are provided on the rear surface of the effector 80. The first retaining hole 81 is provided at the left end portion of the rear surface of the production body 80 (see FIG. 7). The second retaining hole 82 is provided at a position to the right of and below the first retaining hole 81. When the rendering device 50 is viewed from the front, the positional relationship between the position of the first retaining hole 81 and the position of the second retaining hole 82 in the rendering 80 is determined by the positions of the retaining holes 72 and 73 in the retaining body 60 and the retaining hole 74. , 75 and the position relationship are substantially the same. That is, in the front view of the rendering device 50, the second fastening hole 82 is substantially the same as the direction and distance of the holding holes 74 and 75 relative to the holding holes 72 and 73 relative to the first fastening hole 81. It is provided at a position corresponding to the direction and distance. The screw 111 fastened to the first retaining hole 81 supports the first link member 100 so that the first link member 100 can rotate at the distal end portion 101. The first support shaft 104 held in the holding holes 72 and 73 supports the first link member 100 so as to be rotatable at the base end portion 102. A screw 131 fastened to the second retaining hole 82 supports the second link member 120 so that the second link member 120 can rotate at the distal end portion 121. The second support shaft 124 held in the holding holes 74 and 75 supports the second link member 120 so as to be rotatable at the base end portion 122. As described above, the length L1 of the first link member 100 and the length L2 of the second link member 120 are substantially the same. That is, the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 constitute a parallel crank mechanism. Therefore, when the effect body 80 moves between the effect position and the standby position, the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 maintain the first extension direction and the second extension direction substantially in parallel. Rotate. Further, the connection terminal portion 85 of the electrical decoration board is exposed on the rear surface of the effect body 80 in the vicinity of the second retaining hole 82.

  The third retaining hole 83 is provided at the right end of the rear surface of the production body 80. The third fastening hole 83 is provided at a position near the first fastening hole 81 between the first fastening hole 81 and the second fastening hole 82 in the vertical direction. The hanging portion 84 is provided at the approximate center of the rear surface of the production body 80 in the left-right direction. The hanging portion 84 is provided below the first retaining hole 81 in the vertical direction. The other end of the tension spring 90 is hooked on the hanging portion 84. As described above, one end of the tension spring 90 is hooked on the hanging portion 108 provided at the distal end portion 101 of the first link member 100. As will be described later, the tension spring 90 urges the effector 80 in a direction in which the effector 80 rotates clockwise around the screw 111 with respect to the first link member 100 as viewed from the front.

  Next, the operation of the rendering device 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 7 to 9. At the time of non-production, the production body 80 is arranged on the rear side of the decorative frame 14 (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the first link member 100 is disposed in a state where the distal end portion 101 is located above the proximal end portion 102. Similarly, the second link member 120 is disposed in a state where the distal end portion 121 is located above the proximal end portion 122. The first link member 100 and the second link member 120 are maintained in a state where the first stretching direction and the second stretching direction are parallel. The production body 80 is disposed at the standby position (see FIG. 2). The shielding plate 128 provided at the base end portion 122 of the second link member 120 is disposed at the detection portion of the photosensor 67. The third link member 140 rotates with the base end 142 supported by a screw 146 fastened to the decorative frame 14, the third extending direction is directed in the left-right direction, and the distal end 141 is to the left of the base end 142. To place.

  At the time of production, the CPU of the production board controls the drive motor 63 to rotate the output gear 64 clockwise in front view. As the output gear 64 rotates, the driven gear 65 rotates counterclockwise when viewed from the front, and the transmission gear 66 rotates clockwise when viewed from the front. When the effector 80 is in the standby position, the drive protrusion 70 of the transmission gear 66 is located obliquely above and to the left of the rotation shaft of the transmission gear 66 when viewed from the front. When the transmission gear 66 rotates clockwise, the driving protrusion 70 presses the inner peripheral surface of the driven hole 103 of the first link member 100 to the right via the washer 71 and further presses downward. When the first link member 100 is pressed by the driving protrusion 70, the first link member 100 rotates about the first support shaft 104 in the clockwise direction on the front end portion 101 side. The first link member 100 and the second link member 120 that constitutes a parallel crank mechanism rotate about the second support shaft 124 in the front view and the tip 121 side in the clockwise direction. The director 80 moves from the standby position toward the lower right side along the arcuate path drawn by the first link member 100 and the second link member 120. Due to the parallel crank mechanism, the positional relationship between the position of the first retaining hole 81 and the position of the second retaining hole 82 in the effector 80 is such that the positions of the retaining holes 72 and 73 in the retaining body 60 and the positions of the retaining holes 74 and 75. The positional relationship with the position is maintained in substantially the same state. Therefore, in the process of moving from the standby position to the effect position, the effector 80 can move in a state in which the orientation on the plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction is maintained in the same direction as the orientation at the standby position. Therefore, the rendering device 50 can ensure the readability of the characters on the front surface of the rendering body 80 while the rendering body 80 is moving.

  The hanging portion 84 is provided on the rear surface of the effect body 80 in the same manner as the first retaining hole 81 and the second retaining hole 82. Therefore, the positional relationship between the position of the retaining portion 84 and the position of the first retaining hole 81 does not change. In the process in which the effect body 80 moves from the standby position to the effect position, the first link member 100 rotates clockwise with respect to the effect body 80 around the screw 111 fastened to the first retaining hole 81. Therefore, the hanging portion 108 provided at the distal end portion 101 of the first link member 100 rotates clockwise with respect to the effect body 80 around the screw 111. In the standby position, the hanging portion 108 is located obliquely below and to the right of the first retaining hole 81 (see FIG. 7). In the process in which the production body 80 moves from the standby position to the production position, the hanging portion 108 moves along an arc-shaped track toward the left under the first retaining hole 81. In other words, the hanging part 108 moves in a direction away from the hanging part 84 of the effect body 80 in the process in which the effect body 80 moves from the standby position to the effect position. At the effect position, the hanging portion 108 is located obliquely below and to the left of the first retaining hole 81 (see FIG. 8). Therefore, when the production body 80 moves from the standby position to the production position, the distance between the hanging portion 108 of the first link member 100 and the hanging portion 84 of the production body 80 increases. The tension spring 90 is pulled between the hanging portions 84 and 108 and applies an urging force in a direction in which the hanging portions 84 and 108 approach each other. The hanging portion 84 of the effect body 80 is in the right side in the first extending direction and on the base end portion 102 side with respect to the screw 111 that is a fulcrum of rotation of the effect body 80 at the distal end portion 101 of the first link member 100 in front view. To position. Therefore, the biasing force of the tension spring 90 acts in a direction in which the effector 80 rotates clockwise around the screw 111 as a fulcrum. However, the rotation of the effect body 80 is prevented by the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 constituting the parallel crank mechanism. Therefore, the urging force of the tension spring 90 acts the direction of the effect body 80 from the effect position to the standby position. As a result, the momentum of the effect body 80 moving from the standby position toward the effect position due to the gravity applied to the effect body 80 is reduced.

  The distance between the screw 149 fastened to the effect body 80 and the screw 146 that supports the base end portion 142 of the third link member 140 changes according to the position of the effect body 80. The screw 149 engages with the elongated hole 143 via washers 147 and 148 on the distal end portion 141 side of the third link member 140. Therefore, the distance between the screw 149 and the screw 146 can be changed along the long hole 143 while being engaged with the long hole 143. With this configuration, the third link member 140 can rotate counterclockwise as viewed from the front with the screw 146 of the base end 142 as a fulcrum as the effector 80 moves.

  The connection line 135 is wired in the groove 132 of the second link member 120 (see FIG. 6). Therefore, even if the second link member 120 rotates, the connection line 135 does not prevent the second link member 120 from rotating. An output gear 64, a driven gear 65, and a transmission gear 66 that transmit driving force are provided around the base end portion 102 of the first link member 100. The connection line 135 is drawn into the groove 132 of the second link member 120 on the side closer to the connection terminal portion 77 than the gears and the like. Therefore, even if the 2nd link member 120 rotates, the connection line 135 does not contact the 1st link member 100, a gear, etc. FIG.

  As the second link member 120 rotates, the shielding plate 128 moves away from the detection portion of the photosensor 67 and moves to the left in the clockwise direction around the second support shaft 124. The CPU of the effect board sets the number of steps of the drive motor 63 on the basis of the time when the photo sensor 67 does not detect the shielding plate 128. Therefore, the CPU can move the effector 80 to an effect position or an arbitrary position on the way to the effect position. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the CPU performs an effect operation by the effect device 50 after or while moving the effect body 80. The effect device 50 performs an effect operation by causing a plurality of LEDs provided on an electrical decoration board (not shown) of the relay board 76 and the effect body 80 to emit light according to a predetermined light emission pattern. The LED light is applied to the front of the pachinko machine 1 through the decorative frame 14 or the front surface of the effect body 80.

  Even when the effector 80 is located at the effect position, the positional relationship between the position of the first retaining hole 81 and the position of the second retaining hole 82 in the effector 80 is determined by the parallel crank mechanism. , 73 and the positional relationship between the positions of the holding holes 74, 75 are maintained in substantially the same state. Therefore, even if the effect body 80 moves to the effect position, the effect body 80 can maintain the orientation in the plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction to the same orientation as the orientation in the standby position. Therefore, the rendering device 50 can ensure the readability of the characters on the front of the rendering body 80 even if the rendering body 80 moves to the rendering position.

  Further, when the effect body 80 is located at the effect position, the third link member 140 has the distal end portion 141 disposed below the base end portion 142 with the third extending direction directed in the vertical direction. The screw 149 fastened to the effector 80 is located in the portion closest to the tip portion 141 in the long hole 143 of the third link member 140. That is, among the opening portions of the long hole 143, the opening portion farthest in the third extending direction from the screw hole 144 (see FIG. 4) of the base end portion 142 is the screw 149 when the effect body 80 is located at the effect position. And a screw 146 that supports the base end portion 142 is formed at a position that matches the distance between the position that is fastened to the decorative frame 14. Therefore, the third link member 140 is in a state of hanging the right end portion of the effect body 80. Therefore, the third link member 140 can prevent the effect body 80 from tilting the right end portion downward due to the weight.

  Even if the production body 80 moves to the production position, the first stretching direction and the second stretching direction are maintained in a substantially parallel state. The second link member 120 does not extend straight along the second extending direction and has a bent portion 123. The bent portion 123 projects and bends toward the first link member 100 side in a front view. For this reason, the second link member 120 is separated from the first link member 100 at the distal end portion 121 and the proximal end portion 122, and close to the first link member 100 at the bent portion 123. At the effect position, the effector 80 is located on the right side of the holder 60 away from the holder 60. The first link member 100 and the second link member 120 that support the effect body 80 are partially exposed between the effect body 80 and the holding body 60. The bent portion 123 is included in a portion exposed between the effect body 80 and the holding body 60. The portion where the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 are exposed between the effect body 80 and the holding body 60 is positioned in front of the symbol display device 28 in the opening 19 of the decorative frame 14. Therefore, the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 are arranged so that the display surface 27 of the symbol display device 28 is placed on the display position 28 of the effect display body 80 by arranging the bent portion 123 close to the first link member 100. The blocking range can be narrowed.

  Further, like the second link member 120, the first link member 100 also has a bent portion 113 that protrudes toward the second link member 120 in a front view. The formation position of the bent portion 113 is greater than the portion where the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 are exposed between the effect body 80 and the holding body 60 when the effect body 80 is located at the effect position. Slightly located on the tip 101 side. And the formation position of the bending part 113 is a position which does not interfere with the bending part 123 of the 2nd link member 120, when the production body 80 is located in the production position. Accordingly, the bending portion 123 is disposed close to the first link member 100 and the bending portion 113 is disposed close to the second link member 120 at the rendering position of the rendering body 80, whereby the first link member 100 is disposed. And the 2nd link member 120 can narrow further the range which interrupts | blocks the display surface 27 of the symbol display apparatus 28. FIG.

  When the effect is finished, the CPU of the effect board controls the drive motor 63 to rotate the output gear 64 counterclockwise as viewed from the front. The driven gear 65 rotates clockwise when viewed from the front, and the transmission gear 66 rotates counterclockwise when viewed from the front. When the effect body 80 is in the effect position, the drive protrusion 70 of the transmission gear 66 is located obliquely below and to the left of the rotation shaft of the transmission gear 66 when viewed from the front. When the transmission gear 66 rotates counterclockwise, the driving protrusion 70 presses the inner peripheral surface of the driven hole 103 of the first link member 100 upward via the washer 71 and further presses it to the left. The first link member 100 is rotated counterclockwise on the front end 101 side about the first support shaft 104 by being pressed by the drive protrusion 70. The second link member 120 is rotated clockwise around the second support shaft 124 by the parallel crank mechanism when viewed from the front and the tip 121 side. The production body 80 moves from the production position toward the upper left oblique direction along the arc-shaped trajectory drawn by the first link member 100 and the second link member 120. Similarly to the above, the production body 80 moves while maintaining the direction in the plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction in the process of moving from the production position to the standby position.

  The tension spring 90 is in a state of being pulled between the hanging portions 84 and 108 at the production position, and applies a biasing force in a direction in which the hanging portions 84 and 108 approach each other. Accordingly, as described above, the urging force of the tension spring 90 acts the direction of the effect body 80 from the effect position toward the standby position. As a result, the gravity applied to the effector 80 is reduced by the torque generated by the tension spring 90. The load applied to the drive motor 63 is reduced, and the effector 80 moves smoothly toward the standby position.

  Similarly to the above, the third link member 140 changes the distance between the screw 149 of the effector 80 and the screw 146 that supports the base end portion 142 by the long hole 143, while the screw 146 is a front view, Rotate clockwise. Even if the second link member 120 rotates clockwise as viewed from the front, the connection line 135 does not hinder the rotation of the second link member 120 and contacts the first link member 100, gears, etc., as described above. There is nothing.

  As the second link member 120 rotates, the shielding plate 128 moves to the right in the counterclockwise direction around the second support shaft 124. When the effect body 80 is moved from the effect position toward the standby position, the drive motor 63 may step out due to the load due to gravity applied to the effect body 80. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, when the detection unit of the photo sensor 67 detects the shielding plate 128, the CPU of the rendering board places the rendering body 80 at the standby position based on the detection of the shielding plate 128. The number of steps of the drive motor 63 is set. The angle at which the second link member 120 can be rotated according to the number of steps set by the CPU is the angle from which the second link member 120 moves from the position where the photo sensor 67 detects the shielding plate 128 to when the effector 80 moves to the standby position. Greater than. Therefore, the CPU can reliably move the effector 80 to the standby position even if the drive motor 63 is stepped out due to the weight of the effector 80.

  When the effect body 80 is located at the standby position, as described above, the third link member 140 has the distal end portion 141 disposed on the left side of the base end portion 142 with the third extending direction directed in the left-right direction. The position at the effect position of the screw 149 fastened to the effector 80 and the position at the stand-by position are each on an arc trajectory centered on the position of the screw 146 that supports the base end 142 of the third link member 140. Located in. Therefore, in the standby position, the screw 149 fastened to the effector 80 is located at a portion closest to the tip portion 141 among the elongated holes 143 of the third link member 140 as in the effect position. In addition, when the effect body 80 is in the standby position, the position of the screw 149 fastened to the effect body 80 and the position of the screw 146 that supports the base end portion 142 are determined by the fact that the distal end portion 101 of the first link member 100 is It is arranged in the left-right direction with the position pivotally supported by the director 80. That is, the effect body 80 and the third link member 140 are stretched in the left-right direction. In other words, the effect body 80 is configured such that the left end portion is positioned by the tip end portion 101 of the first link member 100 engaged with the screw 111 and the right end portion is pulled right by the third link member 140. Therefore, the direction of the effect body 80 in the plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction is maintained without being inclined by the weight of the effect body 80 at the standby position. Since the production body 80 does not tilt due to its weight at the standby position, it is not exposed from the lower edge of the decorative frame 14.

  The effect body 80 is maintained in a state of being biased by the tension spring 90 in the direction from the effect position toward the standby position. Further, at the standby position of the effector 80, the first extending direction and the second extending direction are directed to an angle closer to the vertical direction than the effect position. Therefore, the rotational moment applied to the effect body 80 at the standby position is smaller than the rotational moment applied to the effect body 80 at the effect position. Therefore, the drive motor 63 can easily maintain the state in which the effector 80 is disposed at the standby position by the static torque.

  As described above, when the effect body 80 of the effect device 50 according to the present invention is located at the effect position, the effect body 80 is supported by the first link member 100 and the second link member 120 at the left end. There is a possibility that the position of the right end portion of the director 80 is lowered due to the weight of the director 80 and tilted. At this time, the third link member 140 is in a state in which the right end portion of the effect body 80 is suspended because the pivot support position (the position of the screw 146 that supports the base end portion 142) is located above the effect body 80. The fulcrum part (the part where the screw 149 fastened to the effector 80 is engaged in the elongated hole 143) is maximally separated from the base end part 142, and the shaft support position and the fulcrum part are not further apart. . Therefore, the third link member 140 can prevent inclination due to the weight of the effect body 80 when the effect body 80 is located at the effect position.

  When the effect body 80 is located at the standby position, the fulcrum portion, the shaft support position, and the position at which the tip 101 of the first link member 100 is axially supported by the screw 111 on the effect body 80 are arranged in the horizontal direction. That is, the effect body 80 and the third link member 140 are stretched in the left-right direction. The portion where the screw 149 fastened to the effector 80 engages in the elongated hole 143 is farthest from the base end 142, and the screw 149 fastened to the shaft support position and the effector 80 is within the elongated hole 143. No further separation between the engaged parts. Even if the effector 80 is inclined due to the weight, the other end portion is pulled sideways by the third link member 140, so the orientation of the effector 80 is maintained. Therefore, the third link member 140 can suppress the inclination due to the weight of the effect body 80 even when the effect body 80 is located at the standby position.

  The director 80 has a shape that is long in the left-right direction. In the production position, the first link member 100 and the production body 80 extend in the left-right direction, and a large torque is applied to the shaft of the base end portion 102. Therefore, at the production position, by suspending the right end portion of the production body 80 with the third link member 140, the other end side is lower than the one end side, and the production body 80 is inclined. It can be surely prevented.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above in detail, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the transmission gear 66 is not limited to a toothless gear, and may be a gear having gear teeth all around it. Further, there may be a configuration in which the transmission gear 66 is engaged with the output gear 64 without the driven gear 65. Alternatively, the power of the output gear 64 may be transmitted to the transmission gear 66 via two or more gears.

  In the production device 50, the production body 80 is provided in the direction in which the production body 80 rotates clockwise with respect to the holding body 60 and moves from the standby position to the production position, but is provided in a direction in which the production body 80 rotates counterclockwise. May be. In this case, the pachinko machine 1 may be provided with the effect device 50 in the portion from the right edge to the upper edge of the symbol display device 28.

  Although the first link member 100 has the bent portion 113 and the second link member 120 has the bent portion 123, the bent portions 113 and 123 may not be provided. Alternatively, only one of the link members may have a bent portion. For example, the bent portion 113 of the first link member 100 may not be provided. In this case, the first link member 100 may extend straight along the first extending direction.

  The tension spring 90 applied an urging force between the first link member 100 and the effect body 80, but is not limited to the tension spring 90. For example, a winding spring may be provided around the screw 111, and the winding spring may apply an urging force in a direction in which the effect body 80 rotates clockwise with respect to the first link member 100.

  In the standby position of the effector 80, the position of the screw 149, the position of the screw 146, and the position of the screw 111 do not necessarily have to be aligned on the straight line in the left-right direction.

  The screw 146 that supports the base end portion 142 of the third link member 140 may be directly fastened to the decorative frame 14. Alternatively, the screw 146 may be fastened to, for example, another effect device fixed to the decorative frame 14 and indirectly fastened to the decorative frame 14.

  All elements described in the claims, specification, and drawings (eg, display devices, ordinary electric accessories, symbol operation ports, etc.) are physical unless otherwise explicitly limited. These may be single or plural, and the arrangement may be changed as appropriate. In addition, the names (element names) given to the elements are merely given for convenience in describing the present case, and are not particularly conscious of the occurrence of special meaning. Therefore, what is an element is not limitedly interpreted only by the element name. For example, the “display device” may be hardware alone or may include software. Further, whether to configure a plurality of elements among all the elements as appropriate integrally or to divide one element into a plurality of elements, unless specified in the claims, etc. Any one of those skilled in the art can think of it very easily, so it is clear that all patterns are within the expected range even if all the patterns are not described in the specification. It goes without saying that such rights are included in the scope of rights. Therefore, the adoption of a gaming machine having a structural difference within that range only because it is not described in the present embodiment does not avoid the right according to the present invention. . The same applies to differences in obvious ranges that can be easily considered by those skilled in the art from the present embodiment in the configuration and shape of each element.

  In the present invention, the pachinko machine 1 corresponds to a “gaming machine”. The drive motor 63 corresponds to a “drive source”. The tip 101 corresponds to the “first end”. The base end portion 102 corresponds to the “second end portion”. The tip 121 corresponds to the “third end”. The base end portion 122 corresponds to the “fourth end portion”. The tip portion 141 corresponds to a “fifth end portion”. The base end 142 corresponds to the “sixth end”.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 4 Game area 14 Decoration frame 19 Opening part 28 Graphic display apparatus 50 Production | presentation apparatus 60 Holding body 63 Drive motor 80 Production body 100 First link member 101 Front end part 102 Base end part 120 Second link member 121 Front end Part 122 Base end part 140 Third link member 141 Front end part 142 Base end part

Claims (4)

A game board in which a game area in which a game ball flows down is formed on the front surface, a symbol display device provided on the back side of the game board to variably display various symbols, and an opening provided in the game board and penetrating forward and backward An effect device that is provided in the decoration frame of a gaming machine that includes a decoration frame that exposes the display portion of the symbol display device through the opening,
An effector movable between a standby position between the decorative frame and the game board above the opening, and an effect position on the front surface of the symbol display device below the standby position and within the opening. ,
A drive source for generating a driving force for moving the effector between the standby position and the effect position;
A holding body for holding the drive source;
The first end portion extends between the first end portion and the second end portion, the first end portion is pivotally supported on one end portion in the left-right direction of the effector, and the second end portion is the holding body. A first link member that is pivotally supported by and is connected to the drive source, and rotates about the second end portion by driving the drive source;
Extending between a third end and a fourth end, the third end is pivotally supported at a position different from the first end at the one end of the effector, A second link member in which the fourth end is pivotally supported by the holding body;
The fifth end portion extends between the fifth end portion and the sixth end portion, and the fifth end portion has a fulcrum portion that can come into contact with and separate from the sixth end portion, and the fulcrum portion is the one of the effects body. A third link member pivotally supported on the other end opposite to the end of the first link and the sixth end pivotally supported on the decorative frame so as to be directly or indirectly pivotable. Prepared,
The first link member and the second link member constitute a parallel crank mechanism,
When the effect body is located at the effect position, the first end portion and the third end portion are located on the sides of the second end portion and the fourth end portion, respectively.
The pivot support position at which the decorative frame pivotally supports the sixth end portion is a side position of the fifth end portion when the rendering body is located at the standby position, and the rendering body is at the rendering position. A position above the fifth end when located,
The fulcrum portion of the third link member is located at a maximum distance from the sixth end portion in a range in which the directing body is located at the effect position and can be brought into contact with and separated from the sixth end portion. An effect device that is arranged in   When the effect body is located at the standby position, the fulcrum part of the third link member, the pivot support position, and the position where the first end of the first link member is pivotally supported are: The fulcrum portion is arranged at a position lined up in a direction, and the fulcrum portion is arranged at a position farthest away from the sixth end portion within a range in which the fulcrum portion is close to and away from the sixth end portion. Item 1. The production device according to Item 1. The stage body is a plate-like body that extends long in the left-right direction,
The rendering device according to claim 1, wherein a horizontally written character or symbol is shown on the rendering body. A game board in which a game area in which a game ball flows down on the front is formed;
A symbol display device provided on the back side of the game board for variably displaying various symbols;
A decorative frame provided in the game board and having an opening penetrating in the front-rear direction, and exposing a display unit of the symbol display device through the opening;
A gaming machine comprising the effect device according to claim 1 provided on the decorative frame.

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