JP6417509B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a game comprising a movable accessory provided to be movable up and down, and a long flexible member having one end fixed and the other end connected to the movable accessory. Related to the machine.

The thing of patent document 1 is known as an example of the game machine which can prevent the wiring member connected to the movable accessory from being pulled too much.
This gaming machine supplies a first gaming member provided with a first wiring board, a second gaming member provided with a second wiring board and an electrical component that operates upon receiving electric power, and supplies electric power to the electrical component. A power supply body that electrically connects the first wiring board and the second wiring board, and a second wiring member that electrically connects the second wiring board and the electrical component. The electric power supplied from the power supply body is supplied to the electrical components through the first wiring board, the first wiring member, the second wiring board, and the second wiring member in this order, and the first gaming member and the first wiring member. Even if one or both of the two gaming members are movable within a predetermined area and one or both of the first gaming member and the second gaming member are moved to any position within the predetermined area, 1 wiring member has bending, and 2nd wiring member can hold almost constant bending. It is obtained by the.
Therefore, in such a gaming machine, even when one or both of the first gaming member and the second gaming member move to any position within a predetermined area, the first wiring member has a flexion and Since the second wiring member can maintain substantially constant bending, the first wiring member and the second wiring member can be prevented from being excessively pulled. This can reduce the possibility of damage, disconnection, and contact failure of the first wiring member and the second wiring member.

JP 2010-227295 A

By the way, when a game member (movable accessory) provided with an electrical decoration board moves up and down, for example, while connecting one end of a flexible cable such as an FFC cable to a power supply board that supplies power, The other end portion of the cable is connected to the electric decoration board.
In this case, the cable has a sufficient length that allows the movable accessory to move up and down within a predetermined movable range. For example, the movable accessory has a sufficient length corresponding to the distance between the raised position that is the upper movable limit position and the lowered position that is the lower movable limit position, and the position of the power supply substrate.
For this reason, for example, when the movable accessory descends from the raised position, the other end portion of the cable connected to the electrical accessory board of the movable accessory also descends as the movable accessory descends, so that the cable is bent. easy.
When the cable bends, the cable may move in an unexpected direction and be damaged, and the cable may protrude in the lateral direction and be visible from the outside.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a flexible member such as a cable connected to a movable member that moves up and down bends as the movable member moves up and down. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can prevent this.

In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine of the present invention includes a movable accessory provided to be movable up and down, one end fixed and the other end connected to the movable accessory, In a gaming machine provided with a flexible member having a length capable of moving up and down within a predetermined movable range,
A movable member provided so as to be movable along a vertical movement direction of the movable accessory, and having a winding portion around which the flexible member is wound;
A biasing member that biases the moving member upward;
The biasing force of the biasing member is set to be smaller than the tensile force by which the moving member is pulled downward via the winding portion by the flexible member wound around the winding portion. And

In the present invention, when the movable accessory descends, the flexible member is wound around the winding portion, whereby the moving member is pulled downward by the flexible member via the winding portion. On the other hand, since the moving member is urged upward by the urging member, tension is applied to the flexible member in the direction of pulling it up and down. Therefore, the bending of the flexible member can be prevented, and the urging force of the urging member is set to be smaller than the tensile force by which the moving member is pulled downward by the flexible member. Move down in sync with the character.
Further, when the movable accessory is raised, a downward pulling force from the flexible member does not act on the winding portion. Therefore, since the winding portion is lifted together with the moving member by the biasing force of the biasing member, tension is applied to the flexible member from the winding portion, and thus the bending of the flexible member can be prevented.

  Moreover, the said structure of this invention WHEREIN: It is preferable that the said winding part is comprised with the pulley.

  According to such a configuration, since the flexible member is wound around the pulley, the frictional force that acts on the flexible member from the winding portion is smaller than in the case where the winding portion is not a pulley. The movement of the flexible member becomes smooth, and as a result, the vertical movement of the movable accessory becomes smooth.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can prevent that a flexible member which has flexibility, such as a cable connected to the movable tool which moves up and down, bends with the vertical motion of a movable tool.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view showing a gaming machine. It is a perspective view which shows the upper door of a gaming machine. It is sectional drawing which shows the exchange unit provided in a gaming machine with an upper door. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the upper door of the gaming machine. It is sectional drawing which shows the lower door of a gaming machine. It is a front view showing the lower door of the gaming machine. It is a perspective view which shows a movable accessory apparatus similarly. It is a perspective view which shows the 1st contact part and press part which were provided in the slide member similarly. It is a perspective view which shows the holding means of the blocking state similarly. It is a rear view which shows the holding means of the blocking state. It is a perspective view which shows the holding means of the non-blocking state. It is a rear view which shows the holding means of the non-blocking state. It is a perspective view of the principal part showing the state where the 2nd contact part is in contact with the rotation lever. It is a perspective view which shows the other movable accessory apparatus similarly. It is a perspective view which shows the holding means of the blocking state similarly. It is a perspective view which shows the holding means of the non-blocking state. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the movable accessory lifting mechanism in a state where the movable accessory is in the raised position. It is the perspective view which looked at the movable accessory raising / lowering mechanism in a state where the movable accessory is in the raised position from another direction. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the movable accessory lifting mechanism in a state where the movable accessory is in a lowered position. It is the perspective view which looked at the movable accessory raising / lowering mechanism in a state where the movable accessory is in the lowered position from another direction. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the movable accessory from diagonally forward. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the movable accessory from diagonally backward. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the movable accessory showing a state where the first movable accessory appears below the second movable accessory. It is a perspective view of the principal part which shows an optical means with a 1st movable accessory similarly. It is a front view of the movable accessory apparatus which shows the state which has a movable accessory in a raise position similarly. It is a front view of the movable accessory apparatus which shows the state in which the movable accessory is falling similarly. FIG. 2 is a front view of the movable accessory device showing a state where the movable accessory is in a lowered position. FIG. 6 is a front view of the movable accessory device showing a state where the first movable accessory appears below the second movable accessory. It is a perspective view which shows the right raising / lowering means which raises / lowers the movable accessory of a gaming machine. It is a perspective view which shows the right raising / lowering means which raises / lowers the movable accessory of a gaming machine. It is a perspective view which shows the gear raising / lowering mechanism of the right raising / lowering means of a game machine. It is a front view which shows the gear raising / lowering mechanism of the right raising / lowering means of a game machine. It is a front view which shows the gear raising / lowering mechanism of the right raising / lowering means of a game machine. It is a left view which shows the dynamic pulley mechanism of the raising / lowering means on the right of a game machine. It is a right view which shows the dynamic pulley mechanism of the raising / lowering means on the right side of a game machine. It is a left view which shows the dynamic pulley mechanism of the raising / lowering means on the right of a game machine. It is a right view which shows the dynamic pulley mechanism of the raising / lowering means on the right side of a game machine.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a slot machine, which is one of the gaming machines, will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the slot machine and is applied to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine having a rotating reel. May be. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view of the slot machine M, and shows the slot machine M viewed from the player side who plays with the slot machine M, and the horizontal direction in FIG. 1 (the horizontal direction viewed from the player) is The slot machine M in the following description and the respective constituent members constituting the slot machine M are in the horizontal direction. 2 is a left side view of the slot machine M. In FIG. 2, a player plays a game on the right side of the slot machine M. In the following description, the direction from the left side of the slot machine M in FIG. 2 to the right side (from the slot machine M to the player) is the forward direction of the slot machine M and its constituent members. The direction from the player toward the slot machine M) is the backward direction of the slot machine M and its constituent members.

A schematic configuration of a slot machine M to which the present invention is applied will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the slot machine M includes a housing 1 (shown in FIG. 2). The housing 1 includes a bottom plate, left and right side plates, a top plate, and a back plate. It is formed in a box shape having a front opening that opens to the front side of the housing 1. On the upper surface of the bottom plate, a power supply unit incorporating a power supply device (not shown) for supplying power to each component, a hopper device for collecting and paying out medals, and the like are provided.

Further, an intermediate plate (not shown) is provided between the left and right side plates of the housing 1 so as to be horizontal at the approximate center in the height direction of the housing 1. It is divided up and down. Therefore, the front opening portion of the housing 1 is divided into two parts, that is, an upper opening portion that opens an upper portion thereof and a lower opening portion that opens a lower portion thereof.
A front door 3 that closes the front opening of the housing 1 so as to be openable and closable is provided on the front of the housing 1, and the front door 3 is an upper door (front door) that closes the top of the opening so as to be openable and closable. (Upper part) 30 and a lower door (front door lower part) 40 that closes the lower part of the opening in an openable and closable manner.

  In the housing 1, an exchange unit 2 (shown in FIG. 4) is detachably provided on the upper surface of the intermediate plate. The replacement unit 2 includes a frame body 21 that is a metal frame assembled in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, a reel unit 22 supported by the frame body 21, and a substrate unit (not shown) fixed to the frame body 21. ing.

  The reel unit 22 includes three stepping motors (not shown) provided on the frame body 21 and three rotary reels 23 fixed to the output shaft of each stepping motor. The board unit is a board case in which a board provided with electronic components such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, and I / O is stored in a board case. The board unit functions as a game control device for controlling the game of the slot machine M. As shown in FIG. 4, the rotary reels 23 can be rotated around a horizontal rotary shaft, and the rotary reels 23 are coaxially arranged side by side.

As shown in FIG. 5, the upper door 30 has a middle frame (barrier unit) 30a fixed inside the back side of an outer frame (upper cabinet unit) 30b.
The upper door 30 is provided with an upper door hinge (not shown) at one longitudinal side edge thereof. On the other hand, the frame 21 of the replacement unit 2 is provided with a frame-side hinge (not shown). By engaging the upper-door hinge with the frame-side hinge, the upper door 30 is replaced with the replacement unit 2. The frame body 21 is rotatably attached.

  The slot machine M has a separate casing type structure, and the exchange unit 2 to which the upper door 30 is pivotally attached is exchanged when the model is exchanged at the amusement store. The case 1, the lower door 40, the power supply unit, the hopper device, etc. in the case 1 remain attached to the island facility of the amusement store and are not exchanged when the model is changed. Further, the slot machine M is not limited to the separated casing type, and may replace the entire slot machine when changing models. In this case, the front door 3 may have an integrated structure that does not divide the upper door 30 and the lower door 40. Moreover, when dividing into the upper door 30 and the lower door 40, you may attach the upper door 30 to the side plate of the housing | casing 1 so that rotation is possible.

The outer frame 30b of the upper door 30 covers the symbols displayed on the surfaces of the three rotating reels 23 on the left and right sides of the reel unit 22 so as to be visible, and a display 55 (FIG. 5) is provided so as to be visible, and a window 56 is provided so as to cover the moving space of the movable accessory 81 so as to be visible.
The window 56 is long in the vertical direction from the front of the display 55 on the reel unit 22 to the front of the reel unit 22.

A transparent protective panel 61 is attached to the window portion 56 so as to close the opening of the window portion 56. The window portion 56 is formed such that three symbols can be displayed on the surface of each rotary reel 23 on the lower side of the window portion 56 in a circumferential direction.
The upper part of the window 56 makes it possible to visually recognize a display 55 for displaying an image of information such as a symbol arrangement of each winning combination and a game history, an image for notifying a game state and a lottery result of the winning combination. .

  The protection panel 61 is a portion that covers each rotating reel 23, that is, a portion that covers a portion where the upper symbol, the middle symbol, and the lower symbol are visually recognized when each rotating reel 23 is stopped. A portion covering the middle and lower tiers is formed in a flat plate (flat plate) shape, and a vertical cross section is formed in a curved plate shape having an arc shape so that the upper portion bulges forward. In this slot machine M, when each rotary reel 23 is stopped by a horizontal line connecting the middle stages of the three rotary reels 23 and a horizontal line connecting the lower stages, each small role, replay When a predetermined symbol corresponding to each bonus combination is displayed, each small combination, replay, and bonus combination are awarded. That is, the middle line and the lower line are effective lines. On the other hand, the upper line of each rotary reel 23 is an invalid line that is not related to winning of each small combination, replay, and bonus combination.

Therefore, in the protective panel 61, the part that visually recognizes the middle and lower effective lines is flat, and the part that visually recognizes the upper invalid line is curved.
Further, in the curved portion on the flat plate portion, the upper side from the lower end portion connected to the flat plate portion bulges to the front side (the player side of the slot machine M), and the portion above the flat plate portion of the protection panel 61. A space in which an accessory such as a movable accessory can be placed or moved is secured on the back side of the door.

Speakers 35 (shown in FIG. 5) for outputting various sounds are provided on the left and right sides of the lower part of the middle frame 30 a of the upper door 30 with the window portion 56 interposed therebetween. Note that the outer frame 30b is provided with a sound output portion 57 in which a large number of holes are formed at a position covering the speaker 35.
As shown in FIG. 1, light emitting devices 33a, 33b, 33c and the like for notification are provided on the left and right sides of the window portion 56, that is, on the left and right side edges in front of the outer frame 30b of the upper door 30. ing.

  The middle frame 30a of the upper door 30 is provided in a frame shape having an opening 59 in the center, and a separation band 58 that divides the opening 59 into the upper and lower portions is arranged at a substantially central portion of the opening 59, so that the middle frame 40a The upper side of the opening 59 is a display window 59a, and the lower side is a reel window 59b. Therefore, in the outer frame 30b, there is one window portion 56 that allows the display 55 and the rotary reel 23 to be visually recognized, and one protective panel 61 is disposed in the window portion 56. The opening 59 is divided into a display window 59a and a reel window 59b.

  A liquid crystal display device is attached to the display window 59a as the display 55 from the back side of the middle frame 30a. In the reel window portion 59b, symbols arranged along three upper and lower lines (invalid line, first effective line, and second effective line) set on the surface of the three rotating reels 23 are displayed. The displayable part has entered.

The lower door 40 is a door for closing the lower opening portion of the housing 1 so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the middle frame 40 a is attached to the inside of the back side of the outer frame 40 b.
A lower door hinge (not shown) is provided on one longitudinal side edge of the lower door 40. Then, by engaging the lower door side hinge with a case side hinge (not shown) provided on one side plate of the case 1, the lower door 40 is freely rotatable on one side plate of the case 1. Is attached.

Further, an operation unit 50 for operating the slot machine M is provided on the upper portion of the lower door 40 as shown in FIG. The operation unit 50 is provided with a settlement switch 52 for paying out credited medals, a start switch 53 for starting a game, a stop switch 54 for stopping the rotation of the rotary reel 23, and the like.
A medal slot 42 for inserting medals is provided on the upper right side of the lower door 40. In addition, a medal payout port 41 for discharging medals from inside the slot machine and a medal tray 43 for storing medals discharged from the medal payout port 41 are formed at the lower part of the lower door 40. . A transparent front panel 45 is attached between the operation unit 50 and the medal tray 43.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the slot machine M according to the present embodiment includes a movable accessory device 80. The movable accessory device 80 is attached to the middle frame (barrier unit) 30a (see FIG. 5). Is provided. The movable accessory device 80 includes the movable accessory 81 and holding means 90 that holds the movable accessory 81 at a predetermined raised position.
The movable accessory 81 includes a horizontal bar portion 82 extending in the horizontal direction and slide members 83 and 83 provided at both ends of the horizontal bar portion 82, respectively.
The movable accessory device 80 includes a pair of left and right slide rails 84 and 84 extending in the vertical direction. The slide rails 84 and 84 are provided in parallel to be spaced apart from each other on the left and right, and the slide members 83 and 83 can move up and down along the slide rails 84 and 84. Thereby, the movable accessory 81 is provided so as to be movable up and down.
In the state shown in FIG. 8, the movable accessory 81 is located at the raised position that is the upper movable limit position.

On the back side of the movable accessory 81, vertical movement drive means 105 that moves the movable accessory 81 up and down between a lowered position that is a lower movable limit position and the raised position is provided.
This vertical movement drive means 105 is provided in the vicinity of the lower end portion of the slide rail 84 and a motor (stepping motor) 86 attached to the base metal plate 85, a pulley 87 rotated by the motor 86 via a gear (not shown). And a belt 89 wound around the pulley 88, and a predetermined portion of the belt 89 is fixed to the slide member 83. Therefore, by rotating the motor 86 in the forward and reverse directions, the movable accessory 81 moves up and down between the raised position and the lowered position.

  The holding means 90 is a restriction that prevents the movable accessory 81 from descending from the ascending position when the first abutting portion 91 provided on the movable accessory 81 and the first abutting portion 91 abut. A first urging member 93 (see FIG. 10) that urges the member 92 in a direction in which the regulating member 92 is advanced into the moving path of the first abutting portion 91 that moves up and down together with the movable accessory 81; When the movable accessory 81 descends from the state in which the first contact portion 91 is in contact with the restriction member 92, the restriction member 92 is retracted from the movement path against the urging force of the first urging member 93. Drive means 94, maintenance means 95 for maintaining the regulating member 92 in a retracted state from the movement path, a rotation lever 96 rotatably provided with an intermediate portion as a fulcrum, and a movable accessory 81 are provided. The movable accessory 81 is below the regulating member 92 from below. When ascending, the pressing member 98 presses the restricting member 92 against the urging force of the first urging member 93 in the direction of retreating from the movement path, and the movable accessory 81 has the first abutting portion 91. And a second contact portion 99 provided at an upper position.

As shown in FIG. 9, the first contact portion 91 is formed at the corner of the lower end portion of the base plate 83 a of the slide member 83 so as to protrude from the surface of the base plate 83 a, and the lower surface of the first contact portion 91 contacts the regulating member 92. It comes to touch.
The restricting member 92 is formed in a plate shape, and as shown in FIG. 10, is provided at the upper end portion of the cylindrical shaft portion 92a so as to protrude in the radial direction of the shaft portion 92a. The first contact portion 91 comes into contact with the upper surface of the restricting member 92. The position where the first abutting portion 91 abuts is the top corner on the back side of the regulating member 92 as shown in FIG.
A protruding plate 92c is provided at the lower end of the shaft portion 92a so as to protrude in the radial direction of the shaft portion 92a. The restricting member 92 and the protruding plate 92c protrude in substantially opposite directions.
A protrusion 92d is provided on the upper surface of the restricting member 92, and the other end 96b of the rotating lever 96 can come into contact with the protrusion 92d.
Further, a support shaft 101 is erected on the base stand 100, and a cylindrical shaft portion 92a is extrapolated to the support shaft 101 so as to be rotatable in the forward and reverse directions and slidable in the vertical direction. ing. Note that the upper end portion of the support shaft 101 is supported by a wall portion provided at the upper end portion of the wall portion 103 rising from the base table 100.

A spring 102 is provided in a compressed state on the outer peripheral side of the lower end portion of the support shaft 101. The lower end portion of the spring 102 is in contact with the base 100, and the upper end portion of the spring 102 is the shaft portion 92a. It is contact | abutted at the lower end surface. Therefore, the regulating member 92 is biased upward by the spring 102 via the shaft portion 92a.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, a part of the regulating member 92 is fitted in the first groove portion 104 formed in the wall portion 103 and is in contact with the inner wall surface 104 a. Therefore, even if the regulating member 92 is urged upward by the spring 102, its rise is regulated by the inner wall surface 104a.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the drive means 94 includes a solenoid 94a housed in a box 94d provided at the lower end of the wall 103, and a shaft portion 94c inserted perpendicular to the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a. And. The lower end portion of the shaft portion 94c is inserted into a guide groove 100b of the guide portion 100a provided on the base table 100 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction. The upper end portion of the shaft portion 94c is inserted into an elongated hole 92e formed in the protruding plate 92c so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.

A spring (first urging member) 93 is provided in a compressed state on the outer peripheral side of the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a. One end of the spring 93 is fixed to the drive shaft 94b, and the other end. Is in contact with the outer surface of the box 94d. Therefore, the drive shaft 94b is biased in the advancing direction (rightward in the axial direction of the drive shaft 94b in FIG. 10) by the biasing force of the spring 93.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, by turning on the solenoid 94a to retract the drive shaft 94b against the urging force of the spring 93, the shaft portion 94c moves rearward (leftward in FIG. 12), As a result, the protruding plate 92c rotates backward about the shaft portion 92a. When the protruding plate 92c rotates backward, the shaft portion 92a rotates in the forward direction (clockwise), whereby the regulating member 92 rotates in the forward direction (clockwise) about the shaft portion 92a. In this state, the restricting member 92 is retracted from the upper and lower movement paths of the first contact portion 91 (non-blocking state). In this way, the driving means 94 is configured to retract the regulating member 92 from the movement path against the urging force of the spring (first urging member) 93.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the maintaining means 95 includes a spring (second urging member) 102 that urges and raises the regulating member 92 in a state of being retracted from the movement path, and the spring 102. And a receiving surface (receiving portion) 106a for receiving the biased regulating member 92.
The receiving surface 106 a is configured by an inner wall surface 106 a of the second groove portion 106 provided on the first level of the first groove portion 104.
As shown in FIG. 13, when the regulating member 92 rotates and retreats from the movement path, the regulating member 92 is detached from the inner wall surface 104 a, so that the regulating member 92 is urged upward by the urging force of the spring 102. Then, it rises one step and comes into pressure contact with the receiving surface 106a.
Therefore, the regulating member 92 is maintained in a state of being retracted from the movement path by the frictional force between the regulating member 92 and the receiving surface 106a.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the rotation lever 96 is attached to a shaft (not shown) supported by a wall 107 fixed to the wall 103 so as to be rotatable in forward and reverse directions. Further, a spring 108 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the shaft, and the rotary lever 96 is urged counterclockwise in FIGS. 10 and 11 by the spring 108. As a result, the other end portion 96b of the rotation lever 96 comes into contact with the inclined surface 92f of the protrusion 92d provided on the upper surface of the regulating member 92.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the slide member 83 constituting the movable accessory 81 is provided with a second contact portion 99 at a position above the first contact portion 91. The second contact portion 99 is formed in a rectangular plate shape, protrudes from the surface of the slide member 83, and the upper edge portion comes into contact with one end portion 96 a of the rotary lever 96.
Then, when the movable accessory 81 rises from below the regulating member 92, the rotary lever 96 is rotated counterclockwise by the one end portion 96a being pushed by the second abutting portion 99, whereby the other end portion 96b. Therefore, the restricting member 92 maintained in a state of being retracted from the movement path by the maintaining means 95 is pushed out from the retracted state.
That is, in the non-blocking state shown in FIG. 12, when the second contact portion 99 (see FIG. 14) pushes the one end portion 96a of the rotating lever 96 upward, the other end portion 96b of the rotating lever 96 is protruded 92d. The inclined surface 92f is pushed. Then, the regulating member 92 is pushed downward, pushed counterclockwise, and further pushed counterclockwise by the urging force of the spring 93, so that the regulating member 92 is It deviates from the receiving surface 106a and enters the first groove 104. As a result, the restricting member 92 returns to its original state (blocking state).

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the pressing portion 98 is provided at the lower end corner portion of the base plate 83 a of the slide member 83 so as to be continuous with the first abutting portion 91 and above the first abutting portion 91. It has been. The pressing portion 98 has an inclined portion 98a in which the protruding height from the base plate 83a gradually increases as it goes downward, and the maximum height of the inclined portion 98a and the height of the first contact portion 91 are increased. Is almost equal.
Therefore, the movable accessory 81 rises from below the regulating member 92, and the inclined portion 98a of the pressing portion 98 comes into contact with one side portion of the regulating member 92 located in the moving path from the lower side and slides. As it moves, the regulating member 92 is pushed upward by the inclined portion 98a, whereby the regulating member 92 rotates clockwise around the shaft portion 92a against the urging force of the spring 93 and moves. Evacuate from the route.
When the restricting member 92 is retracted and passes the highest position of the inclined portion 98a, and further passes the first contact portion 91, the restricting member 92 rotates counterclockwise by the biasing force of the spring 93, Return to the original blocking state.

Next, the movement of the movable accessory 81 will be described.
First, the state shown in FIG. 8 is a state (blocking state) in which the movable accessory 81 is located at the raised position that is the upper movable limit position.
In this blocking state, the regulating member 92 has advanced into the movement path of the first abutting portion 91 that moves up and down together with the movable accessory 81, and the first abutting portion 91 abuts on the regulating member 92. The movable accessory 81 is securely held at the raised position.

  When lowering the movable accessory 81 from this blocked state, when the solenoid 94a is turned on, the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a moves backward against the urging force of the spring 93, whereby the shaft portion 94c, the protruding plate 92c, the shaft The regulating member 92 rotates clockwise through the portion 92a, and is further pressed upward by the urging force of the spring 102 to enter the second groove portion 106, and the regulating member 92 is pressed against the receiving surface 106a. Thereby, the restricting member 92 is maintained in the non-blocking state.

  Next, the movable object 81 is lowered to the lowered position by rotating the belt 89 in the forward direction by the motor 86. As described above, when the movable accessory 81 descends from the blocking state in which the first contact portion 91 is in contact with the restriction member 92, the restriction member 92 of the spring (first urging member) 93 is moved by the solenoid 94 a. Since the first abutting portion 91 is retracted from the movement path against the urging force, the movable accessory 31 is lowered to a predetermined lowered position.

Next, when the movable accessory 81 is raised from the predetermined lowered position to the predetermined elevated position, the movable accessory 81 is pulled up by rotating the belt 89 in the reverse direction by the motor 86, and the movable accessory 81 81 goes up.
When the movable accessory 81 rises and the second contact portion 99 hits one end portion 96a of the rotation lever 96, the one end portion 96a of the rotation lever 96 is pushed upward by the second contact portion 99. At the other end 96b of the rotating lever 96, the regulating member 92 maintained in a state retracted from the moving path (non-blocking state) by the maintaining means 95 is pushed out from the retracted state.
Then, the restricting member 92 advances into the movement path by the urging force of the spring 93 and enters a blocking state.

Further, when the movable accessory 81 rises, the inclined portion 98a of the pressing portion 98 provided on the movable accessory 81 presses the restricting member 92 against the urging force of the spring 93 in a direction to retract from the movement path. Since the regulating member 92 is retracted from the movement path, the movable accessory 31 can be raised to a predetermined ascending position.
Then, when the movable accessory 81 rises and the pressing portion 98 is separated from the restricting member 92, the restricting member 92 advances into the moving path of the first contact portion 91 by the biasing force of the spring 93. Then, when the first abutting portion 91 abuts against the regulating member 92, the movable accessory 81 can be prevented from descending and held at a predetermined ascending position.
As described above, in the present embodiment, even when the driving means 94 constituted by the solenoid 94a or the like has a malfunction, the movable accessory 81 can be reliably held at the predetermined raised position.

  The maintaining means 95 receives a spring (second urging member) 102 that urges and raises the restricting member 92 that has been retracted from the movement path, and a receiving member that is energized by the spring 102. Therefore, the regulating member 92 can be lifted and brought into pressure contact with the receiving surface 106a by the spring 102. Therefore, the restricting member 92 can be reliably maintained in the retracted state from the movement path, and the restricting member 92 maintained in the non-blocking state can be easily removed from the retracted state by the other end 96b of the rotary lever 96. Can be extruded. Then, the extruded regulating member 92 can be returned to the blocked state by the biasing force of the spring 93.

Next, another example of the movable accessory device in the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The movable accessory device 80A in the gaming machine according to the present embodiment differs from the movable accessory device 80 in that the rotating lever 96 and the maintaining means 95 constituting the holding means 90 are deleted. Therefore, below, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same component as the said movable accessory apparatus 80, and the description is abbreviate | omitted or simplified.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the holding means 120 in the movable accessory device 80 </ b> A is movable when the first abutting portion 91 provided on the movable accessory 81 and the first abutting portion 91 abut. A restricting member 122 that prevents the accessory 81 from descending, and a first urging member that urges the restricting member 122 in a direction to advance into the moving path of the first abutting portion 91 that moves up and down together with the movable accessory 81 ( When the movable accessory 81 descends from a state in which the spring 93 and the first contact portion 91 are in contact with the restriction member 122, the restriction member 122 is resisted against the urging force of the first urging member (spring) 93. When the movable member 81 is lifted from below the restricting member 92, the restricting member 122 is moved to the first biasing member (spring). ) Against the urging force of 93 And a pressing portion 98 for pressing in the direction to be avoided.

As shown in FIG. 16, the restricting member 122 is formed in an L-shaped plate shape, and is provided at the upper end portion of the cylindrical shaft portion 92a so as to protrude in the radial direction of the shaft portion 92a. The first contact portion 91 is in contact with the upper surface of the restricting member 122.
A protruding plate 92c is provided at the lower end of the shaft portion 92a so as to protrude in the radial direction of the shaft portion 92a. The protruding plate 92c is inserted into a groove formed in the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a. The groove portion opens on the front end surface and the outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft 94b, and the protruding plate 92c slightly protrudes outward from the front end surface and the outer peripheral surface. Further, the restricting member 122 and the protruding plate 92c protrude in substantially opposite directions.
In addition, a support shaft 101 is erected on the base table 100, and a cylindrical shaft portion 92a is extrapolated on the support shaft 101 so as to be rotatable in the forward and reverse directions around the axis. Further, the upper end portion of the support shaft 101 is supported by the plate 110. Further, the regulating member 122 is slidably in contact with the lower surface of the plate 110.
A shaft portion 94e is vertically inserted into the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a so as to be orthogonal to the drive shaft 94b. The shaft portion 94e is movable in the longitudinal direction of an elongated hole formed in the protruding plate 92c. It is inserted.

A spring (first urging member) 93 is provided in a compressed state on the outer peripheral side of the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a. One end of the spring 93 is fixed to the drive shaft 94b, and the other end. Is in contact with the outer surface of the box 94d. Therefore, the drive shaft 94b is biased in the advancing direction (the right side in the axial direction of the drive shaft 94b in FIG. 16) by the biasing force of the spring 93.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, the shaft 94e is moved backward (leftward in FIG. 17) by turning the solenoid 94a back to retract the drive shaft 94b against the urging force of the spring 93. As a result, the protruding plate 92c rotates backward about the shaft portion 92a. When the protruding plate 92c is rotated and moved rearward, the shaft portion 92a rotates in the forward direction (clockwise), whereby the regulating member 122 rotates in the forward direction (clockwise) around the shaft portion 92a. In this state, the restricting member 122 is retracted from the upper and lower movement paths of the first contact portion 91 (non-blocking state). In this way, the driving means 94 is configured to retract the regulating member 122 from the movement path against the urging force of the spring (first urging member) 93.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 15, the pressing portion 98 has an inclined portion 98a that gradually protrudes from the base plate 83a as it goes downward, like the movable accessory device 80. The maximum height of the inclined portion 98a and the height of the first contact portion 91 are substantially equal.
Therefore, the movable accessory 81 rises from below the regulating member 122, and the inclined portion 98a of the pressing portion 98 comes into contact with the one side portion of the regulating member 122 located in the movement path from the lower side and slides. As it moves, the regulating member 122 is pushed upward by the inclined portion 98a, whereby the regulating member 122 rotates clockwise around the shaft portion 92a against the urging force of the spring 93 and moves. Evacuate from the route.
When the restricting member 122 retracts and passes the highest position of the inclined portion 98a relatively, and further passes the first contact portion 91, the restricting member 122 rotates counterclockwise by the biasing force of the spring 93, Return to the original blocking state.

Next, the movement of the movable accessory 81 will be described.
First, the state shown in FIG. 15 is a state (blocking state) in which the movable accessory 81 is located at the raised position that is the upper movable limit position.
In this blocking state, the restricting member 122 has advanced into the movement path of the first abutting portion 91 that moves up and down together with the movable accessory 81, and the first abutting portion 91 abuts on the restricting member 122. The movable accessory 81 is securely held at the raised position.

  In order to lower the movable accessory 81 from this blocked state, when the solenoid 94a is turned on, the drive shaft 94b of the solenoid 94a moves backward against the biasing force of the spring 93, whereby the shaft portion 94e, the protruding plate 92c, the shaft The regulating member 122 rotates clockwise through the portion 92a to enter a non-blocking state and is held by the holding force of the solenoid 94a.

Next, the movable object 81 is lowered to the lowered position by rotating the belt 89 in the forward direction by the motor 86. As described above, when the movable accessory 81 descends from the blocking state in which the first contact portion 91 is in contact with the restriction member 122, the restriction member 122 is moved to the spring (first urging member) 93 by the solenoid 94 a. Since the first abutting portion 91 is retracted from the movement path against the urging force, the movable accessory 81 descends to a predetermined lowered position.
When the movable accessory 81 is lowered, the solenoid 94a is turned off. As a result, the regulating member 122 returns to the original position (returns to the blocking state) by the urging force of the spring 93.
Here, when the movable accessory 81 is lowered, the restricting member 122 is retracted from the moving path of the first contact portion 91 by turning on the solenoid 94a of the driving means 94. However, the driving means 94 is driven. The time (the time during which the solenoid 94a is turned on) is only a short time until the slide member 34 of the movable accessory 81 passes the side of the regulating member 122 that is retracted. Accordingly, there is no need to keep the solenoid 94a in the ON state for a long time from when the movable accessory 81 is lowered from the raised position to the lowered position and back again to the raised position, so that the electrical burden on the solenoid 94a can be reduced. There is.

Next, when the movable accessory 81 is raised from the predetermined lowered position to the predetermined elevated position, the movable accessory 81 is pulled up by rotating the belt 89 in the reverse direction by the motor 86, and the movable accessory 81 81 goes up.
When the movable accessory 81 rises, the inclined portion 98a of the pressing portion 98 provided on the movable accessory 81 presses the restricting member 122 against the urging force of the spring 93 in a direction in which it is retracted from the movement path, thereby restricting. Since the member 122 is retracted from the movement path, the movable accessory 81 can be raised to a predetermined ascending position.
Then, when the movable accessory 81 rises and the pressing portion 98 is separated from the restricting member 122, the restricting member 122 advances into the moving path of the first contact portion 91 by the biasing force of the spring 93. And when the 1st contact part 91 contact | abuts to this control member 122, the fall of the movable accessory 81 can be prevented and it can hold | maintain in a predetermined | prescribed raise position.
As described above, in this embodiment as well, as in the first embodiment, even when the drive means 94 including the solenoid 94a or the like malfunctions, the movable accessory 81 can be reliably placed at the predetermined lifted position. Can hold.
Moreover, since the maintenance means 95 and the rotation lever 96 like the movable accessory apparatus 80 are unnecessary, there is an advantage that the structure is simplified correspondingly.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the movable accessory 81 descends by rotating the belt 89 by the motor 86 has been described as an example in the present embodiment. However, in the present invention, the movable accessory 81 falls due to its own weight. Is also applicable.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the slot machine M according to the present embodiment includes a movable accessory lifting mechanism 200, which is provided on both left and right sides of the barrier unit 30a. It is provided symmetrically. Therefore, the right movable accessory lifting mechanism 200 will be described below, and the description of the left movable accessory lifting mechanism will be omitted.
The movable accessory lifting mechanism 200 includes a movable accessory 201 and an FFC (flexible flat cable) 202 that is a flexible member 202.
The movable accessory 201 is provided on the back side of the movable accessory 81 so as to be movable up and down.

In addition, the movable accessory 201 is raised from a lowered position, which is a lower movable limit position, to a raised position, which is an upper movable limit position, by a motor 203a via a lifting means 203 having a plurality of gears (not shown). When it reaches the raised position, it is removed from the lifting means 203 and falls (lowered) to the lowered position by its own weight.
The movable accessory 201 has a slide part 201a, and the slide part 201a moves up and down along a slide rail 204 extending up and down. The slide rail 204 is provided in the barrier unit 30a.

  The movable accessory 201 has an electrical decoration device, and the other end of the FFC 202 for supplying power to the electrical decoration device is connected to the movable accessory 201 and fixed by a fixed plate 205. One end of the FFC 202 is connected to and fixed to the power supply board 206. Such an FFC 202 has a sufficient length that allows the movable accessory 201 to move up and down within a predetermined movable range (between the raised position and the lowered position).

Further, a winding part 207a is disposed in the path along which the FFC 202 moves. The winding portion 207 a is configured by a pulley, and the pulley 207 a is provided on the moving member 207. That is, the moving member 207 has a winding part (pulley) 207a. The pulley 207 a is attached to an axis parallel to the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the FFC 202 so as to be rotatable in forward and reverse directions, and this axis is attached to the moving member 207.
The moving member 207 has an attachment portion 207b to which the pulley 207a is attached, a slide portion 207c provided integrally with the attachment portion 207b, and a guide plate 207d provided integrally with the attachment portion 207b. .
On the other hand, a rail portion 208 is provided on the side of the FFC 202 along the longitudinal direction of the FFC 202, and the slide portion 207c is engaged with the rail portion 208 so as to be movable up and down. Thus, the moving member 207 is provided so as to be movable up and down.

Further, the FFC 202 is wound around the winding portion (pulley) 207a when the movable accessory 201 descends.
That is, FIG. 18 shows a state in which the movable accessory 201 is located at the ascending position. When the movable accessory 201 is located at the ascending position, the FFC 202 is a part of the outer peripheral surface of the pulley 207a. The upper end portion (the other end portion) of the FFC 202 extends upward from the pulley 207a and is bent downward at a position above the fixed plate 205, and is then movable. Connected to 201 and fixed by a fixing plate 205.
When the movable accessory 201 falls and falls due to its own weight, the FFC 202 is wound around substantially the upper half of the outer peripheral surface of the pulley 207a as shown in FIGS. When the movable accessory 201 descends while the FFC 202 is wound, the moving member 207 is pulled downward by the FFC 202 via the pulley 207a.

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 21, the moving member 207 is urged upward by the urging member 210. That is, a fixed plate 211 is fixed to the side of the rail portion 208, and a pulley 212 is provided at the upper end of the fixed plate 211. A spring 210 as a biasing member 210 is wound around the pulley 212, one end of the spring (biasing member) 210 is fixed to the lower end of the fixed plate 211, and the other end is fixed to the moving member 207. It is fixed to the slide part 207c.
In the state shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 (the state in which the movable accessory 201 is in the raised position), the spring 210 is pulled by the weight of the moving member 207, and is balanced in this state. Therefore, an urging force acts on the moving member 207 upward from the spring 210.
When the movable accessory 201 is lowered by a predetermined distance from this state and the FFC 202 is wound around the pulley 207a, the moving member 207 is pulled downward by the FFC 202, while the moving member 207 is attached upward by the spring 210. Be forced.
Here, the biasing force of the spring 210 is set to be smaller than the tensile force by which the moving member 207 is pulled downward by the FFC 202 via the pulley 207a.
Therefore, the movable accessory 201 descends against the urging force of the spring 210 even after the FFC 202 is wound around the pulley 207a.

Next, the movement of the movable accessory 201 will be described.
First, the state shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 is a state in which the movable accessory 201 is located at the raised position that is the upper movable limit position.
In order to raise the movable accessory 201 from the lowered position to the raised position, the movable accessory 201 is raised by the motor 203a via the elevating means 203 as described above. When the movable accessory 201 reaches the ascending position, it is detached from the elevating means 203 and descends by its own weight.

  As the movable accessory 201 descends, the upper end portion (the other end portion) of the FFC 202 also descends accordingly. When the movable accessory 201 is lowered by a predetermined distance, the FFC 202 is wound around the pulley (winding portion) 207a. At this time, the FFC 202 is guided by the guide plate 207d of the moving member 207 and smoothly wound around the pulley 207a. That is, the guide plate 207d prevents the FFC 202 from being bent toward the front side (in the diagonally lower left direction in FIG. 18), and is smoothly wound around the pulley 207a.

When the movable accessory 201 further descends in this state, as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the moving member 207 descends while being pulled downward by the FFC 202 via the pulley 207a.
On the other hand, since the moving member 207 is biased upward by a spring (biasing member) 210, a tension acts on the FFC 202 in a direction of pulling it. Therefore, the deflection of the FFC 202 can be prevented, and the biasing force of the spring (biasing member) 210 is set to be smaller than the tensile force by which the moving member 207 is pulled downward by the FFC 202, so that the pulley 207 a can move together with the moving member 207. It goes down in synchronization with the object 201.

When the movable accessory 201 rises as described above, the other end portion of the FFC 202 rises together with the movable accessory 201, and the portion of the FFC 202 that is wound around the pulley 207a is the pulley 207a. Accordingly, the pulling force does not act downward from the FFC 202 on the pulley 207a.
On the other hand, since the pulley 207a is biased upward by the spring (biasing member) 210 via the moving member 207, the pulley 207a is wound together with the moving member 207 by the biasing force of the spring (biasing member) 210. Ascend while hung. Therefore, since tension acts on the FFC 202 from the pulley 207a, the FFC 202 can be prevented from bending.
Further, when the movable accessory 201 rises, the moving member 207 stops rising at a predetermined position, and thereafter, the FFC 202 wound around the pulley 207a is separated from the pulley 207a, and finally, as shown in FIGS. It will be in the state shown.
As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the FFC 202 connected to the movable accessory 201 moving up and down from being bent as the movable accessory 201 moves up and down.

  Further, since the FFC 202 is wound around the pulley 207a as the winding portion, the frictional force that acts on the FFC 202 from the winding portion is smaller than when the winding portion is not a pulley. For this reason, the movement of the FFC 202 becomes smooth, and as a result, the up-and-down movement of the movable accessory 201 becomes smooth.

In the present embodiment, the present invention has been described by taking as an example the case where the movable accessory 201 falls due to its own weight, but the present invention can also be applied to the case where the movable accessory 201 falls due to its own weight and a motor.
Further, in this embodiment, the pulley 207a is adopted as a winding portion around which the FFC 202 is wound, but the winding portion is not limited to the pulley 207a. For example, a cylindrical shaft member or the like on which the FFC 202 can be wound may be used.
In the present embodiment, the FFC 202 is described as an example of the flexible member. However, the flexible member is not limited to this, and may be a cable-like cable for power supply, and further power supply. It may be a string-like or belt-like one used for other purposes.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the movable accessory device 80 includes the movable accessory 81 provided on the slide rails (base members) 84 and 84 so as to be movable up and down. The movable combination 81 includes a first movable combination 301 and a second movable combination 302 arranged in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 15, the second movable accessory 302 is located on the front side, and the first movable accessory 301 is located on the rear side. In FIG. 15, the left side portion and the right side portion are basically symmetrical with respect to the movable accessory 81, so the configuration of the left side portion will be described below and the right side portion will be described. A description of the configuration is omitted. In FIG. 15, the right slide member 83 and the like are hidden by other members.

The first movable combination 301 and the second movable combination 302 are relatively movable in the moving direction of the movable combination 81 (vertical direction in the present embodiment).
That is, the first movable accessory 301 has slide members 83 that move up and down along the slide rails 84 at both ends thereof, and a cylindrical shaft portion (not shown) is separated from the slide member 83 in the vertical direction. Two of them are erected. On the other hand, the second movable accessory 302 has an elliptical rail portion 303 that is vertically long at both ends, and the columnar shaft portion is inserted into the rail portion 303 so as to be movable up and down. ing. A disc 304 is fixed to the shaft portion with screws. The disc 304 is slidable up and down with respect to the rail portion 303.
Therefore, the first movable accessory 301 can move up and down with respect to the second movable accessory 302 within a range in which the shaft portion can move up and down the rail portion 303.

  Further, when the first movable accessory 301 is at the highest position with respect to the second movable accessory 302 (when the upper shaft portion is in contact with the upper end of the rail portion 303), the first movable accessory 301 is substantially hidden behind the second movable accessory 302. Furthermore, when the first movable combination 301 is at the lowest position with respect to the second movable combination 302 (when the lower shaft portion is in contact with the lower end of the rail portion 303), the first movable combination is performed. The object 301 is positioned below the second movable combination 302 so that the second movable combination 302 can be viewed from the front.

In addition, the first movable accessory 301 is moved up and down by the vertical movement drive means (drive means) 105 together with the second movable accessory 302. As described above, the vertical movement driving means 105 includes a motor (stepping motor) 86 attached to the base metal plate 85, a pulley 87 rotated by the motor 86 via a gear (not shown), and a lower end of the slide rail 84. A pulley 88 provided in the vicinity of the portion, and a pulley 87 and a belt 89 wound around the pulley 88 are provided, and a predetermined portion of the belt 89 is fixed to the slide member 83. Therefore, by rotating the motor 86 in the forward / reverse direction, the movable accessory 81 moves up and down between the raised position and the lowered position, and can be stopped at a predetermined position by stopping the motor 86. Yes.
The pulley 88 is urged downward by a spring 306, whereby a predetermined tension is applied to the belt 89 to prevent the belt 89 from loosening.

A vertically long member 307 is fixed to the lower end portion of the slide rail 84. At the lower end portion of the member 307, a restricting portion 308 that abuts against the second movable accessory 302 and restricts further lowering of the second movable accessory 302 is provided. The restricting portion 308 is formed in a planar shape perpendicular to the moving direction (vertical direction) of the second movable accessory 302, and the lower surface of the second movable accessory 302 abuts on the restricting portion 308. Further lowering of the second movable accessory 302 is restricted.
Accordingly, the first movable accessory 301 is lowered with the second movable accessory 302 by the vertical movement driving means 105, and the lower surface of the second movable accessory 302 abuts on the restricting portion 308, so that the second movable accessory Although further lowering of the arm 302 is restricted, the first movable accessory 301 can be further lowered along the rail portion 303 of the second movable accessory 302 by the vertical movement driving means 105.

A first sensor 311 is provided at the upper end of the slide rail 84, and a second sensor 312 is provided at the upper end of the member 307. The first sensor 311 detects the first movable accessory 301 at a predetermined origin position (rising position).
The second sensor 312 detects the first movable accessory 301 at a predetermined position (downward position) when the lowering of the second movable accessory 302 is restricted by the restriction unit 308.
The first sensor 311 and the second sensor 312 are connected to a control unit (not shown) that controls driving of a motor (stepping motor) 86 that constitutes the vertical movement driving means 105.
Then, the first movable accessory 301 is detected by the first sensor 311 and the second sensor 312 at the origin position and a predetermined position (lowering position) below the origin position, and the detection signal is transmitted to the control unit, whereby the motor The drive of 86 can be controlled.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 22, the second movable accessory 302 is disposed in front of the first movable accessory 301. As shown in FIG. 23, an LED substrate 314 is provided on the back side of the second movable accessory 302, and a plurality of LEDs 315 as light emitting elements are provided on the back surface of the LED substrate 314. The LEDs 315 are provided on the lower edge portion of the LED substrate 314, whereby a plurality of LEDs 315 are arranged at predetermined intervals on the left and right sides on the lower edge portion of the back surface of the second movable accessory 302.
In addition, a plurality of LEDs (not shown) as light emitting elements are also provided on the surface of the LED substrate 314, and the light from the LEDs is exposed to the surface side of the second movable accessory 302 as shown in FIG. A letter-shaped lens 302a “WANTED” is illuminated.

Further, the first movable accessory 301 includes a lens portion 301a formed in a transparent, substantially rectangular plate shape made of resin, and a scope-like geometric pattern 301b is provided on the surface of the lens portion 301a. ing. This geometric pattern 301b is provided on the surface of the lens portion 301a in a form slightly recessed from the surface by forming a narrow groove portion slightly recessed from the surface of the lens portion 301a along the geometric pattern 301b. . As a result, the groove portion reflects light introduced from the optical means 320 described later, so that the geometric pattern 301b can be easily viewed. Further, as shown in FIG. 23, on the back surface of the lens portion 301a corresponding to the geometric pattern 301b formed by the narrow groove, there is a slight protrusion along the groove forming the geometric pattern 301b. Is formed. In order to prevent light introduced from the optical means 320 from leaking to the back surface and to make it easy to visually recognize the geometric pattern 301b, a reflector is formed on the back surface of the lens portion 301a along the shape of the protruding portion. Is provided.
As shown in FIG. 29, when the first movable accessory 301 appears, the first movable accessory 301 is positioned so as to cover the upper line of the rotary reel in front view, but a reflector is provided on the back surface of the lens portion 301a. Since it is provided, it is possible to prevent the light from being irradiated from the optical means 320 to the rotating reel, and to ensure the visibility of the rotating reel.
Moreover, it is good also as a rough surface the surface which forms a dot-like digging in the said groove part and protrusion part formed in order to provide the geometric pattern 301b in the lens part 301a, or forms the said groove part and protrusion part. In this way, the visibility of the geometric pattern 301b can be further improved.

Further, on the upper edge of the lens portion 301a of the first movable accessory 301, the light from the LED 315 is lowered from the second movable accessory 302 as shown in FIG. A plurality of optical means 320 to be introduced into the front surface are provided at predetermined intervals on the left and right.
As shown in FIG. 25, the optical means 320 includes a cylindrical portion 320a that protrudes from the surface of the lens portion 301a and a conical portion 320b that is integrally formed on the tip surface of the cylindrical portion 320a. An inclined surface 320c that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical portion 320a is formed at the base end portion of 320a.
In the optical means 320 having such a configuration, the light from the LED 315 is refracted by the conical surface of the conical part 320b, the inclined surface 320c of the cylindrical part 320a, etc., and is irradiated on the surface of the lens part 301a. Yes.
The light irradiated to the lens portion 301a is reflected and refracted by the geometric pattern 301b, and the geometric pattern 301b is lit.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, the upper edge of the lens portion 301a is covered with a lens cover 321 having an L-shaped cross section. The lens cover 321 allows light from the LED 315 to be emitted. The lens portion 301a is prevented from coming out behind.

Next, the movement of the movable accessory 81 will be described.
First, the state shown in FIG. 26 is a state in which the movable accessory 81 is located at the raised position that is the upper movable limit position.
In this state, the movable member 81 is reliably held at the raised position by the first contact portion 91 coming into contact with the regulating member 122.

  When the movable accessory 81 is lowered from this blocking state, as described above, when the solenoid 94a is turned on, the regulating member 122 rotates in the clockwise direction and enters the non-blocking state, and is held by the holding force of the solenoid 94a. The

Next, as shown in FIG. 27, the movable accessory 81 is lowered by rotating the belt 89 in the forward direction by the motor 86 (see FIG. 15). As described above, when the movable accessory 81 descends from the blocking state in which the first contact portion 91 is in contact with the restriction member 122, the restriction member 122 is moved in the movement path of the first contact portion 91 by the solenoid 94 a. Therefore, the movable accessory 81 can be lowered.
When the movable accessory 81 is lowered, the solenoid 94a is turned off. As a result, the regulating member 122 returns to its original position (returns to the blocking state) by the urging force of the spring 93 (see FIG. 16).
When the movable accessory 81 descends, the surface of the movable accessory 81 is turned on or blinked by turning on or blinking an LED provided on the surface of the LED board 314 (see FIG. 23) of the movable accessory 81. Therefore, the production effect can be enhanced.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 28, when the movable accessory 81 is lowered to a predetermined position (lowering position) by the motor 86, that is, when the first movable accessory 301 is lowered to the predetermined position together with the second movable accessory 302, The second movable accessory 302 abuts on the restricting portion 308 and restricts further lowering of the second movable accessory 302.
At this time, the second sensor 312 detects the first movable accessory 301 when the second movable accessory 302 is prevented from descending at a predetermined position (lowered position), and transmits the detection signal to the control unit. Therefore, when the control unit further controls to drive the motor 86, as shown in FIG. 29, the first movable accessory 301 moves downward from the second movable accessory 302 whose lowering is restricted, The first movable combination 301 appears below the second movable combination 302.

At this time, when the LED 315 is turned on, this light is introduced into the front surface of the lens portion 301a of the first movable accessory 301 by the optical means 320, so that the geometric pattern 301b of the lens portion 301a can be illuminated. . Moreover, you may blink the geometric pattern 301b by blinking LED315. Thus, the lighting effect can be enhanced by turning on or blinking the LED 315.
In addition, when the control unit drives the motor 86 in the reverse direction in a state where the first movable combination 301 appears below the second movable combination 302, the first movable combination 301 rises and the second movable combination Hidden on the back side of 302.

  If the control unit controls the motor 86 to stop driving in a state where the second movable accessory 302 abuts against the restricting portion 308 and further lowering is restricted, the movable accessory 81 is lowered. It stops at the position. Further, in this state, when the control unit drives the motor 86 in the reverse direction, the movable accessory 81 rises.

  Next, when the movable accessory 81 is raised from the predetermined lowered position to a predetermined raised position (origin position), the first movable accessory 301 is pulled up by rotating the belt 89 in the reverse direction by the motor 86. Thus, the first movable accessory 301 rises. When the first movable accessory 301 comes to a position hidden behind the second movable accessory 302, the upper shaft portion provided on the slide member 83 of the first movable accessory 301 becomes the second movable accessory 302. Abuts on the upper end of the rail portion 303. Accordingly, when the first movable combination 301 is further raised, the second movable combination 302 is also raised accordingly. That is, the movable combination 81 in a state where the first movable combination 301 and the second movable combination 302 are completely overlapped rises.

Further, when the movable accessory 81 moves up, the inclined portion 98a of the pressing portion 98 provided on the movable accessory 81 presses in the direction of retreating from the movement path against the restriction member 122, and the restriction member 122 moves. Since it retracts from the path, the movable accessory 81 can rise to a predetermined ascent position (origin position).
Then, when the movable accessory 81 rises and the pressing portion 98 is separated from the restricting member 122, the restricting member 122 is moved along the moving path of the first abutting portion 91 by the urging force of the spring 93 (see FIG. 16). To advance to. And when the 1st contact part 91 contact | abuts to this control member 122, the fall of the movable accessory 81 can be prevented and it can hold | maintain in a predetermined | prescribed raise position.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the first movable accessory 301 moves to the predetermined position along with the second movable accessory 302 by the vertical movement driving means 105, the second movable accessory 302 comes into contact with the regulating portion 308. Thus, further lowering of the second movable accessory 302 is restricted. Thereafter, the first movable accessory 301 can be lowered by the vertical movement driving means 105 beyond the predetermined position without the second movable accessory 302. Therefore, after moving together in a state where a plurality of movable combinations (first movable combination 301 and second movable combination 302) are overlapped, one movable combination (first movement combination means 105) is moved by one vertical movement driving means 105. ) Can be further moved, so that the production effect can be enhanced.

Further, since the first movable combination 301 when the lowering of the second movable combination 302 is regulated by the regulating unit 308 can be detected by the second sensor 312 at a predetermined position (down position), this detection signal is driven to move up and down. By transmitting to the control unit of the means 105 and controlling the vertical movement driving means 105 by the control unit, whether the first movable accessory 301 is further lowered beyond a predetermined position or stopped at the predetermined position, Alternatively, it is possible to control whether the first movable accessory 301 is raised from a predetermined position.
Further, when the first movable accessory 301 is moved up to the origin position along with the second movable accessory 302 by the vertical movement driving means 105, the first movable accessory 301 is detected at the origin position by the first sensor 311. Therefore, by transmitting this detection signal to the control unit of the vertical movement drive unit 105 and controlling the vertical movement drive unit 105 by the control unit, the first movable accessory is stopped at the origin position or again. You can control whether to descend from the origin position.
Further, since the first movable accessory 301 can be detected at the origin position and the predetermined position by the first sensor 311 and the second sensor 312, this detection signal is transmitted to the control unit of the vertical movement driving means 105 and the control is performed. By controlling the vertical movement driving means 105 by the unit, the first movable accessory 301 can be stopped at a desired position between the origin position and the predetermined position, and further raised or lowered.
Therefore, the movement of the movable accessory 81 can be controlled according to the effect of the gaming machine, and the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

  Further, when the first movable combination 301 appears below the second movable combination 302, the light from the LED 315 is introduced into the front surface of the lens portion 301a of the first movable combination 301 by the optical means 320. The geometric pattern 301b on the front surface of the lens portion 301a can be illuminated. Therefore, the production effect can be further enhanced.

In the present embodiment, the present invention has been described by taking as an example the case where the movable accessory 81 moves up and down by the vertical movement drive means. Applicable.
Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the movable accessory device 80 shown in FIG. 15 has been described as an example, but the present invention can of course be applied to the movable accessory device 80 shown in FIG. It is.

Next, the raising / lowering means 203 of the movable accessory 201 will be described in detail.
A pair of left and right movable accessories 201 and a pair of left and right lifting means 203 for raising and lowering these movable combinations 201 are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the barrier unit 30a. Since the pair of movable accessory 201 and lifting / lowering means 203 have the same structure except that they are reversed left and right, the movable accessory 201 and lifting / lowering means 203 on the right side from the player will be described below. The description of the left movable accessory 201 and the lifting means 203 having the same structure is omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 30 to 38, the elevating means 203 includes a base member 401 that is long in the vertical direction, and a guide that is provided on the base member 401 along the vertical direction so as to support the movable accessory 201 so that it can move up and down (elevate). A rack 403 including a rail 402, a rack portion 404 having a rack 403 (shown in FIGS. 32 to 34, etc.) in which teeth are arranged along the vertical direction, and a rack gear 411 that meshes with the rack 403. And a gear elevating mechanism 412 for elevating and lowering.

  The lifting / lowering means 203 is movable up and down with respect to the rack portion 404 and the rack portion 404, and a movable pulley support portion 407 (FIGS. 35 to 38, etc.) that rotatably supports the pair of movable pulleys 405 and 406. ), A moving pulley mechanism 441 including a pair of left and right moving pulleys 405 and 406, and a belt 408 as a string-like member provided in the moving pulley mechanism 441. The rack portion 404 and the movable pulley support portion 407 constitute an elevating member 409 (shown in FIGS. 35 to 38 and the like). The elevating member 409 includes a rack portion 404 and a movable pulley support portion 407. A coil spring 410 (shown in FIGS. 36, 38, etc.), which is a spring to be connected, is provided.

  30 to 34 are drawings mainly for explaining the gear elevating mechanism 412, and FIGS. 35 to 38 are drawings for mainly explaining the moving pulley mechanism 441. FIGS. 30, 32, 33, 35, and 36 show the state in which the movable accessory 201 is raised, and FIGS. 31, 34, 37, and 38 show that the movable accessory 201 is lowered (dropped). FIG. 30 to 34 show a state where a plurality of covers covering the respective parts of the lifting means 203 are removed. 35 to 37, the movable pulley mechanism 441 and the belt 408 are mainly illustrated, and the other portions are not illustrated.

  The movable accessory 201 imitates the symbol 7 drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary reel 23 and has approximately the same size as the symbol of the rotary reel 23. In addition, the movable accessory 201 is provided with an LED inside to emit light. Further, the movable accessory 201 is provided on the rotating reel 23 facing the reel window 59b, which is the lower part of the window 56, from the upper side of the outer frame 30b of the upper door 30 above the display window 59a (window 56). It moves to the upper first part (upper part) which becomes an invalid line in the upper and lower three stages.

  Three rotation reels 23 are provided side by side, and there are a left rotation reel 23, a middle rotation reel 23, and a right rotation reel 23. The left movable accessory 201 can be lowered to a position that overlaps the upper symbol of the three upper and lower symbols visible from the reel window portion 59b of the stopped left rotation reel 23. Further, the right movable accessory 201 can be lowered to a position that overlaps the upper symbol of the upper and lower three-level symbols visible from the reel window portion 59b of the stopped right rotating reel 23.

  That is, when the movable accessory 201 falls, the upper symbol of the left rotating reel 23 or the right rotating reel 23 is hidden, and 7 is displayed instead of the hidden symbol. For example, when the right movable accessory 201 is dropped when the symbols are arranged in the order of 7, 7 and replay (designs other than 7) in the upper stage of the rotating reel 23 from the left to the right, the right replay becomes 7 Hidden by the imitating movable accessory 201, 7 becomes a state where three are arranged in a pseudo manner on the left, middle, and right of the upper stage. Since the movable accessory 201 drops to the position of the upper symbol of the left and right rotating reels 23, the movable accessory 201 can also be used when pseudo-aligning 7 diagonally.

  The gear elevating mechanism 412 is a mechanism that raises and drops an elevating member 409 having a rack portion 404 including a rack 403 and a moving pulley support portion 407 including a pair of moving pulleys 405 and 406. The gear elevating mechanism 412 meshes with the motor 203a shown in FIGS. 18 and 20, the drive gear 414 provided on the drive shaft of the motor, the two-stage gear 416 that meshes with the drive gear 414, and the two-stage gear 416. An intermediate gear 417 and a rack gear 411 that meshes with the intermediate gear 417 and meshes with the rack 403 are provided.

  The two-stage gear 416 includes a large-diameter gear 415 that meshes with the drive gear 414 and a small-diameter gear (not shown) that meshes with the intermediate gear 417 and is integrally provided on the same axis, and reduces the rotation of the drive gear 414. To the intermediate gear 417.

  In the rack gear 411, a portion that meshes with the intermediate gear 417 and a portion that meshes with the rack 403 are arranged separately in the front-rear direction in the axial direction, and the front side in the axial direction (front side in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine) meshes with the rack 403. The rear side in the axial direction (the rear side in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine) is engaged with the intermediate gear 417. In addition, teeth are formed over the entire circumference of the portion of the rack gear 411 that meshes with the intermediate gear 417, whereas the portion that meshes with the rack 403 does not have teeth on the outer peripheral surface. Are provided in a cylindrical shape.

  For example, a portion of the rack gear 411 that meshes with the rack 403 is provided with a tooth bottom surface 413 that is a cylindrical surface along the root circle without teeth and is about 1/3 of the outer peripheral surface of the rack gear 411. . In FIG. 31 to FIG. 34, the teeth on the rear side of the tooth bottom surface 413 are visible, so that the teeth are formed over the entire circumference of the rack gear 411.

  In the rack gear 411, when the portion where the teeth of the portion that meshes with the rack 403 faces the rack side, the rack 403 meshes with the rack gear 411, and the tooth bottom surface 413 without the teeth of the rack gear 411 forms the rack bottom surface 413. In the state facing 403, the lifting / lowering member 409 having the rack 403 can be dropped by releasing the meshing between the rack 403 and the rack gear 411.

  A rack portion 404 including a rack 403 is supported on a rail provided on the base member 401 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The movable pulley support portion 407 of the elevating member 409 is supported by the rack portion 404 so as to be movable up and down. The gears 411, 414, 416 (415) and 417 are rotatably supported by a gear support member 418 provided on the base member 401, and the motor 203 a is also supported by the gear support member 418.

  The motor 20a is a stepping motor, and rotates with the rotation angle controlled by an input pulse. In the present embodiment, the rotation direction of the motor 20a is constant, and the rack gear 411 is controlled so as to rotate in the direction of raising the rack 403 and not in the opposite direction.

  The rack gear 411 is provided with a stopper projection 421 and a meshing projection 422 on the side facing the front side of the gaming machine. The stopper protrusion 421 overlaps with one tooth of the rack gear 411 and is provided in a state of protruding forward from the tooth tip of the tooth to a position on the center side of the rack gear 411 slightly from the tooth bottom. . The stopper protrusion 421 is along the radial direction of the rack gear 411.

  An anti-reverse rotation member 431 is provided above the rack gear 411. The reverse rotation preventing member 431 is supported by the gear support member 418 so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft 419. Further, the gear support member 418 is provided with an arc-shaped long hole 433 into which the pin 420 provided on the reverse rotation preventing member 431 is inserted. The long hole 433 is formed in an arc shape centering on the rotation shaft 419, and the rotation range of the reverse rotation prevention member 431 is restricted by inserting the pin 420 of the reverse rotation prevention member 431 supported by the rotation shaft 419. doing.

  The anti-reverse member 431 is slightly in front of the rack gear 411, and the anti-reverse member 431 from the first angular position where a part of the anti-reverse member 431 is slightly inside the root circle of the rack gear 411. Is rotatable between a second angular position that is slightly outside the tooth tip circle of the rack gear 411. Further, the reverse rotation preventing member 431 is biased by a torsion spring (not shown) in a direction to rotate from the second angular position shown in FIG. 33 to the first angular position side shown in FIG.

  Therefore, the reverse rotation preventing member 431 is normally disposed at the first angular position shown in FIG. When the rack gear 411 rotates in the clockwise direction as the forward direction, the stopper protrusion 421 engages with the reverse rotation prevention member 431 at the first angular position, and pushes the reverse rotation prevention member 431 toward the second angular position side. It becomes. Further, when the rack gear 411 rotates, the engagement with the reverse rotation preventing member 431 is released, and the reverse rotation preventing member 431 returns to the first angular position. In this case, the stopper protrusion 421 is disposed at a position beyond the reverse rotation preventing member 431 at the first angular position. In this state, basically, the rack 403 is moved to the uppermost position by the rack gear 411, and the rack gear 411 stops. In this case, when the rack gear 411 is likely to reversely rotate due to the load of the elevating member 409 or the movable accessory 201 (when it starts to rotate counterclockwise), the stopper projection 421 hits the reverse rotation preventing member 431 and the rack gear 411 Reversal is prevented.

  Further, like the stopper projection 421, the meshing projection 422 on the front side surface of the rack gear 411 overlaps with one tooth of the rack gear 411, and the rack slightly extends from the tooth tip to the tooth bottom. It is provided in a state protruding to the front side to the position on the center side of the gear 411 for use. The meshing protrusion 422 is along the radial direction of the rack gear 411.

  When the rack 403 (rack portion 404) falls off the mesh with the rack gear 411, the downward movement is restricted by a stopper (not shown) at a predetermined position, and this downward movement is restricted. The position of 403 is the position where the rack 403 shown in FIG. 34 has dropped. At this position, the meshing between the teeth of the rack 403 and the rack gear 411 is released. In this state, when the rack gear 411 is rotated in the forward direction, teeth adjacent to the tooth bottom surface 413 reach the position meshed with the teeth at the upper end of the rack 403. In this state, the teeth of the rack 403 are reached. It is difficult for the teeth of the rack gear 411 to mesh with each other. Therefore, an engagement protrusion 435 protruding rightward from the right side of the rack 403 is provided on the front side of the rack 403. Further, the above-described meshing protrusion 422 is provided at a tooth position adjacent to the tooth bottom surface 413 of the rack gear 411.

  When the rack gear 411 is rotated in the forward direction after the rack 403 is dropped, the engagement protrusion 422 comes into contact with the engagement protrusion 435 provided at the upper end of the rack 403 and pushes up the engagement protrusion 435. . At this time, the teeth of the rack gear 411 at the position of the meshing protrusion 422 and the following teeth mesh with the teeth of the rack 403, and the rack 403 is pushed up by the rotation of the rack gear 411. .

Next, the moving pulley mechanism 441 will be described.
The moving pulley mechanism 441 is fixedly disposed at the lower portion of the base member 401 and is rotatable, as described above, the moving pulley support portion 407, the pair of moving pulleys 405 and 406 rotatably provided on the moving pulley support portion 407. The belt 408 is wound around the pair of movable pulleys 405 and 406 and the fixed pulley 442.
A pair of movable pulleys 405 and 406 are provided at the upper end of the movable pulley support portion 407 so as to be aligned in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. A rear movable pulley 405 wound around one end (movable end 444) connected to a movable accessory 201 of a belt 408, which will be described later, has a front end around which the other end (fixed end 445) of the belt 408 is wound. It is provided at a position slightly higher than the movable pulley 406.

  The fixed pulley 442 is provided below the pair of moving pulleys 405 and 406 and between the pair of moving pulleys 405 and 406. The belt 408 is hung on the upper side of the rear movable pulley 405 from its movable end 444 and then hung downward on the lower side of the fixed pulley 442. The belt 408 hung on the lower side of the fixed pulley 442 is hung on the upper side of the front movable pulley 406 toward the upper side. The belt 408 hung on the upper side of the movable pulley 406 extends downward. The front end of the belt 408 is fixed to the base member 401 as a fixed end 445. 37 and 38, a fixing member 447 for fixing the fixed end 445 to the base member 401 is illustrated at the fixed end 445 of the belt 408, and the movable accessory 201 is connected to the movable end 444 of the belt 408. A connection member 448 is illustrated.

  The moving pulley support portion 407 is plate-shaped, and the plate-like rack portion 404 having the rack 403 and the moving pulley support portion 407 are arranged in an overlapping state. As shown in FIGS. 35 and 37, a pair of upper and lower elongated holes 450 is provided in a portion that substantially overlaps the rack portion 404 of the movable pulley support portion 407. A pair of upper and lower insertion pins 451 provided in the rack portion 404 are inserted into these long holes 450. Thereby, the movable pulley support part 407 and the rack part 404 can move up and down relatively within the range of the length of the long hole 450.

  As shown in FIGS. 36 and 38, the movable pulley support portion 407 and the rack portion 404 are connected by a coil spring 410 as a spring that expands and contracts. When the rack 404 is dropped, the vertical position is determined by a stopper. When the rack 404 is in the position before being dropped and before being dropped (origin position), the vertical position is regulated by meshing with the rack gear 411. On the other hand, the vertical position of the movable pulley support portion 407 is determined in a state where it is suspended from the rack gear 411 by the coil spring 410. The raising / lowering member 409 is comprised as mentioned above from the rack part 404 and the movable pulley support part 407 like these. Therefore, the movable pulley support portion 407 basically moves up and down as the rack portion 404 moves up and down, but can be displaced up and down with respect to the rack portion 404 by the expansion and contraction of the coil spring 410. The raising / lowering member 409 is comprised as mentioned above from the rack part 404 and the movable pulley support part 407 like these.

Due to the moving pulley mechanism 441 and the belt 408, the movable accessory 201 connected to the belt 408 has a moving distance approximately four times the moving distance of the rack 403, that is, the moving distance of the moving pulleys 405 and 406. It will be.
The rack 403 is arranged so that the vertical movement range of the rack 403 is included in the vertical movement range of the movable accessory 201. As shown in FIGS. 30 and 31, a photo sensor 455 for detecting that the movable accessory 201 has moved to the origin position is provided at the upper end of the base member 401.

  In such an elevating means 203 of the slot machine M, the reel window portion of the left and right rotary reels 23 where the movable accessory 201 is stopped from a position slightly above the upper edge of the window portion 56 of the upper door 30 as the origin position. While being able to drop to the upper symbol position of the symbols visible through 59b in a state close to natural fall, the movable accessory 201 can be raised and returned to the origin position.

  As shown in FIG. 30, when the movable accessory 201 is at the origin position slightly below the highest position, the rack gear is attached to the teeth at the lower end of the rack 403 as shown in FIGS. The teeth on the front side in the rotational direction of the tooth bottom surface 413, which is the portion where the teeth of 411 are missing, are engaged. At this time, the movable accessory 201 is detected by the photo sensor 455.

  Further, in the state where the movable accessory 201 is at the origin position, as shown in FIG. 32, the reverse rotation preventing member 431 is overlapped with the front side of the upper end portion of the rack gear 411, and the reverse rotation preventing member 431. A stopper projection 421 of the rack gear 411 is disposed on the front side (right side in the figure) of the rack gear 411 so that the rack gear 411 is prevented from reversing. This prevents the movable gear 201 from descending due to the rack gear 411 and the like being reversely rotated by the load of the elevating member 409 and the movable character 201.

  Next, when the rack gear 411 is rotated in the forward direction via the gears 414, 416 (415), 417 of the gear lifting mechanism 412, by rotating the motor 203a, the rack 403 rotates the rack gear 411. After being pushed up slightly, the meshing between the teeth at the lower end of the rack 403 and the teeth adjacent to the tooth bottom surface 413 of the rack gear 411 is released, and the tooth bottom surface 413 that is a missing tooth portion of the rack gear 411 The teeth of the rack 403 are in a facing state. In this state, the rack 403 loses the support by the rack gear 411 and falls in a state close to a natural fall.

  The drop distance between the rack 403 and the rack portion 404 including the rack 403 is limited by a stopper (not shown), and the teeth from the top tooth to the bottom tooth of the teeth provided side by side on the rack 403 are arranged. It falls for a distance approximately equal to the distance up to. Further, when the rack portion 404 including the rack 403 starts to drop, the load of the movable pulley support portion 407 and the movable accessory 201 is applied to the rack portion 404 via the coil spring 410. Thereby, the coil spring 410 is in a state of extending in accordance with the load, and is in a state of pulling the rack portion 404 downward. Therefore, when the rack 403 loses support by the rack gear 411, the rack 403 includes the rack 403 and the urging force of the coil spring 410 starts dropping due to the weight of the rack 404. The fall start can be made smooth.

  At this time, when the rack portion 404 including the rack 403 falls, the movable pulley support portion 407 connected to the rack portion 404 by the coil spring 410 also falls. When the two movable pulleys 405 and 406 are dropped, the movable end 444 to which the movable member 201 of the belt 408 is connected by the dynamic pulley mechanism 441 is lowered with respect to the descending distance of the movable pulleys 405 and 406, that is, the descending distance of the rack 403. Thus, the descent distance is lowered by about 4 times. As a result, the movable accessory 201 falls from above the window portion 56 (display window portion 59a) to a position where it overlaps with the upper symbol of the rotary reel 23 of the reel window portion 59b.

  At this time, an impact force acts on the belt 408 when the falling of the movable accessory 201 ends. If an impact force is repeatedly applied to the belt 408, the belt 408 may be damaged. However, when a downward pulling force is applied to the movable end 444 side of the belt 408, the moving pulley support portion 407 is moved via the moving pulley 405. Part of the impact force is absorbed by the coil spring 410 being stretched by being pulled downward. Thereby, the life of the belt 408 can be extended.

  As shown in FIG. 31 and FIG. 34, the movable accessory 201 is arranged at the lowest position due to the fall, and as described above, a movable model imitating seven symbols before the symbol stopped on the upper stage of the left or right rotating reel 23. The accessory 201 is arranged, and the seven symbols are arranged in a pseudo three state. In addition, it is good also as a state in which 7 symbols were artificially aligned on 2 lines arranged in an oblique X shape.

  At this time, in the game of the slot machine M, the player cannot reach three 7 symbols even though the 7 symbols have reached a reach state. I was surprised that the rocket fell while accelerating and three 7 symbols were lined up. In particular, it is shocked that the movable accessory 201 imitating a 7-pattern in a state close to natural fall has fallen at a high speed. In addition, based on the performance by the movable accessory 201, the player has great expectations for the possibility of acquiring a large amount of game media in the game.

When the rack gear 411 is rotated in the forward direction again in this state, the teeth on the rear side in the rotational direction of the tooth bottom surface 413 of the rack gear 411 approach the teeth at the upper end of the rack 403 as shown in FIG. .
At this time, the meshing protrusion 422 of the rack gear 411 comes into contact with the engagement protrusion 435 provided corresponding to the tooth position of the upper end of the rack 403, and the engagement protrusion 435 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 422. Raise a little. At this time, the teeth at the upper end of the rack 403 mesh with the teeth provided adjacent to the rear side in the rotation direction of the tooth bottom surface 413 of the rack gear 411. As a result, the rack 403 and the rack gear 411 that have been disengaged once can be smoothly meshed again.

  By rotating the rack gear 411 directly in the forward direction, the rack 403 is raised, and the movable pulleys 405 and 406 are raised based on the rack 403. As a result, the movable accessory 201 connected to the movable end 444 of the belt 408 rises. At this time, the movable accessory 201 moves a distance of about four times the rising distance of the rack 403 in the time until the rack 403 returns to the origin position. That is, since the movable accessory 201 can be raised at an elevation speed that is about four times the elevation speed of the rack 403, the movable accessory 201 can be raised at a high speed, and the movable accessory 201 returns to the origin position. Can be prevented from interfering with the player.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 33, when the rack 403 returns to the home position, the stopper projection 421 of the rotating rack gear 411 pushes the reverse rotation preventing member 431 to the outside of the rack gear 411 and then the torsion spring. The reverse rotation preventive member 431 is disposed adjacent to the reverse rotation preventive member 431, and the reverse rotation of the rack gear 411 is prevented by the reverse rotation preventive member 431 and the stopper projection 421. When the rack gear 411 rotates, the meshing protrusion 422 also pushes the reverse rotation prevention member 431 to the outside of the rack gear 411 and passes through the reverse rotation prevention member 431.

  When the movable accessory 201 returns to the origin position, the photo sensor 455 detects the movable accessory 201. In addition, although control of the raising / lowering of the movable accessory 201 is performed by control of the rotation angle of the motor 203a which is a stepping motor, the photosensor 455 does not detect the movable accessory 201 even if the motor 203a is rotated by the set angle. In addition, the motor 203a may be further rotated. However, if the rack gear 411 is excessively rotated in the forward direction, the rack 403 and the rack gear 411 are disengaged, so that the rotation of the motor 203a is limited.

  In such an elevating means 203, the movable accessory 201 can be lowered in a state close to a natural fall over a long distance and can be quickly raised. Thereby, it becomes possible to show the player a powerful performance using the movable accessory 201. Further, even if the movable accessory 201 connected to the belt 408 is dropped in a state close to natural fall, the impact force applied to the belt 408 can be reduced.

  The moving pulleys 405 and 406 are not limited to two, and may be one or three or more. Further, in the elevating member 409, the rack portion 404 having the rack 403 and the moving pulley support portion 407 that supports the moving pulleys 405 and 406 are separately connected by the coil spring 410. However, the rack portion 404 and the moving pulley are connected. An elevating member 409 integrated with the support portion 407 may be provided.

201 Movable accessory 203 FFC (flexible member)
207 Moving member 207a Pulley (winding part)
210 Spring (biasing member)

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A movable accessory provided so as to be movable up and down, and a length at which one end is fixed and the other end is connected to the movable accessory so that the movable accessory can move up and down within a predetermined movable range. In a gaming machine comprising a flexible member having
A movable member provided so as to be movable along a vertical movement direction of the movable accessory, and having a winding portion around which the flexible member is wound when the movable accessory is lowered ;
A guide plate provided on the moving member for guiding the flexible member to be wound around the winding portion;
A biasing member that biases the moving member upward;
The biasing force of the biasing member is set to be smaller than the tensile force by which the moving member is pulled downward via the winding portion by the flexible member wound around the winding portion. A gaming machine.

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