JP6515305B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  There is known one in which a decorative member is disposed behind a gaming board having light transparency, and the decorative member can be viewed through the gaming board (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below). In addition, an integral and three-dimensional decoration aspect is constructed (for example, one character is constructed) by the decoration applied to the game board and the decoration of the decoration member disposed behind the game board It is known that

JP 2008-073190 A

  When the above-mentioned integrated decoration mode is constructed, since the decoration formed on the game board and the decoration of the decoration member disposed behind the game board are shifted back and forth, the boundary between the two is separated. Stand out, losing a sense of unity.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of making the border portion of the decorative portion, which is positioned to be shifted forward and backward, inconspicuous.

A game machine according to the present invention made to solve the above problems comprises: a first decorative member having a light transmitting portion having a light transmitting property and a first decorative portion; and a rear of the first decorative member at least And a second decorative member having a second decorative portion partially overlapping the light transmitting portion, wherein a combined decoration is constructed as an integral decoration in which the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion are combined. Game machine, the light transmitting portion has a light transmitting main portion which is a main portion and a light transmitting / receiving portion which is a convex portion which protrudes from the light transmitting main portion toward the first decorative portion. The first decorative portion includes a first decorative main body portion which is a main portion and a first decorative intruding portion which is a convex portion protruding from the first decorative main body portion to the light transmitting portion side. At least part of the boundary portion of the first decorative portions and the light transmission part, the said light transmissive body portion first From the decorative body part viewed along the imaginary line equidistant, the first decorative Nyukomi portion and the light transmitting Nyukomi unit is characterized in that exhibits deep penetrated by multiple aligned shape alternately.
In addition, the said 1st decoration member and a 2nd decoration member do not mean the member which expresses only a decoration function. It may be a member that expresses a function other than the decorative function.

  According to the present invention, at least a part of the boundary portion between the light transmitting portion and the first decorative portion has a shape in which the light transmitting portion and the first decorative portion alternately enter each other. Therefore, the second decorative portion visually recognized through the light transmitting portion and the boundary between the first decorative portion are inconspicuous (the decorative structure composed of the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion has a sense of unity) ) Is possible.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of making the border portion of the decorative portion, which is offset from front to back, inconspicuous.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed typically the positional relationship of the game board and the decoration plate in the front-back direction. It is the figure which showed the part in which the 1st decoration part was formed in the game board. It is a figure showing a decoration plate. It is the figure which showed the state by which the united decoration was constructed | assembled by the game board (1st decoration part) and the decoration plate (2nd decoration part).

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 (pachinko gaming machine) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the entire configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a gaming board 10. The game board 10 is formed of substantially square plywood, and the guide rails 903 forming a passage for guiding the game balls fired by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game area 902 have a substantially arc shape. It is provided as.

  In the game area 902, a start winning hole 904, a big winning hole 906, an out hole 907, and the like are provided. The display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be viewed through the opening 901 formed in the gaming board 10.

  Further, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls by collision of the game balls flowing down. The game balls flowing down the game area 902 change in various manners according to the conditions at the time of collision with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, by operating the launcher 908, the gaming ball is launched toward the gaming area 902. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as the start winning hole 904 or the big winning hole 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device.

  The description of the components and control modes of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the lower plate and upper plate storing the game balls and the lottery method of the big hit will be omitted. About these, the thing of the structure similar to a well-known game machine is applicable.

  Hereinafter, the configurations of the game board 10 (corresponding to the first decorative member in the present invention) and the decorative plate 20 (corresponding to the second decorative member in the present invention) fixed to the rear thereof in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  On the front side of the game board 10, members constituting the above-described game nail, various winning openings, and the like are fixed (see FIG. 1 and the like). At least a part of the game board 10 is a light transmitting portion 11 formed of a light transmitting material (see FIG. 3 and the like). In the present embodiment, the whole is formed of a transparent material. A member positioned behind the light transmission portion 11 is visible through the light transmission portion 11.

  In addition, the first decoration portion 12 is formed on the gaming board 10 (see FIG. 2, FIG. 3, etc.). In the present embodiment, the first decoration 12 is formed on the front of the gaming board 10. Any method may be used to form the first decorative portion 12. An example of forming by printing, sticking a decorated sticker, and the like can be exemplified. It is desirable to form by printing based on formation of the insertion part 30 mentioned later (If it is the structure which sticks another member, such as a seal, forming the insertion part 30 in the said other member) Have difficulty).

  A light transmitting portion 11 which is a material itself constituting the gaming board 10 is provided so as to be adjacent to a region where the first decorative portion 12 is formed in the gaming board 10 (see FIG. 3 etc.). A light transmitting sheet or the like may be attached. That is, the light transmission part 11 should just permeate | transmit light so that what located in the back may become visible.

  At least a part of the boundary between the light transmitting portion 11 and the first decorative portion 12 is an insertion portion 30 having a shape in which both of the light transmitting portion 11 and the first decoration portion 12 are alternately deeply inserted into each other (see FIG. 3 etc. reference). Specifically, the boundary between the light transmitting portion 11 and the first decorative portion 12 is not a straight line or a smooth curve, but has a concavo-convex shape, and has a shape in which one convex is intruded into the other concave . In other words, the main part of the light transmitting part 11 (the part excluding the part constituting the insertion part 30) and the main part of the first decorative part 12 (the part excluding the part constituting the insertion part 30) When viewed along an imaginary line L equidistant from), the light transmitting portions 11 and the first decorative portions 12 are alternately positioned (see the enlarged portion in FIG. 3).

  In order to enhance the effect of the insertion portion 30 described later (the effect of making the boundary between the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 less noticeable), the width of each unevenness constituting the insertion portion 30 is It is desirable to be as small (thin) as possible. Moreover, it is preferable that the length of each unevenness which comprises the penetration part 30 is as long as possible. In addition, it is desirable that each of the projections constituting the insertion portion 30 be shaped so as to become gradually thinner from the proximal end to the distal end (in view of the recess, it is desirable to be shaped gradually larger from the bottom to the opening) ). In the present embodiment, the ingress portion 30 is formed by causing at least a part of the outer edge of the first decorative portion 12 to have a shape in which the decoration is scratched. That is, the part to which the ink etc. which comprises a decoration attached so that it rubbed becomes the 1st decoration part 12 and the part to which the ink etc. did not adhere become the light transmissive part 11. FIG.

  The first decorative portion 12 is combined with a second decorative portion 21 described later to construct a predetermined decoration (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as a united decoration 40) (see FIG. 1, FIG. 5, etc.). The combined decoration 40 in the present embodiment is a decoration depicting a specific character. The united decoration 40 is one in which a specific character is drawn in a drama style. Specifically, a shadow 12s is provided to show a specific character in three dimensions. At least a portion of the shadow 12s is formed along the insertion portion 30 (see the enlarged portion in FIG. 3). That is, the shadow 12s is formed so as to repeat a thin unevenness, and is formed so that the outer edge of the unevenness and the unevenness of the insertion portion 30 match as much as possible.

  The decoration plate 20 is a member fixed to the rear of the gaming board 10 (see FIG. 2 etc.). The fixing method of the decoration plate 20 may be any method as long as the relative position between the decoration plate 20 and the game board 10 is not changed. The decoration plate 20 may be fixed to the gaming board 10, or both the gaming board 10 and the decoration plate 20 are fixed to the gaming machine main body side, so that the relative position of both is not changed. May be

  A second decorative portion 21 is formed on the front surface of the decorative plate 20, that is, on the side of the game board 10 (see FIGS. 2, 4 and the like). At least a portion of the second decorative portion 21 overlaps the light transmitting portion 11 formed on the gaming board 10 in the front-rear direction. That is, at least a part of the second decorative portion 21 is visually recognized by the player through the light transmitting portion 11 formed on the gaming board 10. That is, the player can visually recognize the combined decoration 40 in which the first decorative portion 12 formed on the gaming board 10 and the second decorative portion 21 are combined (see FIG. 5 and the like). In addition, in order that the location except the 2nd decoration part 21 in the decoration plate 20 may be involved in a decoration, it is desirable for places other than the said 2nd decoration part 21 to be transparent. In the present embodiment, a decorative plate 20 having the second decorative portion 21 formed on the front surface of the transparent base plate 20b is used as the decorative plate 20 (see FIG. 4 and the like).

  The reason for constructing the united decoration 40 in which the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 are combined using such a decorative plate 20 (the second decorative portion 21) The reason why it is not formed is that since there is a part where it is difficult to form a decoration on the game board 10 due to the presence of game members such as game nails and property fixed to the front of the game board 10 The decorative plate 20 (second decorative portion 21) provided on the rear of the plate 10 makes it appear to be decorated. That is, a game member such as a game nail is provided in a portion overlapping with the second decoration portion 21 in the game board 10 (see FIG. 1). However, for reasons other than these reasons, it does not necessarily mean that the combined decoration 40 is constructed by the first decoration 12 and the second decoration 21.

  A portion of the second decorative portion 21 overlaps the first decorative portion 12 in the front-rear direction (see FIG. 5). Thus, the relative positional relationship between the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 is obtained by overlapping (overlapping) a portion of the second decorative portion 21 with at least a portion of the first decorative portion 12. Even if the position is slightly deviated, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a gap (a portion without decoration) between the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21. In addition, when the player obliquely views the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 (the united decoration 40), it is suppressed that a gap between the two (a gap generated due to being shifted in the front-rear direction) is noticeable Be done.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, at least a part of the boundary portion between the light transmitting portion 11 and the first decorative portion 12 is shaped so as to alternately enter each other. That is, since the boundary between the first decorative portion 12 and the light transmitting portion 11 that transmits the second decorative portion 21 is covered by the insertion portion 30, the second decorative portion 21 viewed through the light transmitting portion 11; It is possible to make the boundary of the first decoration 12 inconspicuous (make the decoration composed of the first decoration 12 and the second decoration 21 a sense of unity).

  In addition, by forming the insertion portion 30 by making the light transmitting portion 11 side of the first decorative portion 12 into a shape that is rubbed, that is, making the shape into which the decoration is scraped, the first decorative portion 12 is constructed. The boundary between a certain portion and the portion which is the light transmitting portion 11 (the second decorative portion 21) becomes more difficult to understand. That is, it is possible to further enhance the sense of unity between the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21.

  In addition, a shadow 12s is applied to the combined decoration 40 in which the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 are visually recognized in combination, so that at least a part of the shadow 12s extends along the insertion portion 30. It is formed in the first decorative portion 12. Although the boundary between the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 is present even if the insertion portion 30 is formed, as in the present embodiment, the shadow 12s of the combined decoration 40 and the insertion portion 30 Since the boundary between the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 is mixed with the shadow 12s, the unity of the decoration formed by the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 is further added. It is possible to improve. That is, the present embodiment skillfully utilizes the fact that the thin asperity shape of the insertion portion 30 is a shape close to the shadow 12s for making the decoration appear three-dimensionally, and integrates both as much as possible. The boundary between the decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 is made less noticeable.

  As mentioned above, although an embodiment (and its modification) of the present invention was explained in detail, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment (and its modification) in the range which does not deviate from the gist of the present invention Various modifications are possible.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but the same technical concept can be applied to other gaming machines such as a pivoting type gaming machine.

Although in the above embodiment, the first decorative portion 12 is formed on the game board 10 and the second decorative portion 21 is formed on the decorative plate 20, the first decorative portion 12 and the second decorative portion 21 are formed. The subject may be anything. A member (first decorative member) on which the first decorative portion 12 is formed and a member (second decorative member) on which the second decorative portion 21 is formed are arranged to overlap in the front-rear direction, and the first decorative portion 12 is formed The technical idea similar to the above embodiment can be applied to any configuration as long as the second decorative portion 21 can be visually recognized through the light transmitting portion 11 provided in the member to be . For example, it is also possible to apply the same technical idea to a movable member (movable combination) provided to enhance the rendering effect .
Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment will be listed below.
The gaming machine according to the first aspect is a first decorative member having a light transmitting portion having a light transmitting property and a first decorative portion, and is positioned behind the first decorative member, at least a part of which overlaps the light transmitting portion. And a second decorative member having a second decorative portion, wherein at least a part of the boundary between the light transmitting portion and the first decorative portion has a shape in which both portions alternately enter. It is characterized by
In addition, the said 1st decoration member and a 2nd decoration member do not mean the member which expresses only a decoration function. It may be a member that expresses a function other than the decorative function.
The gaming machine according to the means 1 has a shape in which at least a part of the boundary between the light transmitting portion and the first decoration portion alternately enters each other. Therefore, the second decorative portion visually recognized through the light transmitting portion and the boundary between the first decorative portion are inconspicuous (the decorative structure composed of the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion has a sense of unity) ) Is possible.
The gaming machine according to the means 2 is characterized in that, in the gaming machine according to the means 1, at least a part of the outer edge portion of the first decorative portion on the light transmitting portion side has a shape in which a decoration is rubbed. Do.
As in the gaming machine described in the means 2, by making the light transmitting portion side of the first decorative portion rubbed, the boundary between the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion can be made more inconspicuous It is.
The gaming machine according to the means 3 is the gaming machine according to the means 1 or 2, wherein a part of the second decorative portion may overlap the first decorative portion.
As in the gaming machine described in the means 3, by overlapping (overlapping) a part of the second decorative portion on the first decorative portion, a gap (the decorative is provided between the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion). It is possible to prevent the occurrence of an unintended portion).
The gaming machine according to the means 4 is the gaming machine according to any one of the means 1 to 3, wherein the decoration that is visible when the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion are combined is shaded. At least a part of the shade may be formed in the first decorative portion along the insertion portion.
As in the gaming machine described in the means 4, by forming the shadow of the decoration and the entry part along the shape, the unity of the decoration constituted by the first decoration part and the second decoration part is further improved. Is possible.

1 game machine 10 game board (first decoration member)
11 light transmitting portion 12 first decoration portion 12s shading 20 decoration plate (second decoration member)
21 second decoration part 30 entrance part 40 combined decoration

Claims (1)

A first decorative member having a light transmitting portion having a light transmitting property and a first decorative portion;
A second decorative member having a second decorative portion located behind the first decorative member and at least a portion of which overlaps the light transmitting portion;
Equipped with
It is a game machine in which a united decoration which is an integral decoration in which the first decoration and the second decoration are combined is constructed.
The light transmitting portion includes a light transmitting main portion which is a main portion and a light transmitting / receiving portion which is a convex portion which protrudes from the light transmitting main portion toward the first decorative portion.
The first decorative portion has a first decorative main body portion which is a main portion and a first decorative intruding portion which is a convex portion which protrudes from the first decorative main body portion to the light transmitting portion side,
At least a part of the boundary between the light transmitting portion and the first decorative portion is viewed along a virtual line equidistant from the light transmitting main portion and the first decorative main portion, and A gaming machine characterized in that the first decoration intruding portions alternately and deeply enter to form a large number of arranged lines.

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