JP6528166B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a linear motion member supported by a support member so as to be linearly movable.

  Heretofore, as this type of game machine, there has been known one in which a slider attached to a decorative direct acting member is guided in a state of being sandwiched between a pair of rails attached to a support member and overlapped back and forth ( For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-284206 A (paragraphs [0053] to [0056], [0061], see FIGS. 2 and 7)

  However, in the above-described conventional game machine, there is a problem that the production cost of the linear motion supporting mechanism which supports the linear motion member on the supporting member so as to be linearly movable is increased.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine which can realize a linear motion support mechanism at low cost.

The invention of claim 1 made to achieve the above object is a gaming machine provided with a linear motion member supported on a support member so as to be able to move linearly, and a metal bar is supported by the support member and the metal bar The sliding ring is supported so as to be linearly movable, the linear moving member has an elongated shape extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the metal bar, and the sliding ring is held at one end in the longitudinal direction A power transmission member for transmitting power to the linear movement member also serves as a rotation restricting member for restricting rotation of the linear movement member around the axis of the metal bar, and the power transmission of the linear movement members linking site with a member, the disposed on the one end side of the linear motion member, the longitudinal direction of the middle portion of the linear motion member, together has become visible from the front side, the one end of the linear motion member It is covered from the front side to the support member, the straight A gaming machine is provided with a cover member for covering the other end of the member from the front.

  In the above invention, since the linear motion supporting mechanism of the linear motion member is constituted by the metal bar and the sliding ring, it can be realized inexpensively.

Front view of a gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention Front view of the game board Front view of the gaming machine Front view of the movable role showing the movable effect member to the front face Front view of the movable part at rest Front view of the movable character showing the movable effect member in the nose tip side profile Front view of the movable role showing the movable effect member in a profile with the mouth closed Front view of the movable character showing the movable effect member in a profile with the mouth open Front view of the movable character showing the movable effect member in a profile with the mouth open Perspective view of monitor support frame A perspective view of the movable part housed in the monitor support frame Front view of relay slider and drive lever Front view of relay slider and drive lever Side view of relay slider and driven slider Rear view of movable character Rear view of mounting part of drive source and drive lever The perspective view of the connection part of a bridge member and a follower slider Rear view of the movable part in the resting state Rear view of the movable character showing the movable effect member to the side of the nose tip Rear view of the movable character showing the movable effect member in a raised nose profile Rear view of the movable character showing the movable effect member to a profile on the way to opening the mouth Rear view of the movable character showing the movable effect member in a profile with the mouth open Rear view of the second mechanism unit when the third effect member is disposed at the first appearance position Rear view of the second mechanism unit when the third effect member is disposed at the storage position Rear view of the second mechanism unit when the third effect member is disposed at the second appearance position Conceptual diagram showing the operation of the third effect member Conceptual diagram showing the operation of the third effect member Rear side perspective view of the third mechanism unit Rear view of third mechanism unit Block diagram showing control system of gaming machine Flow chart of movable effect processing program Flow chart of movable effect processing program Rear side perspective view of the third mechanism unit A-A cross section of sliding ring and linear moving member Perspective view of slide member and guide shaft Exploded perspective view of linear moving member An exploded perspective view of the third mechanism unit

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 32. FIG. The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is a pachinko gaming machine, and is capable of visually recognizing the gaming area R1 of the gaming board 11 shown in FIG. 2 through the front glass window 10W shown in FIG. .

  The game area R1 is surrounded by a rail member 12 projecting from the front of the game board 11, and an entrance 12A is provided at the upper left portion of the rail member 12. When the operation handle 28 (see FIG. 1) on the lower right of the front of the gaming machine 10 is operated, the gaming ball is driven into the gaming area R1 from the entrance 12A with a strength corresponding to the amount of operation.

  In the game area R1, a substantially rectangular effect display window 13 is formed. Then, the liquid crystal display screen 14G of the liquid crystal monitor 14 faces forward from the back of the effect display window 13, and in the space between the liquid crystal display screen 14G and the game board 11, the movable character 30 (see FIG. 3) ) Is performed. The configuration of the movable part 30 will be described in detail later.

  A decorative frame 15 is inserted into the effect display window 13 from the front, and restricts the game ball from entering the effect display window 13 from the upper side and the both sides of the effect display window 13. Further, an upper passage R2 having a width corresponding to one game ball is formed between the upper side of the decorative frame 15 and the rail member 12. Then, by adjusting the amount of operation of the operation handle 28, it is possible to divide the game into a right strike where the gaming ball is allowed to flow downward to the right from the upper passage R2 and a left strike where the gaming ball is allowed to flow downward to the left from the upper passage R2.

  A portion of the decorative frame 15 that covers the lower inner surface of the effect display window 13 is a stage 21 on which the game ball can roll. Further, a warp hole 21A is provided at the lower end of one side of the decoration frame 15, and the game ball enters the stage 21 from there and is discharged from the upper position of the first start winning opening 16A described later. ing. In addition, a stage rear wall 21B stands from the rear edge of the stage 21. The upper edge of the stage rear wall 21B is bent forward to form a bowl covering the stage 21 from above.

  The first start winning opening 16A is provided substantially at the center in the left-right direction in the lower area of the effect display window 13 in the game area R1, and the out opening 17 is on the right below the first start winning opening 16A. There are a plurality of normal winning openings 18 and a large winning opening 19 on the right side. A second start winning opening 16B is provided above the special winning opening 19 in the right side area of the game area R1, and a start gate 22 is provided above the second starting winning opening 16B. The regular winning opening 18 is also provided between the special winning opening 19 and the second start winning opening 16B.

  Further, the second start winning opening 16B and the special winning opening 19 have the open / close doors 16T and 19T and are normally closed. Then, when the game ball passes through the start gate 22, a judgment of good or bad called "general drawing judgment" is performed. The determination result is notified on the liquid crystal display screen 14G, and the second start winning opening 16B is opened when there is a hit.

  Furthermore, when the gaming ball has won in the first and second start winning openings 16A and 16B, a determination of good or bad called "special figure determination" is performed. The determination result is notified by the symbol combination when the liquid crystal display screen 14G is stopped and displayed after fluctuating display of the three special symbols 14A, 14B and 14C. In addition, when there is a hit (this is called a "big hit"), a big hit game in which the big winning opening 19 opens over a predetermined period is executed. In addition, the game ball which did not win in any winning opening is taken into the out opening 17. In addition, a plurality of obstacle nails 23 are driven into the entire game area R1.

  When a game ball is won in each winning opening, a winning ball corresponding to the number of winnings is paid out to the upper tray 27 (see FIG. 1) on the front of the gaming machine 10. The number of winning balls per winning ball at that time is larger in the large winning opening 19 than in the other winning openings. In addition, although the game ball which has flowed down the left side area of the game area R1 may win in the first start winning opening 16A, the probability that the game ball which has flowed down the right side area wins the first start winning opening 16A is extremely low. The second start winning opening 16B is reversed. Further, in the normal state, even when the flat figure determination is made, the opening time of the open / close door 16T of the second start winning opening 16B is extremely short, and the winning probability of the second start winning opening 16B is extremely low. Furthermore, a big hit is provided with a "big hit with probability change", and when a big hit with positive probability is drawn to become a "positive change state", the probability of becoming a big hit in the special figure judgment becomes high, and The opening time of the start winning opening 16B becomes long. In this case, it is easy to hit the right to make the second starting winning opening 16B win a game ball, and maintain the right hit to perform a big hit game, so there are a lot more prize balls compared to the normal state. It becomes possible to acquire.

  By the way, the game machine 10 of the present embodiment displays an image effect that displays the character image 14X, the item image 14Y, etc. on the liquid crystal display screen 14G in order to produce changes in various states such as the normal state and the probability change state described above. Do. And, in addition to this image effect, as shown in FIG. 3, the movable effect for operating the movable effect members 30A and 30B imitating the character etc appearing in the image effect in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G is also by the movable character 30 Do.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, as the effect image, on the liquid crystal display screen 14 G, the “transformation hero” as the character image 14 X handles the “sword” as the item image 14 Y, and the enemy (not shown) The image to fight) is displayed. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 4, the movable character 30 is a relief that imitates the character image 14X, and a "sword" that is an relief that imitates the item image 14Y and the movable effect member 30A of "face". The movable effect member 30B is caused to appear in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the movable effect member 30A of the "face" has a first effect member 31 which is a relief of the upper part of the face including "eyes" as the first component 30X of the "face", and a second configuration It is divided into a second effect member 32 which is a relief of the central part of the face including a "nose" as the element 30Y, and a third effect member 33 which is a relief of the lower jaw. The first effect member 31 is movably connected to the second effect member 32, and the third effect member 33 is separated from the first and second effect members 31, 32. Then, normally, as shown in FIG. 5, the first and second effect members 31, 32 are overlapped in the front and back, and wait at the upper rear position of the effect display window 13, and the third effect member 33 displays the effect It stands by at the lower rear position of the window 13. Further, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" has a vertically extending shape, and normally stands by at the left rear position of the effect display window 13. When the game state is reached, as shown in FIG. 3, the first and second effect members 31, 32 are expanded up and down and appear in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G. A member 33 appears at a position adjacent to the lower side of the second effect member 32, and a movable effect is performed to show the player the "face" of the character. Furthermore, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, as shown in FIG. 4, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" slides to the right to hide the part of the movable effect member 30A of the "face" from the front. To be done.

  The first and second effect members 31, 32 are driven by the first mechanism unit 41, the third effect member 33 is driven by the second mechanism unit 80, and the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" is the third mechanism unit Driven by 90. That is, the movable part 30 is divided into first to third drive units 41, 80, 90. The first to third drive units 41, 80 and 90 are assembled in the monitor support frame 24 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the monitor support frame 24 has a flat and flat casing structure vertically and horizontally as compared with the front and rear, and the entire front surface is open. Then, the front surface of the monitor support frame 24 is fixed in a state of being superimposed on the rear surface of the game board 11, and the space in the monitor support frame 24 is wider vertically and horizontally than the effect display window 13. Further, on the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24, a monitor opening 24A facing the effect display window 13 is formed, and the monitor opening 24A is closed from behind by the liquid crystal display screen 14G of the liquid crystal monitor 14.

  Hereinafter, the first mechanism unit 41 will be described in detail. The first mechanism unit 41 has a gate-shaped fixed base 42 extracted and shown in FIG. The portal fixed base 42 has an upper side portion 42B (hereinafter referred to as a “base upper side portion 42B”) between the upper ends of a pair of side portions 42A (hereinafter referred to as the “base side portion 42A”) extending in the vertical direction. And the base side portions 42A, 42A are screwed to both side edges of the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24 (see FIG. 11). While being fixed, the base upper side 42 B is screwed to the upper edge of the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a pair of driven sliders 45, 45 is supported by the base side portions 42A, 42A so as to be capable of moving up and down. The driven sliders 45, 45 separately include drive sources 50, 50. And the mechanism of the wedge which transmits the motive power of both drive sources 50, 50 to both follower sliders 45 is left-right symmetric except for a part. The left-right symmetric portion of the first mechanism unit 41 will be described only for one of the left and right (for example, the right portion when the first mechanism unit 41 is viewed from the front).

  As shown in FIG. 6, a lower end support wall 42C and an upper end support wall 42D are provided on the lower end portion of the base side portion 42A and the upper edge portion of the base upper side portion 42B so as to project forward and oppose in the vertical direction. Between the upper end support wall 42D and the lower end support wall 42C, a rail shaft 43 (for example, a metal rod having a circular cross section) is passed. A relay slider 44 extending vertically is disposed between the rail shaft 43 and the base side 42A and the base upper side 42B, and a pair of engagements projecting forward from the upper and lower ends of the relay slider 44 The protrusions 44A, 44A are slidably engaged with the rail shaft 43. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the above-mentioned driven slider 45 is formed between a pair of engaging projections 44A, 44A in a block shape extending vertically, and the rail shaft 43 penetrates the driven slider 45. And slidably supported.

  Further, a through hole 44H is formed in an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the relay slider 44, and the relay gear 46 is rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft 46S which crosses the through hole 44H. The movable rack 47 meshing with the front portion of the relay gear 46 is fixed to the driven slider 45, while the fixed rack 48 meshing with the rear portion of the relay gear 46 is fixed to the base side portion 42A. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 14A to 14C, when the relay slider 44 moves up and down with respect to the portal fixed base 42, the driven slider 45 moves up and down with respect to the relay slider 44. Move to one side. That is, the driven slider 45 moves at double the speed of the relay slider 44 with respect to the portal fixed base 42. In other words, the upper and lower strokes of the driven slider 45 with respect to the portal fixed base 42 are double the upper and lower strokes of the relay slider 44.

  As shown in FIG. 12A, from the upper end portion of the relay slider 44, the inclined portion 49A projects obliquely upward toward the central side in the lateral direction of the portal fixed base 42, and from the upper end portion of the inclined portion 49A. Furthermore, a horizontal portion 49 extends horizontally toward the center. Further, in the horizontal portion 49, an engaging long hole 51 extending in a direction (that is, a horizontal direction) orthogonal to the linear movement direction of the relay slider 44 is formed. Then, when the relay slider 44 is disposed at the upper end of the movable range, as shown in FIG. 12A, the horizontal portion 49 is positioned forward of the upper edge of the base upper side 42B, and the relay slider 44 is at the lower end of the movable range. As shown in FIG. 13B, the horizontal portion 49 is located below the base upper side portion 42B. Hereinafter, the end on the central side in the lateral direction of the base upper side 42B in the engagement long hole 51 will be referred to as "the inner end 51B", and the end on the opposite side will be referred to as "the outer end 51A".

  A drive lever 52 for transmitting the power of the drive source 50 to the horizontal portion 49 is rotatably supported by the upper base portion 42B. The drive lever 52 is disposed on the front surface of the base upper side 42B, and the rotation support shaft 52J of the drive lever 52 is rotatably supported at a position near one lower end of the base upper side 42B. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13B, the center of the rotation support shaft 52J is a boundary line on the outer end 51A side of the movement trajectory S1 of the engagement long hole 51 accompanying the vertical movement of the relay slider 44. It is arranged at a position closer to K1. Further, an engagement projection 53 projects forward from the tip end of the drive lever 52, and the engagement projection 53 is engaged with the engagement long hole 51 so as to be retained and slidably engaged.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a gear 52G is fixed to the rotation support shaft 52J of the drive lever 52 so as to be integrally rotatable, and is disposed on the rear surface of the base upper side portion 42B. The drive source 50 is attached to the rear surface of the base upper side portion 42B in the vicinity of the gear 52G. In the drive source 50, for example, a reduction gear is attached to one end of a stepping motor, and an output gear (not shown) is fixed to an output rotation shaft of the reduction gear. The output gear of the drive source 50 is coupled to the gear 52G of the drive lever 52, whereby the drive lever 52 is rotationally driven by the drive source 50.

  Here, the output gear of the drive source 50 is directly meshed with the gear 52G of the drive lever 52 on the right in FIG. 15 (see FIG. 16A), and the gear 52G on the drive lever 52 on the left in FIG. In contrast, the output gear of the drive source 50 is indirectly meshed via the idle gear 54 (see FIG. 16B). Thus, when the output gear of the drive source 50 is engaged with the gear 52G of the drive lever 52, the rotational direction transmitted from the output gear of the drive source 50 to the gear 52G depends on whether or not the idle gear 54 is interposed. It will be in the opposite direction. In this embodiment, thereby, both drive sources 50, 50 can be rotated in the same rotational direction, and the pair of drive levers 52, 52 can perform symmetrical rotational operations in opposite directions. That is, there is an effect that control of both drive sources 50, 50 for driving a pair of movable parts (drive levers 52, 52) in a symmetrical manner becomes easy.

  An idle gear is interposed between the left and right drive sources 50, 50 and the gear 52G of the drive lever 52, and the number of one idle gear, the other and the number of idle gears are different for even and odd numbers. But it produces the same effect. Further, the same effect can be obtained even if the directions of the front and rear of attaching the left and right drive sources 50, 50 to the Q 42B are reversed.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the gear 52 </ b> G of the drive lever 52 is also in mesh with a position detection gear 55 rotatably supported on the rear surface of the drive lever 52. Further, a fan-shaped projecting piece 55A protrudes laterally from the position detection gear 55. On the other hand, on the rear surface of the base upper side portion 42B, an optical sensor 55S is provided at one end of the rotation area of the fan-shaped projection 55A. Then, as shown in FIG. 12B, with the drive lever 52 inclined on the way to the inner end 51B side of the engaging long hole 51 from the upright posture, the engaging projection is made from the reference position on the way The optical sensor 55S is turned on by blocking the light by the fan-shaped projecting piece 55A in the rotation range of the drive lever 52 where the 53 moves to the outer end 51A side, and the optical sensor 55S is turned on in the other rotation range of the drive lever 52 The sensor 55S is turned off.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the bridge member 60 is extended between the driven sliders 45 and 45. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, a plurality of laterally long elongated holes 60 </ b> A are provided in the vertical direction at intervals in the lateral end portion of the cross-linking member 60. A screw hole (not shown) corresponding to the long hole 60A is formed on the front surface of the driven slider 45 with respect to the long hole 60A. Then, with the long hole 60A group facing the screw hole of the driven slider 45, the longitudinally long strip plate 60B is applied to the front side of the long hole 60A group, and the through hole of the band plate 60B and the long hole of the bridging member 60 A screw 60C passed through 60A is screwed into the screw hole of the driven slider 45. As a result, both end portions of the bridging member 60 are moved integrally with the driven slider 45 in the vertical direction while being allowed to linearly move and rotate in the lateral direction with respect to the driven slider 45.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a lever support projecting wall 63 projects upward from the end on the right side when the bridge member 60 is viewed from the rear. The proximal end of the turning lever 64 is rotatably connected to the front upper end of the lever supporting projection 63. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the tip end portion of the turning lever 64 is one end portion in the lateral direction on the rear surface side of the second effect member 32 (specifically, the second component 30Y of the second effect member 32 It is overlapped with a certain "nose" (lower part) and hinged by a hinge shaft 64A.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 15, a drive source 70 is attached to the extended position of the lever support projecting wall 63 in the lower end portion of the bridging member 60. Similarly to the drive source 50, the drive source 70 is formed by assembling a reduction gear at one end of a stepping motor. Further, a gear (not shown) fixed to the base end of the pivoting lever 64 is accommodated inside the lever support projecting wall 63, and the gear and the output gear of the drive source 70 are connected via a plurality of idle gears. There is. Thus, the turning lever 64 is rotationally driven by the drive source 70, and one end of the second effect member 32 in the lateral direction moves in a circular arc. In addition, at the “origin” which is one end of the rotation range, the rotation lever 64 has an origin posture suspended from the rotation center as shown in FIG. 6, and the “end point” which is the other end of the rotation range. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the turning lever 64 is in the end point posture in which the turning lever 64 extends obliquely upward.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a first cam hole 61 is formed at the end of the cross-linking member 60 opposite to the lever support protruding wall 63 in the lateral direction, and protrudes backward from the rear surface of the second effect member 32 there. The first engagement projection 65 is engaged with the first engagement projection 65 so as to be retained and slidably engaged. Specifically, the first cam hole 61 extends rectilinearly as it descends toward the lever support projecting wall 63 side and bends at a position near the lower end, from which the lower end is lowered The end portion is a horizontal end portion 61A extending horizontally. Then, when the turning lever 64 is at the origin of the movable range and the second effect member 32 is in the "origin posture", the first engagement projection 65 is positioned at the horizontal end portion 61A of the first cam hole 61, and from there As the pivoting lever 64 moves toward the end point of the movable range, the pivoting center of the pivoting lever 64, the center of the hinge shaft 64A, and the center of the first engagement projection 65 align in a straight line. The first engagement protrusion 65 moves in the first cam hole 61 away from the horizontal end portion 61A (see FIG. 21) to a position (hereinafter referred to as "central in-line position"). Then, when the pivoting lever 64 passes through the center serial position and pivots upward, the first engagement projection 65 moves in the first cam hole 61 to the side approaching the horizontal end portion 61A, and the pivoting lever The first engaging projection 65 is positioned and stopped in the horizontal end portion 61A of the first cam hole 61 when the second effect member 32 reaches the “end point attitude” when the end point 64 is reached (see FIG. 22). .

  A second cam hole 62 is formed next to the first cam hole 61 in the bridging member 60 on the side of the lever support protruding wall 63 side. Then, the second engagement projection 66 protruding rearward from the second effect member 32 is prevented from slipping out of the second cam hole 62 and is engaged slidably. The second cam hole 62 extends substantially horizontally from the upper end of the inclined side portion 62B to the lever support protruding wall 63 side, and the inclined side portion 62B which is inclined to extend downward toward the lever support protruding wall 63 side. And a V-shape having a lateral side 62A. The inclined side portion 62B is curved so as to expand slightly downward, and has a horizontal end portion 62C similar to the lower end portion of the first cam hole 61 at the lower end portion. Furthermore, the side 62A is also curved slightly downward.

  Then, when the turning lever 64 is positioned above the center in-line position (see FIG. 22), the second engagement projection 66 is positioned in the side portion 62A of the second cam hole 62, and the turning lever When the position 64 is located below the central in-line position, the second engagement projection 66 is located in the inclined side 62 B of the second cam hole 62. Further, when the second effect member 32 is in the home position attitude at the origin of the rotation range of the rotation lever 64, the second engagement projection 66 is positioned in the horizontal end portion 62C of the second cam hole 62.

  As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the second effect member 32 has a bank portion 32U that protrudes rearward from the side edge opposite to the pivot lever 64, and the support plate 79 is a piece in the bank portion 32U. It is supported in the shape of a beam and extends to the pivoting lever 64 side. That is, the second effect member 32 is provided with a support plate 79 in the opposite state on the rear side of the main body 32H decorated on the front. Further, the tip end portion of the pivoting lever 64 described above is connected by the main body portion 32H, and the first and second engaging projections 65 and 66 described above are provided on the support plate 79. Then, the first effect member 31 is received between the main body 32H and the support plate 79.

  As shown in FIG. 15, in the first effect member 31, the upper end portions of the first and second links 67 and 68 are respectively located at one end position on the side of the pivot lever 64 at the lower edge of the rear surface and the diagonally upper position thereof. It is connected rotatably. One of the first links 67 extends obliquely downward away from the pivoting lever 64 and is pivotably connected to a lateral midway position of the support plate 79. The other second link 68 similarly extends obliquely downward and is rotatably coupled to the upper end of the bank portion 32U. Then, parallel links are configured by the first and second links 67 and 68, and the first effect member 31 moves up and down while maintaining a fixed posture with respect to the second effect member 32.

  An engagement protrusion 67T protrudes rearward from a position near the upper end in the longitudinal direction of the first link 67, and it is retained and slidably engaged in a long hole 67M provided at the tip of the support plate 79. It is correct. In addition, an engaging protrusion 68T protrudes forward from a position near the upper end in the longitudinal direction of the second link 68, and is retained and slidable in the long hole 68M provided at the tip of the first effect member 31 It is correct. Further, the movable projection of the first effect member 31 with respect to the second effect member 32 is limited by the engagement projections 67T, 68T being in contact with the end portions of the long holes 67M, 68M. When the first effect member 31 is disposed at one end (that is, the lower end) of the movable range (see FIG. 18), substantially the entire first effect member 31 is the second effect member 32 as shown in FIG. When hidden behind and arranged at the other end (that is, the upper end) of the movable range (see FIG. 15), only the lower edge portion of the first effect member 31 of the second effect member 32 as shown in FIG. Hidden behind, the entire first effect member 31 is positioned above the second effect member 32. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the connecting portion between the upper end portion of the bank portion 32U and the second link 68 urges the first effect member 31 toward the upper end position of the movable range with respect to the second effect member 32. An elastic member 68S (for example, a torsion coil spring) is attached.

  The rear surface of the first effect member 31 is provided with a support rail 69 extending laterally along the upper edge, and a linearly extending elongated hole 69M is formed therein. Then, when the second effect member 32 is in the home position posture, the long hole 69M is in a state of extending horizontally.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the auxiliary arm 71 is rotatably supported at a position closer to one end in the lateral direction of the base upper side portion 42B, and the engagement projection 71T provided at the tip of the auxiliary arm 71 is The first effect member 31 is retained in the long hole 69M and engaged slidably. In addition, an elastic member 72 is attached between the base upper side portion 42B and the auxiliary arm 71 for urging the first effect member 31 upward.

  Specifically, the auxiliary arm 71 is bent like a crack, and the distal end side is positioned below the proximal end side. Then, the auxiliary arm 71 is rotated by the mechanical stopper so as to rotate between the first position in which the tip end side extends horizontally and the second position rotated about 30 to 45 degrees downward from there. The scope is limited. In addition, one end of the elastic member 72 which is a tension coil spring is attached to the lower part of the bending portion of the auxiliary arm 71, while the other end of the elastic member 72 is one of the upper edges of the base upper side 42B of the auxiliary arm 71. It is attached at a position away from the rotation center. Further, the middle part of the elastic member 72 is pressed from above onto a roller 73 rotatably supported at the upper edge of the base upper side 42B and bent. Then, the amount of elastic deformation of the elastic member 72 increases as the auxiliary arm 71 moves from the first position to the second position, and the first effect member 31 is attached upward by biasing the auxiliary arm 71 to the first position. Be driven.

  The description of the configuration of the first mechanism unit 41 is as described above. Next, the configuration of the second mechanism unit 80 will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, the second mechanism unit 80 has a plate-like base 83 which is fixed to the lower edge of the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24 below the first mechanism unit 41. As shown in FIG. 23, first and second arms 81 and 82 are rotatably supported at two places on the upper edge portion of the plate-like base 83. Further, the first and second arms 81 and 82 are shorter than the distance between the pivot axes of the first and second arms 81 and 82, and the first and second arms 81 and 82 It can rotate without interfering with each other's proximal end (see FIGS. 26A to 26C).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 23, when the second mechanism unit 80 is viewed from the rear, the tip end of the first arm 81 on the right side is hinged to the hinge shaft 81 A at the right end at the back surface lower edge of the third effect member 33. And rotatably connected. Further, at the lower end portion of the rear surface of the third effect member 33, an elongated hole 33M is formed extending linearly from the substantially central position in the lateral direction to the left end portion. An engagement protrusion 82A provided at the tip of the left second arm 82 as viewed from the rear is held by the long hole 33M and engaged slidably. In addition, in detail, the third effect member 33 is configured such that the base plate is covered with the decorative cover from the front side, and the long holes 33M are formed in the base plate (in FIG. 23, the decorative cover is illustrated) Absent.). In addition, the length of a rotation reference line 81L connecting the rotation center of the first arm 81 and the center of the hinge shaft 81A, and the rotation connecting the rotation center of the second arm 82 and the center of the engagement protrusion 82A The lengths of the reference lines 82L are the same.

  A slide plate 84 is disposed on the rear surface of the plate-like base 83 in an overlapping manner. The slide plate 84 has a shape in which one end of a laterally extending strip is widened vertically. In addition, two long oblong holes 84A, 84A are provided side by side in a horizontal row at two places in the longitudinal direction of the slide plate 84, and a pair of engaging protrusions 83T, 83T that project rearward from the plate base 83 Are retained and slidably engaged in the long holes 84A, 84A. Then, the linear movement range of the slide plate 84 is defined by the contact between the both ends of each long hole 84A and the engagement protrusion 83T.

  On the upper surface of the slide plate 84, racks 84B and 84C are formed at two places in the longitudinal direction. On the other hand, pinions 81G and 82G are fixed to the base end portions of the first and second arms 81 and 82 so as to be integrally rotatable, and the pinions 81G and 82G are respectively meshed with the racks 84B and 84C. Further, the diameters of the pitch circles of the pinions 81G and 82G are the same. Thus, the first and second arms 81 and 82 interlock and rotate in the same direction at the same speed. Further, when the rotation reference line 81L of the first arm 81 and the rotation reference line 82L of the second arm 82 are not parallel to each other and the slide plate 84 is positioned at one end of the linear movement range, FIGS. As shown in 27 (B), both rotation reference lines 81L and 82L of both the first and second arms 81 and 82 extend upward from their respective rotation centers and are mutually separated in the vertical direction The first appearance state is inclined by a predetermined angle. When the slide plate 84 is positioned at the other end of the linear movement range, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 26A, the first and second arms 81 and 82 hang down, and the entire third effect member 33 is The front of the plate base 83 is overlapped, and the entire first and second arms 81 and 82 are accommodated between the third effect member 33 and the plate base 83.

  A longitudinally long engaging long hole 85 is formed at the wide end of the slide plate 84. In addition, a relay gear 86 having a diameter slightly larger than the width of the slide plate 84 is provided between the wide end of the slide plate 84 and the plate-like base 83, and the plate-like base 83 is pivotable. It is supported. Furthermore, from a position close to the outer edge of the relay gear 86, the engagement protrusion 86A protrudes rearward, is retained in the engagement long hole 85, and is slidably engaged. Then, the relay gear 86 is rotated by 180 degrees or more, and the slide plate 84 is linearly moved by the diameter of a circle which is a rotation locus of the center of the engagement protrusion 86A. A drive source 87 for rotationally driving the relay gear 86 is attached to one end of the front surface of the plate-like base 83. The drive source 87 has a reduction gear attached to one end of a stepping motor, and an output gear is fixed to the output rotation shaft of the reduction gear. Further, the drive source 87 is fixed to the plate base 83 in a state where the output gear is received in the recess formed in the plate base 83, and the output gear is output through the through hole formed in the side portion of the recess. Is engaged with the relay gear 86 on the rear surface of the plate-like base 83. Thus, the slide plate 84 receives power from the drive source 87 and slides.

  The relay gear 86 is rotatable until the engagement projection 86A is engaged with the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the engagement long hole 85 of the slide plate 84. The engagement projection 86A does not reach the lower end of the engagement long hole 85 (see FIG. 23) when the first and second arms 81 and 82 are arranged at the first appearance position (see FIG. 23). The reference numeral 86 is disposed at an intermediate position of the rotation range. Therefore, when the relay gear 86 is rotated by the drive source 87 while the first and second arms 81 and 82 are in the stored state, the slide plate 84 is moved from one end to the other end of the linear movement range. Then, it is moved to the second appearance position (see FIG. 25 and FIG. 27B) slightly returned to one end side again. That is, the third effect member 33 is rotated clockwise as viewed from the front as shown in FIG. 26B and FIG. 26C from the storage position shown in FIG. After reaching the first appearance position shown in D), it is turned slightly counterclockwise and arranged at the second appearance position shown in FIG.

  One end of an elastic member 88, which is a tension coil spring, is attached to the rear surface of the plate base 83 at the end opposite to the drive source 87, and the other end of the elastic member 88 is the middle of the slide plate 84 in the longitudinal direction. It is attached to the department. Then, when the third effect member 33 is in the storage state, the amount of deformation of the elastic member 88 is maximized, and the upward movement of the third effect member 33 is assisted by the elastic force of the elastic member 88. ing.

  The description of the configuration of the second mechanism unit 80 is as described above. Next, the configuration of the third mechanism unit 90 will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, the third mechanism unit 90 is disposed on the front side of the left side portion of the first mechanism unit 41 as viewed from the front. Further, the third mechanism unit 90 has a base portion 91 at the upper end portion, and is configured to linearly move in the lateral direction in a state where the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" hangs down from the base portion 91. Specifically, the base portion 91 has a shape in which an extending portion 91E extends horizontally from the upper end of the right side portion of the horizontally long substantially rectangular base portion main body 91H. A plurality of fixing protrusions 91A respectively projecting from the upper surface and the left side surface of the base portion 91 are screwed to the upper portion and the upper edge portion of the left side edge portion of the monitor support frame 24.

  As shown in FIGS. 28 and 37, on the rear surface of the base portion 91, a pair of pedestal portions 92, 92 is provided at the tip of the extension portion 91E and the upper portion of one side of the base portion main body 91H on the opposite side. Is formed. Further, both end portions of a guide shaft 93 which is a metal round bar are received in a pair of angular grooves 92M and 92M formed in the pedestal portions 92 and 92, respectively. Then, the holding plates 92P, 92P are screwed to the rear surfaces of the pedestal portions 92, 92, and the guide shaft 93 is prevented from coming off in the angular groove 92M, and the guide shaft 93 is provided by a wall provided at one end of each angular groove 92M. The lateral movement of is regulated. In other words, the base portion 91 has an axial direction of the guide shaft 93 in the first support divided body including the base portion main body 91H and the extension portion 91E and the second support divided body including the pressing plates 92P and 92P. The guide shaft 93 is divided in the direction orthogonal to (in the present embodiment, in the front-rear direction), and the movement of the guide shaft 93 with respect to the base portion 91 is restricted by being sandwiched between the first and second support divided bodies. Here, a pair of slide rings 93R, 93R are inserted through the guide shaft 93, and the slide rings 93R, 93R can be moved linearly with respect to the guide shaft 93. Each sliding ring 93R has a cylindrical shape, and the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the sliding ring 93R are concentric. Further, in the present embodiment, the sliding rings 93R, 93R are made of resin having high slidability. Examples of such a resin having high slidability include resins such as polyacetal, polyamide and polyphenylene sulfide, and fluorine resins including polytetrafluoroethylene, and those having self-lubricity are preferable. Other preferable examples of the resin constituting the slide ring 93R include polyolefin resins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polyimide, and the like, and those having self-lubricity are preferable.

  A horizontally extending slide member 94 is provided between the guide shaft 93 and the base portion 91. At both ends of the slide member 94, a pair of receiving grooves 94M and 94M having groove openings opened rearward are formed (see FIGS. 28 and 35). In each receiving groove 94M, the groove width of the central portion 94C is wider than the groove width of the both ends. The slide ring 93R is received in the central portion 94C of each receiving groove 94M, and the movement of the slide ring 93R in the lateral direction with respect to the slide member 94 is restricted. Further, as shown in FIG. 34, when the sliding ring 93R is received in the central portion 94C of the receiving groove 94M, the sliding ring 93R fits snugly into the central portion 94C of the receiving groove 94M, and the vertical movement is also achieved. It is regulated. The depths of the central portions 94C and 94C of the receiving grooves 94M and 94M are the same as the diameter of the sliding ring 93R.

  At one end of the slide member 94 on the side of the extension portion 91E, a pressing plate 94P is overlapped and screwed from the rear. As a result, the one sliding ring 93R is held between the pressing plate 94P and the groove bottom of the receiving groove 94M, so that the receiving groove 94M is prevented from coming off and movement in the front-rear direction is also restricted (see FIG. 34). .

  The upper edge portion of the extension plate 95 extended upward from the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" is overlapped from the rear and screwed in a range extending from the other end of the slide member 94 to the substantially central portion. As a result, the other slide ring 93R is prevented from coming off the receiving groove 94M. Similarly to the one sliding ring 93R, the other sliding ring 93R is received in the central portion 94C of the receiving groove 94M so that the lateral and vertical movement is restricted, and the groove of the receiving groove 94M By being sandwiched between the bottom and the extension plate 95, movement in the front-rear direction is restricted. As described above, in the present embodiment, the linear motion member 99 including the slide member 94, the movable effect member 30B, the extension plate 95, and the pressing plate 94P is the first linear motion division body including the slide member 45, and It is divided in a direction (in this embodiment, in the front-rear direction) orthogonal to the axial direction of the guide shaft 93 into a second linear motion split body consisting of the member 30B, the extension plate 95 and the pressing plate 94P, and the sliding ring 93R , 93R are restricted between movement with respect to the linear movement member 99 by being sandwiched between the first and second linear movement split bodies. Then, the sliding ring 93R held by the linear movement member 99 slides in the axial direction with respect to the guide shaft 93 supported by the base portion 91, whereby the linear movement member 99 with respect to the base portion 91 That is, the slide member 45 and the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" linearly move. In the present embodiment, the pressing plate 92P, the pressing plate 94P, and the extension plate 95 are transparent, but may not be transparent.

  Further, the slide member 94 is formed with a shaft receiving groove 94U for connecting the receiving grooves 94M and 94M to each other. Guide shafts 93 inserted into the sliding rings 93R and 93R are received at the shaft receiving grooves 94U and at both ends of the receiving grooves 94M and 94M.

  A horizontally long slide relay member 96 is provided at the lower edge of the rear surface of the base portion main body 91H. The slide relay member 96 is provided with a pair of laterally long elongated holes 96A, 96A arranged in a horizontal row, and the engaging protrusions 96T, 96T protruding from the base portion main body 91H are prevented from being removed by the elongated holes 96A, 96A. And slidably engaged. A rack 96R is formed on the top surface of the slide relay member 96.

  A drive source 97 is attached to an end of the rear surface of the base portion main body 91H opposite to the extension portion 91E. The drive source 97 has a reduction gear attached to one end of a stepping motor, and an output gear fixed to the output rotation shaft of the reduction gear meshes with the rack 96R.

  The proximal end portion of the relay lever 98 is rotatably attached at a position near the lower end of the rear surface of the base portion main body 91H in the approximate center in the lateral direction. Further, a gear 98G is formed on the outer surface of the base end of the relay lever 98, and the gear 98G is in mesh with the rack 96R. An engagement projection 98A provided at the tip of the relay lever 98 is engaged with the longitudinally long engagement long hole 95M formed in the extension plate 95 in a slidable manner. Thereby, the power of the drive source 97 is transmitted to the extension plate 95 via the slide relay member 96 and the relay lever 98, and the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" linearly translates in the lateral direction. Further, the lower end portion of the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" is provided with a pair of rollers 95R and 95R that rotate around a rotating shaft extending in the vertical direction, and these rollers 95R and 95R are movably accommodated. The grooved guide 95 </ b> G is disposed at a position near the lower end on the left side of the monitor support frame 24.

  The above-described linear motion member 99 is assembled to the base portion 91 as follows. First, as shown in FIG. 35, the guide shaft 93 is inserted into the sliding rings 93R, 93R. Next, the guide shaft 93 is received in the shaft receiving groove 94U of the slide member 45, and each sliding ring 93R is received in each receiving groove 94M (see FIG. 36).

  Next, as shown in FIG. 36, the above-described pressing plate 94P and the extension plate 95 are applied to the slide member 45 and screwed. As a result, the sliding rings 93R, 93R are prevented from coming off the receiving grooves 94M, 94M, respectively. In this manner, the linear motion member 99 in which the guide shaft 93 is inserted is obtained (see FIG. 37). The guide shaft 93 is inserted after the sliding ring 93R is held by the linear moving member 99 with the sliding rings 93R and 93R sandwiched between the sliding member 45, the pressing plate 94P and the extension plate 95. The slide rings 93R and 93R may be inserted.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 37, the linear moving member is inserted into the linear moving member 99 so that both end portions of the guide shaft 93 are received by the angular grooves 92M and 92M of the pedestal portions 92 and 92 of the base portion 91. 99 is addressed to the base portion 91 from the rear side. At this time, the engagement projection 98A of the relay lever 98 is inserted into the engagement long hole 95M of the extension plate 95. Then, the pressing plates 92P and 92P are respectively applied to the pedestal portions 92 and 92 of the base portion 91 and screwed. As a result, both ends of the guide shaft 93 are prevented from coming off the angular grooves 92M and 92M. Furthermore, the bush 120 having a flange portion with a diameter larger than the width of the engaging long hole 95M at the rear end is deeply inserted from the rear side through the engaging long hole 95M into the engaging projection 98A of the relay lever 98 to the back . In this state, the tip of the engaging protrusion 98A protrudes rearward from the bush 120, and the E-ring 120E is attached to the tip of the engaging protrusion 98A. Thus, the bush 120 is fixed to the engagement projection 98A, and the flange portion of the bush 120 prevents the extension plate 95 from coming off the relay lever 98. Thus, the extension plate 95 (that is, the movable effect member 30B) is restricted from rotating about the axis of the guide shaft 93. The linear motion member 99 is assembled to the base portion 91 as described above. The description of the configuration of the third mechanism unit 90 is as described above.

  A block diagram of a control system of the gaming machine 10 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the gaming machine 10 has a main control board 100 and a sub control board 101. The main control board 100 generates a random number, and when the gaming ball is won in the winning opening and is detected by the winning ball sensor 102, the random number is acquired at the detection timing. Then, based on the random numbers, the above-described ordinary drawing determination or special drawing determination is performed to generate status data for determining the gaming state such as normal state, positive change state, reach state described later, and the sub control board Apply to 101.

  The sub control board 101 controls the overall game effect based on the status data. Specifically, the sub control board 101 controls the sound output from the speaker 10S of the gaming machine 10 through the voice control circuit 103, and the LEDs or the like disposed in a distributed manner on the front surface of the gaming machine 10 or the gaming board 11 The lamp is controlled via the lamp control circuit 104. In addition to them, the sub control board 101 outputs a motor drive command to the motor drive control circuit 105 while monitoring the state of the movable part 30 based on the detection signal of each sensor provided on the movable part 30. The movable character 30 is controlled.

  30 to 32 show a movable effect processing program PG1 executed when the CPU 101A of the sub control board 101 controls the movable service 30. The movable effect processing program PG1 will be described together with the operation of the gaming machine 10 described next.

  The description regarding the configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is as described above. Next, the operation of the gaming machine 10 will be described. The movable part 30 is normally in a resting state in which the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 are stopped. In order to put the apparatus into the rest state, all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 are moved to the origin and then turned off. Then, in the pause state, as shown in FIG. 2, the first and second effect members 31, 32 of the movable effect members 30A of the "face" are effective so as not to interfere with the image effects by the liquid crystal display screen 14G. The third effect member 33 stands by at the upper side of the display window 13, stands by below the effect display window 13, and the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" stands by to the left of the effect display window 13.

  Further, the above-mentioned "origin" is set at one end of the movable range in all of the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97. Also, although the pivot lever 64 driven by the drive source 70 has been described above, the origin for the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 is the output gear of the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 It is also the "origin" for moving parts that move in conjunction with the. Furthermore, in all of the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97, the other end of the movable range opposite to the origin is referred to as the "end point", which is also the "end point" for the movable portion described above.

  Also, in the following description, when the drive sources are distinguished from one another, the drive sources 50, 50 are referred to as "slider drive sources 50, 50" to facilitate their distinction, and the drive source 70 is The driving source 87 is referred to as a “driving source for jaws 87”, and the driving source 97 is referred to as a “driving source for swords 97”.

  When both slider drive sources 50, 50 are disposed at the origin, as shown in FIG. 12A, the drive levers 52, 52 rotate outward from the vertical standing state, and the engagement projections 53, 53 It will be in the state contact | abutted to outer side edge part 51A, 51A of the engagement long hole 51,51. At this time, the relay sliders 44, 44 having the engaging elongated holes 51, 51 receive a downward load due to their own weights of the first and second effect members 31, 32, etc. Is moved outward to press the engaging protrusion 53 against the outer end 51A. That is, when the both slider drive sources 50, 50 are arranged at the origin, the load becomes a so-called "self lock state" in which the mechanical lock is deepened by the engaging long holes 51, 51 and the drive levers 52, 52. As a result, both slider drive sources 50, 50 are maintained at the origin even when the power is not supplied.

  When the face tilting drive source 70 is disposed at the origin, as shown in FIG. 6, the pivot lever 64 is suspended from the pivot center as described above. In this state, when the relay sliders 44 are disposed at the origin, the first effect member 31 abuts on the upper inner surface of the monitor support frame 24 or the upward movement is restricted by the auxiliary arm 71, as shown in FIG. Thus, the first and second effect members 31, 32 overlap, and the upward movement of the second effect member 32 is also restricted. That is, the face tilting drive source 70 is maintained at the origin even when it is de-energized in a state where it is disposed at the origin together with both slider drive sources 50, 50.

  When the jaw drive source 87 is disposed at the origin, as shown in FIG. 24, the engagement projection 86A of the relay gear 86 is on the left side of the figure with respect to the rotation center of the relay gear 86 and slightly below. It will be located in From this state, even if a force acts to move the long hole 84A further downward, the slide plate 84 does not move to the right side in the figure by the mechanical stopper (not shown) between the first arm 81 and the slide plate 84. . That is, the urging force of the elastic member 88 increases the pressing force of the mechanical stoppers (not shown) between the first arm 81 and the slide plate 84 to a self-locking state, and the jaw drive source 87 is disposed at the origin. Is maintained at the origin even if it is de-energized.

  When the sword drive source 97 is disposed at the origin, the relay lever 98 in FIG. 29 is inclined downward further than the horizontal position extending from the rotation center to the right in the figure, and the relay lever 98 and the base portion It is positioned by a mechanical stopper provided between it and 91. As a result, the force for moving the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" to the left side of the figure, that is, the center side of the effect display window 13 temporarily acts to be in the self lock state. Therefore, the sword drive source 97 is maintained at the origin even when the power is not supplied.

  The description regarding the resting state of the movable part 30 is as described above. The gaming machine 10 is normally in a normal state that is not a definite change state. Therefore, when starting the game by the gaming machine 10, the player strikes the left with the operation handle 28 (see FIG. 1). Then, when a part of the plurality of game balls flowing down the left game area R1 wins the first start winning opening 16A, the special image determination is performed, and the three special symbols 14A, 14B, 14C shown in FIG. Is fluctuatingly displayed like a slot, for example, special symbols 14A, 14B and 14C are stopped and displayed in the order of left, right and center. At that time, for example, in the reach state in which the left and right special symbols 14A and 14C which are previously stopped and displayed become the same symbol, the center special symbol 14B is variably displayed longer than in the case other than that. And if it becomes the same pattern (namely, Zoro eyes) of all the special symbols 14A, 14B, 14C, it will be a big hit, otherwise it will be removed.

  Here, in the reach state, the “transformation hero” that is the character image 14X is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 14G with the “sword” that is the item image 14Y together with the special symbols 14A, 14B, and 14C. An image effect that fights against the "enemy", which is a non-character image, is performed. Then, when it comes out of the reach state (that is, when it comes to "reach out"), the image production ends without winning or losing the battle, or the transformation hero loses the enemy and the image production ends. On the other hand, when reaching from the reach state (that is, when reaching the "reach hit"), the image rendering is finished with the transformation hero winning the enemy, and then the movable character 30 is started to perform the movable rendering. Rush into the aforementioned big hit game from.

  At this time, if the reach hit is not the "certain change with a big hit", the first movable effect is performed, and if the reach hit is a "with a positive change big hit", a second movable effect is performed. The first and second movable effects are the same up to the middle, and only the latter is different, and the CPU 101A of the sub control board 101 executes the movable effect processing program PG1 shown in FIGS. The movable effect of is controlled.

  Specifically, when the movable effect processing program PG1 is executed by the CPU 101A, all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 which were initially in the non-energized state are brought into the energized state (S11). It is controlled to be maintained at the origin (S12).

  Next, both slider drive sources 50, 50 are controlled to move toward the reverse reference position near the end point (S13), and both drive levers 52, 52 are rotated until they become vertically suspended, The drive sources for the sliders 50, 50 are reversed so that the drive levers 52, 52 move to the dummy position slightly shifted to the origin side from the mid reference position (FIG. 12B) described above. 50 and 50 are controlled (S14).

  By these controls, the bridge member 60 moves toward the lower end position of the movable range, and accordingly, the first and second effect members 31, 32 are lowered while being mutually shifted up and down, and the first and second The effect members 31, 32 are completely deployed and are further lowered. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the bridging member 60 reaches the lower end position of the movable range, the whole of the movable effect members 30A of the "face" is located in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G except the jaws, For a moment, although it becomes "side profile of the tip of the nose", the bridging member 60 rises immediately and "side profile of the tip of the nose" disappears.

  Further, while both slider drive sources 50, 50 are controlled so that the drive levers 52, 52 move to the dummy position (S14), detection of both optical sensors 55S, 55S of both slider drive sources 50, 50 It is checked whether the signal has switched from the off state to the on state (YES loop of S15). Then, when the optical sensor 55S of one of the slider drive sources 50 is switched to the ON state (NO in S15), the position for one slider drive source 50 at that timing is maintained. The drive source 50 is stopped in the energized state (S16). Then, it is checked whether the optical sensor 55S of the other slider drive source 50 has switched to the on state (NO in S17). Then, when the optical sensor 55S of the other slider drive source 50 is switched to the on state (YES in S17), the other slider drive source is maintained so that the position of the other slider drive source 50 at that timing is maintained. 50 is stopped in the energized state (S18). Thus, the delay between the left and right slider drive sources 50, 50 is eliminated, and both slider drive sources 50, 50 and both drive levers 52, 52 are dummy as shown in FIG. 12 (B). It is located at a reference position slightly before the position.

  After this state, for example, after 100 [msec], both slider drive sources 50, 50 are moved to the end point and controlled so that the bridging member 60 is lowered (S19). During the descent operation, the face tilting drive source 70 is controlled to move from the origin to the horizontal reference position where the pivoting lever 64 is in the horizontal posture, and the jaw driving source 87 includes the third effect member 33. It is controlled to move to the first appearance position where the horizontal attitude is above the stage 21 (S19). As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the “transformed face with the mouth closed” of the makeover hero appears in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G.

  At this time, the elastic force of the elastic member 72 acts as an upward force on the cross-linking member 60, but even if the elastic force acts more than the gravity load, as shown in FIG. Since the drive lever 51 and the drive lever 52 are in a self-locking state with respect to the upward force, the load on the slider drive sources 50 and 50 is small. Further, since both slider drive sources 50, 50 are energized and maintained at the end point, the self-locking state is reliably maintained.

  After the appearance of “a closed face with a closed mouth” of the transformation hero, the face tilt drive source 70 and the jaw drive source 87 are controlled to move to the end point (S20). As a result, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the turning lever 64 is inclined upward, and the second effect member 32 and the third effect member 33 pivot up and down with the right end of FIG. Tilted to divide into two, the transformation hero's "closed face profile" changes to "opened profile face".

  When the “Hide-open profile” of the transformation hero is maintained for a predetermined time (YES in S21), the face tilting drive source 70 and the jaw drive source 87 are controlled to move to the origin (S22). As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the movable effect member 30A becomes "a profile with a falling nose".

  In this state, it is determined whether "big hit" in the special view determination is "big hit with probability change" (S23), and if it is not "big hit with positive change" (NO in S23), both slider drive sources 50, It is controlled to move 50 to the origin (S27). As a result, all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 are placed at the origin. Then, the power supply to all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 is stopped to be in the pause state (S28), and the movable effect processing program PG1 ends.

  On the other hand, if the "big hit" in the special view determination is "big hit with probability change" (YES in S23), the sword drive source 97 is controlled to move to the end point (S24). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 4, the second component 30 </ b> Y that is the nose of “the side-down profile” is hidden by the movable effect member 30 </ b> B of the “sword”. Then, the movable effect member 30A can be seen as the "front face" of the makeover hero. More specifically, it appears that a part of the front face of the makeover hero appears from the side of the sword. That is, the movable effect member 30A, which was the "side face" of the transformation hero until the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" appears, has the "front face of the transformation hero" after the appearance of the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" As a first component 30X, the line of sight of the "eye" looks to the player's side from the state of turning to the left. That is, trick art by the movable character 30 is provided to the player.

  Then, after the predetermined time has elapsed (YES in S25), the sword drive source 97 is controlled to move to the origin (S26), and thereafter both sliders are operated in the same manner as in the case of not being "big hit with definite change". The drive sources 50, 50 are moved to the origin (S27), the energization is stopped and put into a rest state (S28), and the movable effect processing program PG1 ends.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the whole of the first and second effect members 31, 32 except the “nose” which is the second component 30Y is combined with the “nose”. It is possible to provide novel effects by using a trick art that looks like "side profile" and looks like "front face" if not combined with "nose". That is, in the present embodiment, the “nose” of the first and second effect members 31 and 32 is the “second decorative portion”, and the entire other than the “nose” of the first and second effect members 31 and 32 is As "the first decorative part", and when the "first decorative part" is combined with the "second decorative part" and when it is not so (the appearance of the "front face" and the appearance of the "side face" You can use the trick art that you

  In addition, when the first and second effect members 31, 32 become a "front face", not only the "nose" is concealed but also the decoration in relation to the first and second effect members 31, 32 Since it is hidden by the movable effect member 30B of the "sword", the state in which the "nose" is hidden is just in the state in which the sword is held in front of the "front face", and the decorativeness is also high.

  Furthermore, the case where the "second decorative part" ("nose") is combined with the "first decorative part" (the whole of the first and second effect members 31, 32 other than the "nose") is not so Since the inclination of the "first decorative portion" is changed depending on the case, the difference in the appearance of the "first decorative portion" (in particular, the appearance of the "eye" which is the first component 30X of the "first decorative portion" Differences) become clear. In addition to this, when the "first decorative part" is the first appearance (if it looks like "front face") and if it is the second appearance (if it looks like "side profile") Since there is also a difference as to whether or not the three rendering members 33 are added, the difference in the appearance of the "first decorative portion" becomes even clearer. That is, depending on whether the third effect member 33 approaches or separates from the first decorative portion, it is possible to make the appearance of the first decorative portion different. Also, as in the present embodiment, by making the first and second effect members 31 and 32 have two types of visual significance using trick art, two types of visual significance can be obtained. Can be made more compact than when separately provided ones having. In order to make the appearance of the first decorative portion different, instead of hiding the second decorative portion, the second decorative portion may be separated from the first decorative portion so as to be separable from the first decorative portion. . In this case, the second decorative portion may be the second component 30Y, or may be the third effect member 33 as described above. The description of the configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is as described above.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the guide shaft 93 is supported by the base portion 91, and the sliding ring 93R is supported by the guide shaft 93 so as to be linearly movable. The sliding ring 93 </ b> R is held by the linear movement member 99, whereby the linear movement member 99 is supported by the base portion 91 so as to be linearly movable. As described above, in the present embodiment, since the linear motion supporting mechanism for supporting the linear motion member 99 to be linearly movable on the base portion 91 is constituted by the guide shaft 93 and the sliding ring 93R which are metal rods, It is possible to realize the mechanism inexpensively. In addition, as the sliding ring 93R and the guide shaft 93 (metal rod), inexpensive general purpose products can also be used.

  Further, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the base portion 91 includes the first support divided body (the base portion main body 91H and the base extension portion 91E) and the second support divided body in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the guide shaft 93. (The holding plates 92P and 92P). Thus, after the guide shaft 93 and the sliding ring 93R are assembled to the linear motion member 99, the guide shaft 93 can be assembled to the base portion 91.

  Moreover, in the present embodiment, the first linear motion split body (slide member 45) is provided with the receiving groove 94M for receiving the sliding ring 93R and the shaft receiving groove 94U for receiving the guide shaft 93. The sliding ring 93R and the guide shaft 93 can be assembled to the first linear motion division before attaching the second linear movement division. Then, since the second linear motion division body may be attached to the first linear motion division body thereafter, the assembling operation becomes easy.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since a plurality of sliding rings 93R supported by the guide shaft 93 so as to be linearly movable are provided at intervals, it is possible to enhance the stability of the linear movement operation of the linear moving member 99. . Moreover, in the present embodiment, the guide shaft 93 has a round bar shape, and the sliding ring 93R has an annular shape in which the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface are concentric circles, so the guide shaft 93 and the sliding ring It is not necessary to care about the direction around the central axis of the guide shaft 93 and the sliding ring 93R when the 93R is attached, which facilitates the assembly work. Further, since the slide ring 93R is formed of resin, it is possible to reduce the weight and to reduce the cost in mass production.

Second Embodiment
The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment has the same mechanism as that of the first embodiment, and the contents of effects by the liquid crystal display screen 14G and the movable role object 30 are different. That is, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the face of the transformation hero by the movable role 30 closes the “front face” and the “mouth” according to the expected value to be hit when the reach state is reached. It changes to "side profile" and "mouth side open profile".

  Specifically, when the movable effect (this is referred to as "low expected value movable effect") is performed in a reach state where the expected value to be hit is low, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" starts from the origin to the end point The bridge member 60 then descends to the end point, and as shown in FIG. 4, the “frontal face” of the transformation hero described in the first embodiment appears. Thereafter, after the first and second effect members 31, 32 exit above the effect display window 13 and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, the result of the special view determination on the liquid crystal display screen 14G Is displayed.

  When moveable production (this is called "high / low expected value moveable production") is performed in a reach state where the expected value to be hit is high, the "front face" of the transformation hero appears in the same manner as "low expected value movable production" After that, as shown in the changes in FIG. 6 to FIG. 7, the turning lever 64 is turned to the horizontal reference position, and the first and second effect members 31, 32 are in the horizontal posture, and the third effect member 33 appears above the stage 21, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and the "crossed face with a closed mouth" of the makeover hero described in the first embodiment appears. Thereafter, the first to third effect members 31, 32, and 33 are withdrawn above or below the effect display window 13, and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and the liquid crystal display screen 14G The result of the figure determination is displayed.

  If moveable production (this is called "super heatable moveable production") is performed in a reach state where the expected value is higher than "high and low expected value movable production", the "Hello low expected value movable production" is the same as "high and low expected value movable production" After the appearance of the “cross face closed,” as shown in the changes in FIG. 7 to FIG. 8, the turning lever 64 moves to the end point and the third effect member 33 tilts, and the first embodiment is described. "The profile with an open mouth" of the makeover hero appears. Thereafter, the first to third effect members 31, 32, and 33 are withdrawn above or below the effect display window 13, and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and the liquid crystal display screen 14G The result of the figure determination is displayed.

  In addition to these, it may be shown to the player as "low expected value movable effect" and in fact there may be a case where "special movable effect" to perform "high / low expected value movable effect" or "excellent movable effect" is performed. is there. Specifically, when the "special movable effect" is executed, after the "front face" of the transformation hero appears in the same way as the "low expected value movable effect", the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" Returns to the origin, and the first and second effect members 31, 32 move to the upper side of the effect display window 13 together with the bridging member 60. At this time, steps S15 to S19 described in the first embodiment are performed, and it is confirmed that the drive levers 52, 52 for driving the bridging member 60 reach the reference position halfway, and immediately (10 [msec] And the bridge member 60 is lowered. As a result, even if the drive levers 52, 52 are not brought into mechanical contact and moved to the home position, the delays of both drive levers 52, 52 are eliminated, and the bridging member 60 is smoothly held in a stable posture. It can be lowered. Then, while the bridging member 60 descends, the third effect member 33 ascends, and the “Hide-to-mouth side profile” or the “Hair-open side profile” of the transformation hero appears, and the “high or low expected value movable effect” Move to "super heatable moving production".

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to provide a novel effect using trick art.

[Other embodiments]
The present invention can be implemented with various modifications as exemplified below, in addition to the above embodiment.

  (1) In the above embodiment, the direction in which each of the linear motion member 99 and the base portion 91 is divided is orthogonal to the axial direction of the guide shaft 93, but may be simply intersected without being orthogonal.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the direction in which the linear movement member 99 is divided into the first and second linear movement divisions and the direction in which the base portion 91 is divided into the first and second support divisions are It is the same but may be different.

  (3) Although the base portion 91 is divided in the above embodiment, it may not be divided. In this case, for example, an insertion hole may be formed in the base portion 91, and the guide shaft 93 may be attached to the base portion 91 by inserting the guide shaft 93 into the insertion hole.

  (4) In the said embodiment, although the sliding ring 93R was provided with two or more, one may be provided.

  (5) In the above embodiment, the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the sliding ring 93R are circular when viewed from the axial direction of the sliding ring 93R, but the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the sliding ring 93R At least one of them may be a polygon.

  (6) In the above embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the guide shaft 93 in the radial direction is circular, but it may be polygonal, or it may be a circular or a partially cut-out polygonal shape. Good.

  (7) In the above embodiment, the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the sliding ring 93R are coaxial, but may not be coaxial.

  (8) In the above embodiment, the sliding ring 93R is sandwiched in contact with the first and second linear motion split bodies, but the sliding ring 93R and the first or second linear motion division body There may be a gap in the front-rear direction between them. Further, in the above embodiment, the sliding ring 93R is fitted tightly in the central portion 94C of the receiving groove 94M of the first linear motion segmented member, but between the sliding ring 93R and the central portion 94C of the receiving groove 94M. There may be gaps in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  (9) In the above embodiment, the slide ring 93R is made of resin, but it may be made of metal or may be made of a sintered material. In these cases, it is preferable that the metal and the sintered material have self-lubricity.

  (10) In the above embodiment, only one guide shaft 93 is provided, but a plurality of guide shafts may be provided at intervals. In this case, the stability of the linear movement operation of the linear movement member 99 can be improved.

  (13) In the above-described embodiment, the guide shaft 93 is supported by the base portion 91 and the sliding ring 93R is held by the linear motion member 99, but may be reversed. That is, the guide shaft 93 may be supported by the linear motion member 99, and the sliding ring 93R may be held by the base portion 91.

  (14) In the above embodiment, the linear motion member 99 is configured to be separated into the first and second members (linear motion split bodies), but in the configuration in which the first and second members are hingedly connected It may be. Further, the base portion 91 may be configured by hinge-connecting the first and second members.

  (15) In the above embodiment, the sliding ring 93R is annular, but may be C-shaped.

<Supplementary Note>
The following configurations can be considered to be included in the gaming machine illustrated in the above embodiment and the other embodiments.

[Configuration 1]
In a gaming machine provided with a linear motion member supported by a support member so as to be linearly movable,
A metal bar is supported by the support member, and a sliding ring is supported by the metal bar so as to be linearly movable.
The linear motion member is divided into first and second linear motion divisions in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the metal bar,
The gaming machine, wherein the first and second linear motion split bodies are held in a state in which movement with respect to the linear motion member is restricted with the sliding ring interposed therebetween.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to realize at a low cost a mechanism for supporting the linear motion member so as to be linearly movable on the support member.

[Configuration 2]
In a direction transverse to the axial direction of the metal bar, the support member is divided into first and second support segments,
The gaming machine according to Configuration 1, wherein the first and second support divided bodies are held in a state in which movement with respect to the support member is restricted with both ends of the metal bar interposed.

  According to this configuration, after the metal bar and the sliding ring are assembled to the linear motion member, the metal bar can be assembled to the support member.

[Configuration 3]
In a configuration 2 in which the direction in which the linear motion member is divided into the first and second linear motion divisions is the same as the direction in which the support member is divided into the first and second support divisions The gaming machine described.

  Thus, the division direction of the linear motion member and the division direction of the support member may be the same or different.

[Configuration 4]
The first linear motion division body receives a sliding ring from a receiving opening that opens in one of a first direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the metal bar, and the sliding ring is received in all directions other than the one in the first direction. A ring receiving portion for restricting the movement of the sliding ring with respect to the linear motion member; and a pair of bar receiving grooves for receiving the metal bar from a groove opening opening in one of the first directions;
The gaming machine according to any one of the configurations 1 to 3, wherein the second linear motion division body closes the receiving opening of the ring receiving portion and the groove opening of the pair of bar receiving grooves. .

  According to this configuration, the metal bar and the sliding ring may be assembled to the first linear motion division body, and the second linear motion division body may be attached thereto, which facilitates the assembling operation.

[Configuration 5]
The gaming machine according to any one of the configurations 1 to 4, wherein a plurality of the metal bars are provided at intervals.

  According to this configuration, the linear movement operation of the linear movement member is stabilized.

[Configuration 6]
The metal bar has a round bar shape,
The gaming machine according to any one of the configurations 1 to 5, wherein the sliding ring has an annular shape in which an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface are concentric.

  According to this configuration, it is not necessary to care about the direction around the central axis of the metal bar and the sliding ring at the time of mounting, and the assembling operation becomes easy.

[Configuration 7]
The gaming machine according to any one of the configurations 1 to 6, wherein the sliding ring is formed of polyacetal, polyamide, polytetrafluoroethylene, or polyphenylene sulfide.

  If the slide ring is made of resin in this manner, weight reduction is possible, and it is inexpensive when mass-produced.

[Configuration 8]
The gaming machine according to any one of the configurations 1 to 6, wherein the sliding ring is formed of a self-lubricating metal or a sintered material.

  Thus, the sliding ring may be made of a member other than resin.

  The following components in the above embodiment correspond to the following components in the above [Configuration] as follows.

  Support member: base portion 91, metal bar: guide shaft 93, ring receiving portion: central portion 94C of receiving groove 94M, bar receiving groove: both ends of receiving groove 94M

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 game machine 11 game board 30 movable role product 30B movable presentation member 90 third mechanism unit 91 base part 91E extension part 91H base part main body 92 base part 92M square groove 92P holding plate 93 guide shaft 93R slide ring 94 slide member 94M reception Groove 94P Presser plate 94U Shaft receiving groove 95 Extension plate 99 Direct acting member

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine provided with a linear motion member supported by a support member so as to be linearly movable,
A metal bar is supported by the support member, and a sliding ring is supported by the metal bar so as to be linearly movable.
The linear motion member has an elongated shape extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the metal bar, and holds the sliding ring at one end in the longitudinal direction,
A power transmission member for transmitting power to the linear movement member also serves as a rotation restricting member for restricting rotation of the linear movement member around the axis of the metal bar,
The connection portion of the linear motion member to the power transmission member is disposed closer to the one end of the linear motion member,
An intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the linear motion member is visible from the front side, and one end of the linear motion member is covered by the support member from the front side ,
A game machine comprising a cover member covering the other end of the linear motion member from the front side .