JP7002736B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a mechanism in which the tips of a pair of arms rotatably supported by a base member are rotatably connected to a driven member.

Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, a machine in which a driven member, a pair of arms, and a base member form a parallel link is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-236086 (paragraphs [0024] to [0026], FIGS. 6 and 7).

By the way, in the parallel link, the posture of the driven member can be kept constant and moved, but it may be necessary to change the posture of the driven member. On the other hand, a non-parallel link is generally adopted, but the non-parallel link has a problem that the degree of freedom in setting the posture of the driven member is too low.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of setting the posture of a driven member supported by a pair of arms with a high degree of freedom.

The invention according to claim 1 made in order to achieve the above object is that the first and second arms rotatably supported and driven by the base member, respectively, and the tip of the first arm are rotatable. The driven member is provided with a driven member in which the tip end portion of the second arm is rotatably and slidably connected to the second arm, and the driven member is moved into a posture by rotating the first and second arms. The first and second arms rotate in the same direction, and at least one of the arms can pass between the rotation center axes of the first and second arms in the middle of the rotation range. It is a game machine that is long.

Further, as an invention for achieving the above object, "the first and second arms rotatably supported and driven by the base member, respectively, and the tip of the second arm are rotatable and slidable. A gaming machine including a driven member in which the tip end portion of the first arm is connected so as to be rotatable only. "

Front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention Front view of the game board Front view of a gaming machine Front view of a movable accessory showing the movable production member on the front face Front view of a movable accessory in a dormant state Front view of a movable accessory showing the movable production member with the tip of the nose down and a profile Front view of a movable accessory showing a movable production member in a profile with its mouth closed Front view of a movable accessory showing a movable production member in a profile with an open mouth Front view of a movable accessory showing a movable production member in a profile with an open mouth Perspective view of monitor support frame Perspective view of movable accessory housed in 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 accessory Rear view of the drive source and drive lever mounting part Perspective view of the connecting part of the bridge member and the driven slider Rear view of a dormant movable accessory Back view of a movable accessory that shows the movable production member with the tip of the nose down and a profile Back view of a movable accessory that shows the movable production member with the tip of the nose rising and a profile Back view of the movable accessory showing the movable production member in the profile while opening the mouth Back view of a movable accessory showing a movable production member in a profile with an open mouth Rear view of the second mechanism unit when the third effect member is arranged at the first appearance position. Rear view of the second mechanism unit when the third effect member is placed in the storage position Rear view of the second mechanism unit when the third effect member is arranged 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 perspective view of the third mechanism unit Rear view of the third mechanism unit Block diagram showing the control system of the gaming machine Flow chart of movable production processing program Flow chart of movable production processing program

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 32. The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is a pachinko gaming machine, and the gaming area R1 of the gaming plate 11 shown in FIG. 2 can be visually recognized through the front glass window 10W shown in FIG. ..

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

A substantially quadrangular effect display window 13 is formed in the game area R1. 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 the movable accessory 30 (see FIG. 3) is in the space between the liquid crystal display screen 14G and the game board 11. ) Is used for the movable production. The configuration of the movable accessory 30 will be described in detail later.

A decorative frame 15 is fitted into the effect display window 13 from the front, and the game ball is restricted from entering the effect display window 13 from the upper side portion and both side portions of the effect display window 13. Further, an upper passage R2 having a width equivalent to one game ball is formed between the upper side portion of the decorative frame 15 and the rail member 12. Then, by adjusting the operation amount of the operation handle 28, it is possible to strike a right-handed ball that causes the game ball to flow down to the right side of the upper passage R2 and a left-handed player that causes the game ball to flow down to the left side of the upper passage R2.

The portion of the decorative frame 15 that covers the inner surface of the lower side 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 decorative frame 15, from which a game ball enters the stage 21 and is discharged from an upper position of the first starting winning opening 16A, which will be described later. ing. Further, the rear wall 21B of the stage stands up from the trailing edge of the stage 21. The upper edge of the rear wall 21B of the stage is bent forward to form an eave that covers the stage 21 from above.

A first start winning opening 16A is provided in the substantially center of the game area R1 in the lower region of the effect display window 13 in the left-right direction. Is provided with a plurality of ordinary winning openings 18 and a large winning opening 19 on the right side. Further, in the right side region of the game area R1, a second start winning opening 16B is provided above the large winning opening 19, and a starting gate 22 is provided above the second starting winning opening 16B. A normal winning opening 18 is also provided between the large winning opening 19 and the second starting winning opening 16B.

Further, the second starting winning opening 16B and the large winning opening 19 have opening / closing doors 16T and 19T, and are normally closed. Then, when the game ball passes through the start gate 22, a hit / fail judgment called "normal drawing judgment" is performed due to the passing. The determination result is notified on the liquid crystal display screen 14G, and when it hits there, the second start winning opening 16B opens.

Further, when a game ball wins a prize in the first and second starting winning openings 16A and 16B, a winning / failing determination called "special figure determination" is performed due to the winning. The determination result is notified on the liquid crystal display screen 14G by the symbol combination when the three special symbols 14A, 14B, and 14C are stopped and displayed after the variation display. Further, when a hit (this is referred to as a "big hit") occurs there, a big hit game in which the big winning opening 19 opens for a predetermined period is executed. The game ball that does not win in any of the winning openings is taken into the out opening 17. Further, a plurality of obstacle nails 23 are driven into the entire game area R1.

When a game ball wins in each winning opening, the prize balls corresponding to the number of winnings are paid out to the upper plate 27 (see FIG. 1) on the front surface of the game machine 10. At that time, the number of prize balls per winning ball is larger in the large winning opening 19 than in the other winning openings. Further, the game ball flowing down the left side region of the game area R1 can win a prize in the first starting winning opening 16A, but the probability that the game ball flowing down the right side region will win the first starting winning opening 16A is extremely low. The second starting winning opening 16B is the opposite. Further, in the normal state, the opening time of the opening / closing door 16T of the second starting winning opening 16B is extremely short even if it is a hit in the normal drawing determination, and the winning probability of the second starting winning opening 16B is extremely low. Furthermore, a "big hit with probability variation" is provided for the jackpot, and when the jackpot with probability variation is assigned to enter the "probability variation state", the probability of becoming a jackpot in the special figure judgment increases, and the second by the hit of the normal map judgment. The opening time of the starting winning opening 16B becomes longer. Then, it becomes easy to hit the right side to win the game ball in the second start winning opening 16B, and the big hit game can be performed while maintaining the right side hit, so that the number of prize balls is much larger than in the normal state. It will be possible to acquire.

By the way, the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment has an image effect of displaying a character image 14X, an item image 14Y, etc. on the liquid crystal display screen 14G in order to produce changes in various states such as the above-mentioned normal state and probable change state. conduct. Then, in addition to this image effect, as shown in FIG. 3, the movable effect 30 that operates the movable effect members 30A and 30B that imitate the characters appearing in the image effect in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G is also performed by the movable accessory 30. conduct.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, as a production image, the "transformation hero" as the character image 14X handles the "sword" as the item image 14Y on the liquid crystal display screen 14G, and the enemy (not shown). ) Is displayed. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 4, the movable accessory 30 has a movable effect member 30A of the “face” which is a relief imitating the character image 14X, and a “sword” which is a relief imitating the item image 14Y. The movable effect member 30B and the movable effect member 30B of the above are performed to appear in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G.

As shown in FIG. 6, the movable effect member 30A of the "face" includes the first effect member 31 which is a relief of the upper part of the face including the "eyes" as the first component 30X of the "face" and the 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 an element 30Y, and a third effect member 33 which is a relief of the lower jaw. Further, the first effect member 31 is movably connected to the second effect member 32, while the third effect member 33 is separated from the first and second effect members 31 and 32. Then, normally, as shown in FIG. 5, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 are overlapped in the front-rear direction and stand by at the upper rear position of the effect display window 13, and the third effect member 33 displays the effect. It is waiting at the lower rear position of the window 13. Further, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" has a shape extending in the vertical direction, and normally stands by at the left rear position of the effect display window 13. Then, when a predetermined gaming state is reached, as shown in FIG. 3, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 are expanded vertically and appear in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G, and the third effect is achieved. The member 33 appears at a position adjacent to the lower part of the second effect member 32, and a movable effect is performed to show the player the "face" of the character. Further, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, as shown in FIG. 4, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" slides to the right side to cover a part of the movable effect member 30A of the "face" from the front. Will be done.

The first and second effect members 31 and 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 accessory 30 is divided into first to third drive units 41, 80, 90. Further, these first to third drive units 41, 80, 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 housing structure that is larger in the vertical and horizontal directions than the front and rear, and the entire front surface is open. The front surface of the monitor support frame 24 is fixed so as to be overlapped with the rear surface of the game board 11, and the space inside the monitor support frame 24 is wider in the vertical and horizontal directions than the effect display window 13. Further, a monitor opening 24A facing the effect display window 13 is formed on the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24, 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 gantry fixed base 42 extracted and shown in FIG. 12 (A). The gate-shaped fixed base 42 has an upper side portion 42B (hereinafter referred to as “base upper side portion 42B”) between the upper ends of a pair of side side portions 42A (hereinafter referred to as “base side side portion 42A”) extending in the vertical direction. ), Which is arranged in the rear part (rear part) in the monitor support frame 24 (see FIG. 11), and both base side sides 42A and 42A are screwed to both side edges of the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24. At the same time, the base upper side portion 42B is screwed to the upper edge portion of the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24.

As shown in FIG. 15, a pair of driven sliders 45, 45 are supported on both base side sides 42A, 42A so as to be vertically movable. The driven sliders 45, 45 separately include drive sources 50, 50. The mechanism for transmitting the power of both drive sources 50 and 50 to both driven sliders 45 and 45 is symmetrical except for a part. Hereinafter, only one of the left and right sides (for example, the right side portion when the first mechanism unit 41 is viewed from the front) will be described with respect to the symmetrical portion of the first mechanism unit 41.

As shown in FIG. 6, the lower end portion of the base side portion 42A and the upper edge portion of the base upper side portion 42B are provided with a lower end support wall 42C and an upper end support wall 42D that project forward and face each other in the vertical direction, respectively. A rail shaft 43 (for example, a metal rod having a circular cross section) is passed between the upper end support wall 42D and the lower end support wall 42C. Then, a relay slider 44 extending vertically is arranged between the rail shaft 43, the base side side portion 42A, and the base upper side portion 42B, and a pair of engagements protruding forward from the upper and lower ends of the relay slider 44. The protrusions 44A and 44A are slidably engaged with the rail shaft 43. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the driven slider 45 described above is arranged between a pair of engaging protrusions 44A and 44A in a vertically extending block shape, and the rail shaft 43 penetrates the driven slider 45. And support it so that it can slide.

Further, a through hole 44H is formed in the middle portion of the relay slider 44 in the longitudinal direction, and the relay gear 46 is rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft 46S that crosses the through hole 44H. The movable rack 47 that meshes with the front side portion of the relay gear 46 is fixed to the driven slider 45, while the fixed rack 48 that meshes with the rear side portion of the relay gear 46 is fixed to the base side side portion 42A. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 14A to 14C, when the relay slider 44 moves up and down with respect to the gantry 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 twice the speed of the relay slider 44 with respect to the gantry fixed base 42. In other words, the vertical stroke of the driven slider 45 with respect to the gantry fixed base 42 is twice the vertical stroke of the relay slider 44.

As shown in FIG. 12A, the inclined portion 49A projects diagonally upward from the upper end portion of the relay slider 44 toward the horizontal center side of the portal fixing base 42, and from the upper end portion of the inclined portion 49A. Further, the horizontal portion 49 extends horizontally toward the center. Further, the horizontal portion 49 is formed with an engaging elongated hole 51 extending in a direction orthogonal to the linear motion direction (that is, the horizontal direction) of the relay slider 44. When the relay slider 44 is arranged at the upper end of the movable range, the horizontal portion 49 is located in front of the upper edge portion of the base upper side portion 42B as shown in FIG. 12 (A), and the relay slider 44 is located at the lower end of the movable range. When arranged in, the horizontal portion 49 is located below the base upper side portion 42B as shown in FIG. 13 (B). Hereinafter, of the engaging elongated holes 51, the end portion on the lateral center side of the base upper side portion 42B is referred to as “inner end portion 51B”, and the end portion on the opposite side thereof is referred to as “outer end portion 51A”.

A drive lever 52 for transmitting the power of the drive source 50 to the horizontal portion 49 is rotatably supported by the base upper side portion 42B. The drive lever 52 is arranged on the front surface of the base upper side portion 42B, and the rotation support shaft 52J of the drive lever 52 is rotatably supported at a position closer to the lower end side portion of the base upper side portion 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 locus S1 of the engagement slot 51 accompanying the vertical movement of the relay slider 44. It is located closer to K1. Further, the engaging protrusion 53 protrudes forward from the tip of the drive lever 52, and the engaging protrusion 53 is prevented from coming off from the engaging elongated hole 51 and is slidably engaged.

As shown in FIG. 15, a gear 52G is integrally rotatably fixed to the rotation support shaft 52J of the drive lever 52 and is arranged on the rear surface of the base upper side portion 42B. A drive source 50 is attached in the vicinity of the gear 52G on the rear surface of the base upper side portion 42B. The drive source 50 is, for example, assembled with a speed reducer at one end of a stepping motor, and an output gear (not shown) is fixed to the output rotation shaft of the speed reducer. Then, 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 directly meshes with the gear 52G of the drive lever 52 on the right side of FIG. 15 (see FIG. 16A), and engages with the gear 52G of the drive lever 52 on the left side of FIG. On the other hand, the output gear of the drive source 50 is indirectly meshed via the idle gear 54 (see FIG. 16B). In this way, when the output gear of the drive source 50 is meshed with the gear 52G of the drive lever 52, the rotation 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 goes in the opposite direction. In the present embodiment, this makes it possible to rotate both drive sources 50 and 50 in the same rotation direction so that the pair of drive levers 52 and 52 perform symmetrical rotation operations in opposite directions. That is, it has the effect of facilitating control of both drive sources 50 and 50 that drive a pair of movable parts (drive levers 52 and 52) symmetrically.

An idle gear is interposed between the left and right drive sources 50 and 50 and the gear 52G of the drive lever 52, and the number of idle gears on one side and the number of idle gears on the other side are different between even and odd numbers. But it has the same effect. Further, the same effect can be obtained even if the left and right drive sources 50 and 50 are attached to the Q42B in the opposite directions.

As shown in FIG. 16, the gear 52G of the drive lever 52 also meshes with the position detection gear 55 rotatably supported on the rear surface of the drive lever 52. Further, the fan-shaped projecting piece 55A projects 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 region of the fan-shaped projecting piece 55A. Then, as shown in FIG. 12B, the engagement protrusion portion is defined from the intermediate reference position where the drive lever 52 is tilted toward the inner end portion 51B side of the engagement slot 51 from the upright posture. In the rotation range of the drive lever 52 in which 53 moves toward the outer end portion 51A, the optical sensor 55S is turned on by being blocked by the fan-shaped projecting piece 55A, and is optical in the rotation range of the drive lever 52 other than that. The sensor 55S is turned off.

As shown in FIG. 15, a cross-linking member 60 is passed between the driven sliders 45 and 45. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, a plurality of horizontally long holes 60A are provided at the lateral ends of the cross-linking member 60 at intervals in the vertical direction. With respect to these elongated holes 60A, a screw hole (not shown) corresponding to the elongated hole 60A is formed on the front surface of the driven slider 45. Then, with the elongated hole 60A group facing the screw hole of the driven slider 45, a vertically long strip 60B is addressed to the front side of the elongated strip 60A group, and the through hole of the strip 60B and the elongated hole of the bridging member 60 are addressed. The screw 60C passed through the 60A is screwed into the screw hole of the driven slider 45. As a result, both ends of the cross-linking member 60 are allowed to move in the vertical direction integrally with the driven slider 45 in a state where the driven slider 45 is allowed to move linearly and rotate in the lateral direction.

As shown in FIG. 15, the lever support protrusion 63 projects upward from the end on the right side when the cross-linking member 60 is viewed from the rear. The base end portion of the rotary lever 64 is rotatably connected to the upper end portion of the front surface of the lever support protrusion 63. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the tip end portion of the rotary lever 64 is a lateral end portion 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 "lower part of the nose") and hinged with a hinge shaft body 64A.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, a drive source 70 is attached to an extension position of the lever support protrusion 63 in the lower end portion of the cross-linking member 60. Like the drive source 50, the drive source 70 is formed by assembling a speed reducer to one end of the stepping motor. Further, a gear (not shown) fixed to the base end portion of the rotary lever 64 is housed inside the lever support protrusion 63, and the gear and the output gear of the drive source 70 are connected via a plurality of idle gears. There is. As a result, the rotary 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 an arc. Further, at the "origin" which is one end of the rotation range of the rotation lever 64, the origin posture is hung from the rotation center as shown in FIG. 6, and the "end point" which is the other end of the rotation range. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the rotation lever 64 is in the end point posture extending diagonally upward of the rotation center.

As shown in FIG. 15, a first cam hole 61 is formed at the end of the cross-linking member 60 on the opposite side of the lever support protrusion 63 in the lateral direction, and the first cam hole 61 projects rearward from the rear surface of the second effect member 32. The first engaging protrusion 65 is prevented from coming off and is slidably engaged. Specifically, the first cam hole 61 is inclined downward toward the lever support protrusion 63 side, extends linearly, bends at a position closer to the lower end, and bends from there to the lower end. Up to the portion is a horizontal end portion 61A extending horizontally. Then, when the rotation lever 64 is the origin of the movable range and the second effect member 32 is in the "origin posture", the first engaging protrusion 65 is located at the horizontal end portion 61A of the first cam hole 61, and from there. As the rotary lever 64 moves toward the end point of the movable range, the center of rotation of the rotary lever 64, the center of the hinge shaft body 64A, and the center of the first engaging protrusion 65 are aligned in a straight line. Until the position (hereinafter referred to as "center series position"), the first engaging protrusion 65 moves in the first cam hole 61 to the side away from the horizontal end portion 61A (see FIG. 21). Then, when the rotary lever 64 passes through the central series position and rotates upward, the first engaging protrusion 65 moves in the first cam hole 61 to the side approaching the horizontal end portion 61A, and the rotary lever 64 moves upward. When 64 reaches the end point and the second effect member 32 is in the "end point posture", the first engaging protrusion 65 is positioned in the horizontal end portion 61A of the first cam hole 61 and stops (see FIG. 22). ..

A second cam hole 62 is formed next to the lever support protrusion 63 side with respect to the first cam hole 61 of the cross-linking member 60. Then, the second engaging protrusion 66 protruding rearward from the second effect member 32 is prevented from coming off the second cam hole 62 and is slidably engaged. The second cam hole 62 extends substantially horizontally from the inclined side portion 62B extending downward toward the lever support protrusion 63 side and the upper end portion of the inclined side portion 62B toward the lever support protrusion 63 side. It has a V-shape with a horizontal side portion 62A. Further, the inclined side portion 62B is curved so as to bulge slightly downward, and has a horizontal end portion 62C at the lower end portion similar to the lower end portion of the first cam hole 61. Further, the lateral side portion 62A is also slightly curved downward.

When the rotary lever 64 is located above the central series position (see FIG. 22), the second engaging protrusion 66 is located in the lateral side portion 62A of the second cam hole 62, and the rotary lever 64 is located. When 64 is located below the central series position, the second engaging protrusion 66 is located within the inclined side portion 62B in the second cam hole 62. Further, when the rotation lever 64 is at the origin of the rotation range and the second effect member 32 is in the origin posture, the second engaging protrusion 66 is located 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 projecting rearward from the side edge portion on the opposite side of the rotary lever 64, and the support plate 79 is one piece on the bank portion 32U. It is supported like a beam and extends toward the rotary lever 64. That is, the second effect member 32 is provided with a support plate 79 facing each other on the rear side of the main body portion 32H whose front surface is decorated. Further, the tip portion of the rotary lever 64 is connected by the main body portion 32H, and the first and second engaging protrusions 65 and 66 described above are provided on the support plate 79. Then, the first effect member 31 is received between the main body portion 32H and the support plate 79.

As shown in FIG. 15, the first effect member 31 has upper end portions of the first and second links 67 and 68 at one end position on the rotary lever 64 side and an obliquely upper position thereof at the lower edge portion of the rear surface, respectively. It is rotatably connected. On the other hand, the first link 67 extends diagonally downward on the side away from the rotary lever 64 and is rotatably connected to a lateral intermediate position on the support plate 79. Further, the other second link 68 also extends diagonally downward and is rotatably connected to the upper end portion of the bank portion 32U. Then, a parallel link is formed by the first and second links 67 and 68, and the first effect member 31 moves up and down while maintaining a constant posture with respect to the second effect member 32.

The engaging protrusion 67T protrudes rearward from the position near the upper end in the longitudinal direction of the first link 67, and it is prevented from coming off by the elongated hole 67M provided at the tip of the support plate 79 and is slidably engaged. It fits. Further, the engaging protrusion 68T protrudes forward from the position near the upper end in the longitudinal direction of the second link 68, and is prevented from coming off by the elongated hole 68M provided at the tip of the first effect member 31 and is slidable and engaged. It fits. Further, the movable range of the first effect member 31 with respect to the second effect member 32 is limited by the contact of these engaging protrusions 67T and 68T with the ends of the elongated holes 67M and 68M. Then, when the first effect member 31 is arranged at one end (that is, the lower end) of the movable range (see FIG. 18), as shown in FIG. 5, substantially the entire first effect member 31 is the second effect member 32. When it is hidden behind and placed at the other end (that is, the upper end) of the movable range (see FIG. 15), as shown in FIG. 6, only the lower edge portion of the first effect member 31 is the second effect member 32. It hides behind and the entire first effect member 31 is located above the second effect member 32. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the first effect member 31 is urged toward the upper end position of the movable range with respect to the second effect member 32 at the connecting portion between the upper end portion of the bank portion 32U and the second link 68. 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 portion, and a long hole 69M extending linearly is formed therein. Then, when the second effect member 32 is in the origin posture, the elongated hole 69M is in a horizontally extended state.

As shown in FIG. 6, an 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 an engaging protrusion 71T provided at the tip end portion of the auxiliary arm 71 is a second. 1 The elongated hole 69M of the effect member 31 is prevented from coming off and is slidably engaged. Further, an elastic member 72 that urges the first effect member 31 in a direction of pulling it upward is attached between the base upper side portion 42B and the auxiliary arm 71.

Specifically, the auxiliary arm 71 is bent like a crack, and the tip end side is located below the proximal end side. Then, the auxiliary arm 71 is rotated by a mechanical stopper so as to rotate between the first position in which the tip side is in a horizontally extended posture and the second position rotated downward by about 30 to 45 degrees. The range is limited. Further, one end of the elastic member 72, which is a tension coil spring, is attached to the lower part of the bent portion of the auxiliary arm 71, while the other end of the elastic member 72 is the upper edge portion of the base upper side portion 42B of the auxiliary arm 71. It is attached at a position away from the center of rotation. Further, the intermediate portion of the elastic member 72 is bent from above by being pressed from above by the roller 73 rotatably supported by the upper edge portion of the base upper side portion 42B. Then, as the auxiliary arm 71 moves from the first posture to the second posture, the amount of elastic deformation of the elastic member 72 increases, and by urging the auxiliary arm 71 toward the first posture side, the first effect member 31 is attached upward. Be energized.

The description of the configuration of the first mechanism unit 41 has been 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-shaped base 83 that is overlapped and fixed to the lower edge portion of the rear surface of the monitor support frame 24 below the first mechanism unit 41. As shown in FIG. 23, the first and second arms 81 and 82 are rotatably supported at two locations on the upper edge of the plate-shaped base 83. Further, both the first and second arms 81 and 82 are shorter than the distance between the rotation axes of the first and second arms 81 and 82, and the distance between the first and second arms 81 and 82 is shorter than that of the first and second arms 81 and 82. It can rotate without interfering with each other's base ends (see FIGS. 26 (A) to 26 (C)).

Further, as shown in FIG. 23, the tip end portion of the first arm 81 on the right side when the second mechanism unit 80 is viewed from the rear is attached to the hinge shaft body 81A at the right end portion in the rear surface lower edge portion of the third effect member 33. Is rotatably connected. Further, in the lower edge portion of the rear surface of the third effect member 33, a long hole 33M extending linearly from a substantially central position in the lateral direction to the left end portion is formed. The engaging protrusion 82A provided at the tip of the second arm 82 on the left side when viewed from the rear is prevented from coming off by the elongated hole 33M and is slidably engaged. In detail, the third effect member 33 has a structure in which the base plate is covered with a decorative cover from the front side, and the elongated hole 33M is formed in the base plate (in FIG. 23, the decorative cover is shown). do not have.). Further, the length of the rotation reference line 81L connecting the rotation center of the first arm 81 and the center of the hinge shaft body 81A, and the rotation connecting the rotation center of the second arm 82 and the center of the engaging protrusion 82A. The length of the reference line 82L is the same.

A slide plate 84 is arranged on the rear surface of the plate-shaped base 83 so as to be overlapped with each other. The slide plate 84 has a shape in which one end of a strip extending in the lateral direction is widened vertically. Further, two horizontally long holes 84A and 84A are provided side by side in a horizontal row at two locations in the longitudinal direction of the slide plate 84, and a pair of engaging protrusions 83T and 83T protruding rearward from the plate-shaped base 83. Are held in place and slidably engaged with the elongated holes 84A and 84A. The linear motion range of the slide plate 84 is defined by the contact between both ends of each elongated hole 84A and the engaging protrusion 83T.

Racks 84B and 84C are formed at two locations in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface of the slide plate 84. On the other hand, the first and second pinions 81G and 82G are integrally rotatably fixed to the base ends of the first and second arms 81 and 82, and the first and second pinions 81G and 82G are integrally rotatably fixed. It meshes with the first and second racks 84B and 84C, respectively. Further, the diameters of the pitch circles of the first and second pinions 81G and 82G are the same. As a result, the first and second arms 81 and 82 are interlocked 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 located at one end of the linear motion range, FIGS. 23 and 23 and FIGS. As shown in 27 (B), the 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 separated from each other in the vertical direction. It becomes the first appearance state tilted by a predetermined angle. Further, when the slide plate 84 is located at the other end of the linear motion range, the first and second arms 81 and 82 hang down as shown in FIGS. 24 and 26 (A), and the entire third effect member 33 is formed. It is in a stored state in which the first and second arms 81 and 82 are entirely accommodated in front of the plate-shaped base 83 and between the third effect member 33 and the plate-shaped base 83.

A vertically long engaging elongated hole 85 is formed at the end of the slide plate 84 on the wide side. Further, 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-shaped base 83 so that the slide plate 84 can be rotated. It is supported. Further, the engaging protrusion 86A protrudes rearward from the position near the outer edge of the relay gear 86, and is prevented from coming off from the engaging elongated hole 85 and is slidably engaged. Then, the relay gear 86 rotates 180 degrees or more, and the slide plate 84 moves linearly by the diameter of the circle which is the rotation locus of the center of the engaging 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-shaped base 83. The drive source 87 has a speed reducer assembled at one end of the stepping motor, and an output gear is fixed to the output rotation shaft of the speed reducer. Further, the drive source 87 is fixed to the plate-shaped base 83 in a state where the output gear is received by the recessed portion formed in the plate-shaped base 83, and the output gear is passed through a through hole formed in the side portion of the recessed portion. Is meshed with the relay gear 86 on the rear surface of the plate-shaped base 83. As a result, the slide plate 84 slides by receiving power from the drive source 87.

The relay gear 86 can rotate until the engaging protrusion 86A is locked to the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the engaging elongated hole 85 of the slide plate 84. The engagement protrusion 86A does not reach the lower end of the engagement slot 85 when the first and second arms 81 and 82 are arranged at the first appearance positions (see FIG. 23), and the relay gear. The 86 is arranged at a position in the middle 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 retracted state, the slide plate 84 moves from one end to the other end of the linear motion range. , It is designed to move to the second appearance position (see FIGS. 25 and 27 (B)) which is slightly returned to one end side again. That is, the third effect member 33 rotates clockwise when viewed from the front as shown in FIGS. 26 (B) and 26 (C) from the storage position shown in FIG. 26 (A). After reaching the first appearance position shown in D), it rotates slightly counterclockwise and is arranged at the second appearance position shown in FIG. 27 (E).

On the rear surface of the plate-shaped base 83, one end of an elastic member 88, which is a tension coil spring, is attached to the end opposite to the drive source 87, and the other end of the elastic member 88 is in the middle of the slide plate 84 in the longitudinal direction. It is attached to the part. Then, when the third effect member 33 is in the retracted state, the amount of deformation of the elastic member 88 becomes the largest, 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 has been 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 arranged on the front side of the left side portion of the first mechanism unit 41 when viewed from the front. Further, the third mechanism unit 90 has a base portion 91 at the upper end portion thereof, and has a configuration in which the movable effect member 30B of the “sword” is hung from the base portion 91 and directly moves in the lateral direction. Specifically, the base portion 91 has a shape in which the extension 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 protruding 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 FIG. 28, on the rear surface of the base portion 91, a pair of pedestal portions 92, 92 are formed on the tip portion of the extension portion 91E and the upper portion of one side portion of the base portion main body 91H on the opposite side thereof. ing. Further, both ends of the guide shaft 93, which is a metal round bar, are received by the pair of square grooves 92M and 92M formed in the pedestals 92 and 92, respectively. Then, the pressing plates 92P and 92P are screwed to the rear surfaces of the pedestals 92 and 92, the guide shaft 93 is prevented from coming off by the square groove 92M, and the guide shaft 93 is provided by the wall portion provided at one end of each square groove 92M. The lateral movement of the is restricted. Further, a pair of sliding rings 93R and 93R are inserted through the guide shaft 93. The sliding ring 93R is made of a highly slidable resin (for example, polyacetal) and has a cylindrical shape.

A slide member 94 extending in the horizontally direction is provided between the guide shaft 93 and the base portion 91. A pair of ring receiving grooves 94M and 94M are formed at both ends of the slide member 94. In each ring receiving groove 94M, the groove width at the central portion is wider than the groove width at both ends. The sliding ring 93R is received in the central portion of each ring receiving groove 94M, and lateral movement with respect to the slide member 94 is restricted.

A pressing plate 94P is overlapped with a holding plate 94P from the rear surface and screwed to one end of the slide member 94 on the extension portion 91E side. As a result, one of the sliding rings 93R is prevented from coming off by the ring receiving groove 94M.

In the range extending from the other end of the slide member 94 to the substantially central portion, the upper edge portion of the extension plate 95 extending upward from the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" is overlapped and screwed. As a result, the other sliding ring 93R is prevented from coming off by the ring receiving groove 94M, and the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" moves linearly together with the slide member 94.

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

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

The base end portion of the relay lever 98 is rotatably attached to the rear surface of the base portion main body 91H at a position near the lower end in the substantially center in the lateral direction. Further, a gear 98G is formed on the outer surface of the base end portion of the relay lever 98, and the gear 98G meshes with the rack 96R. The engaging protrusion 98A provided at the tip of the relay lever 98 is prevented from coming off and is slidably engaged with the vertically long engaging elongated hole 95M formed in the extension plate 95. As a result, 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" moves linearly in the lateral direction. Further, a pair of rollers 95R and 95R that rotate around a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction are provided at the lower end of the movable effect member 30B of the "sword", and these rollers 95R and 95R are movably accommodated. The groove-shaped guide 95G is arranged at a position near the lower end on the left side of the monitor support frame 24. This concludes the description of the configuration of the third mechanism unit 90.

FIG. 30 shows a block diagram of the control system of the gaming machine 10. 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 a game ball wins a prize in the winning opening and is detected by the prize ball sensor 102, the random number is acquired at the detection timing. Then, based on the random number, the above-mentioned normal figure judgment, special figure judgment, etc. are performed to generate status data for determining the game state such as the normal state, the probabilistic state, or the reach state described later, and the sub control board. It is given 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 via the voice control circuit 103, or has LEDs distributed 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 these, the sub-control board 101 outputs a motor drive command to the motor drive control circuit 105 while monitoring the state of the movable accessory 30 based on the detection signals of the sensors provided in the movable accessory 30. The movable accessory 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 accessory 30. The movable effect processing program PG1 will be described together with the operation of the gaming machine 10 described below.

This concludes the description of the configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment. Next, the operation of the gaming machine 10 will be described. The movable accessory 30 is usually in a dormant state in which the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 are stopped. In order to put it into the hibernation state, all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 are moved to the origin and then turned off. Then, in the hibernation state, as shown in FIG. 2, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 of the movable effect member 30A of the "face" are produced so as not to interfere with the image effect by the liquid crystal display screen 14G. The third effect member 33 waits 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. Further, as described above for the rotary lever 64 driven by the drive source 70, the origin for the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 is the output gears of the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97. It is also the "origin" for the moving parts that move in conjunction with. Further, in all of the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97, the other end of the movable range on the opposite side to the origin is referred to as a "termination point", which is also a "termination point" for the above-mentioned movable portion.

Further, when the drive sources are described separately below, the drive sources 50 and 50 are referred to as “slider drive sources 50 and 50” and the drive source 70 is referred to as a “face” in order to facilitate the distinction between them. It will be described in detail as "tilted drive source 70", the drive source 87 is referred to as "jaw drive source 87", and the drive source 97 is referred to as "sword drive source 97".

When the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are arranged at the origin, as shown in FIG. 12 (A), the drive levers 52 and 52 rotate outward from the vertically standing state, and the engaging protrusions 53 and 53 are engaged. It is in a state of being in contact with the outer end portions 51A, 51A of the engaging elongated holes 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., and the load is the drive lever 52 in the origin posture. Acts so as to press the engaging protrusion 53 against the outer end 51A by rotating the engaging protrusion 53 outward. That is, when the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are arranged at the origin, a so-called "self-locking state" is obtained in which the mechanical lock by the engaging elongated holes 51 and 51 and the drive levers 52 and 52 is deepened by the load. As a result, the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are maintained at the origin even when the power is not supplied.

When the face tilting drive source 70 is arranged at the origin, as shown in FIG. 6, the rotation lever 64 is in a state of hanging from the rotation center as described above. When the relay sliders 44 and 44 are arranged at the origin in this state, the first effect member 31 comes into contact with the upper inner surface of the monitor support frame 24 or is restricted from moving upward by the auxiliary arm 71, as shown in FIG. As described above, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 overlap each other, and the upward movement of the second effect member 32 is also restricted. That is, the face tilting drive source 70 is arranged at the origin together with the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders, and is maintained at the origin even when the power is not supplied.

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

When the drive source 97 for the sword is arranged at the origin, the relay lever 98 in FIG. 29 is in an inclined posture that is inclined further downward from the horizontal posture extending from the center of rotation to the right side in the figure, and the relay lever 98 and the base portion. It is positioned by a mechanical stopper provided between the 91 and 91. As a result, a force for moving the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" to the left side of the figure, that is, to the center side of the effect display window 13, temporarily acts to enter the self-locking state. Therefore, the drive source 97 for the sword is maintained at the origin even when it is de-energized.

This concludes the description of the dormant state of the movable accessory 30. The gaming machine 10 is usually in a normal state, which is not a probable change state. Therefore, when the player starts the game by the gaming machine 10, the player strikes left with the operation handle 28 (see FIG. 1). Then, when a part of the plurality of game balls flowing down the game area R1 on the left side wins the first start winning opening 16A, a special symbol determination is performed, and the three special symbols 14A, 14B, 14C shown in FIG. 2 are performed. Is displayed in a variable manner like a slot, and for example, the 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 that are previously stopped and displayed have the same symbol, the central special symbol 14B is variably displayed for a longer time than in the case where it is not, and then the stop display is performed. Then, if the special symbols 14A, 14B, and 14C all have the same symbol (that is, doublet), it becomes a big hit, and if not, it becomes a miss.

Here, in the reach state, the character image 14X "transformation hero" is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 14G together with the special symbols 14A, 14B, 14C while holding the item image 14Y "sword". An image production that fights against the "enemy", which is a character image that does not exist, is performed. Then, when it goes out of reach (that is, when it goes out of reach), the image production ends without winning or losing the battle, or the transformation hero loses to the enemy and the image production ends. On the other hand, when it becomes a hit from the reach state (that is, when it becomes a "reach hit"), the image production ends with the transformation hero winning the enemy, and then the movable character 30 starts and the movable production is performed. It rushes into the above-mentioned big hit game.

At this time, if the reach hit is not "big hit with probability variation", the first movable effect is performed, and if it is "big hit with probability variation", the second movable effect is performed. The first and second movable effects are the same until the middle stage, only the final stage is different, and the CPU 101A of the sub control board 101 executes the movable effect processing program PG1 of FIGS. 30 to 32 to execute the first or second movable effect. Movable production 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 that were initially in the non-energized state are energized (S11), respectively. It is controlled to be maintained at the origin (S12).

Next, the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are controlled to move toward the inversion reference position near the end point (S13), and the drive levers 52 and 52 are rotated until they are in the vertical hanging posture. The drive sources for both sliders are driven so that the rotation directions of the slider drive sources 50 and 50 are reversed and the drive levers 52 and 52 move to a dummy position slightly shifted to the origin side from the above-mentioned midway reference position (FIG. 12B). 50 and 50 are controlled (S14).

By these controls, the cross-linking member 60 moves toward the lower end position of the movable range, and accordingly, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 descend while shifting from each other up and down, and the first and second members are in the middle. The effect members 31 and 32 of the above are fully expanded and further descend. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the cross-linking member 60 reaches the lower end position of the movable range, the entire movable effect member 30A of the “face” other than the chin is located in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G. For a moment, it becomes a "profile with the tip of the nose down", but immediately the cross-linking member 60 rises and the "profile with the tip of the nose down" disappears.

Further, while the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are controlled so that the drive levers 52 and 52 move to the dummy position (S14), the detection of both optical sensors 55S and 55S of the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders. It is checked whether or not the signal has switched from the off state to the on state (YES loop in 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 of the one slider drive source 50 at that timing is maintained for one slider. The drive source 50 is stopped in the energized state (S16). Then, it is checked whether or not the optical sensor 55S of the other slider drive source 50 is switched to the ON state (NO loop of S17). Then, when the optical sensor 55S of the other slider drive source 50 is switched to the ON state (YES in S17), the position of the other slider drive source 50 is maintained at that timing, so that the other slider drive source is maintained. 50 is stopped in the energized state (S18). As a result, the delay between the left and right slider drive sources 50 and 50 is eliminated, and as shown in FIG. 12B, both the slider drive sources 50 and 50 and both the slider drive levers 52 and 52 are dummy. It is placed at the reference position on the way slightly before the position.

After this state is reached, for example, after 100 [msec], the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are controlled to move to the end point and the cross-linking 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 rotation lever 64 is in the horizontal posture, and the jaw drive source 87 is the third effect member 33. It is controlled to move to the first appearance position where the posture becomes horizontal above the stage 21 (S19). As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the transformation hero's "profile with closed mouth" appears in front of the liquid crystal display screen 14G.

At this time, the elastic force of the elastic member 72 acts on the cross-linking member 60 as an upward force, but even if the elastic force acts larger than the gravitational load, as shown in FIG. 8, the engaging elongated hole Since the 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 the drive sources 50 and 50 for both sliders are energized and maintained at the end points, the self-locking state is surely maintained.

After the appearance of the above-mentioned transformation hero's "profile with closed mouth", the face tilting drive source 70 and the chin drive source 87 are controlled to move to the end point (S20). As a result, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the rotary lever 64 is in an upward tilted posture, and the second effect member 32 and the third effect member 33 move up and down with the right end portion of the figure as a fulcrum. The transformation hero's "profile with closed mouth" changes to "profile with open mouth".

When the transformation hero's "profile with open mouth" is maintained for a predetermined time (YES in S21), the face tilting drive source 70 and the chin 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 the tip of the nose down".

In this state, it is determined whether or not the "big hit" of the special figure determination is "big hit with probability variation" (S23), and if it is not "big hit with probability variation" (NO in S23), the drive source for both sliders 50, 50 is controlled to move to the origin (S27). As a result, all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, 97 are arranged at the origin. Then, the energization of all the drive sources 50, 50, 70, 87, and 97 is stopped to enter a hibernation state (S28), and the movable effect processing program PG1 ends.

On the other hand, when the "big hit" of the special figure determination is "big hit with probability variation" (YES in S23), the sword drive source 97 is controlled to move to the end point (S24). As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the second component 30Y, which is the nose of the “profile with the tip of the nose”, is hidden by the movable effect member 30B of the “sword”. Then, the movable effect member 30A becomes visible as the "front face" of the transformation hero. More specifically, a part of the front face of the transformation hero appears to appear from the side of the sword. That is, the movable production member 30A, which was the "profile" of the transformation hero until the appearance of the movable production member 30B of the "sword", becomes the "front face" of the transformation hero after the appearance of the movable production member 30B of the "sword". , And the line of sight of the "eyes" as the first component 30X can be seen from the state of facing left to the state of facing the player. That is, the trick art by the movable accessory 30 is provided to the player.

Then, after the lapse of a predetermined time (YES in S25), the drive source 97 for the sword is controlled to move to the origin (S26), and after that, both sliders are the same as in the case where the "big hit with probability variation" is not performed. The drive sources 50 and 50 are moved to the origin (S27), the energization is stopped and put into a dormant state (S28), and the movable effect processing program PG1 ends.

Now, the operation of the third effect member 33 as the "lower jaw" of the above-mentioned transformation hero will be described in detail below. As shown in FIG. 23, the third effect member 33 has the first and second arms 81 and 82 extending upward from the center of rotation, and the first and second arms as shown in FIG. 24. In any of the states where 81 and 82 extend downward from the center of rotation, the posture is substantially horizontal. Further, when the third effect member 33 is in the upper horizontal posture, as shown in FIG. 7, the transformation hero is in a state where the "lower jaw" is horizontal and the mouth is closed. Then, when the third effect member 33 moves slightly laterally from there, the posture changes as shown in the change from FIG. 23 to FIG. 25, and the “lower jaw” of the transformation hero tilts as shown in FIG. It is possible to express the state in which the mouth is open.

Specifically, as shown in comparison with FIGS. 27 (A) and 27 (B), the second arm 82 is slightly first on one side of the vertical reference line L10 passing through the center of rotation thereof. It rotates from the position deviated by the angle θ1 to the position deviated by the first angle θ1 which is substantially the same as the other side. That is, the second arm 82 does not move in the vertical direction but moves slightly only in the lateral direction. On the other hand, the first arm 81 rotates from a position separated from the vertical reference line L10 by the second angle θ2 to a side further away from the vertical reference line L10 by twice the above-mentioned first angle θ1. Moves downwards and slightly laterally. As a result, the posture can be changed only by slightly moving the third effect member 33 laterally.

This movement of the third effect member 33 can be realized because 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. However, if this is realized by a non-parallel link mechanism in which the tips of the first and second arms 81 and 82 are both rotatably connected to the third effect member 33, the first and second arms 81, The rotation range of 82 is restricted, and as shown in FIG. 24, the first and second arms 81 and 82 cannot compactly store the third effect member 33 below the center of rotation. This means, for example, a straight line L21 that connects the centers of the tips of the first and second arms 81 and 81 from the state where the third effect member 33 is in the upper horizontal posture shown in FIG. 27 (A). From the position where the straight line L20 connecting the centers of the base ends of the first and second arms 81 and 82 and the rotation reference line 81L of the first arm 81 are aligned in a straight line. It is easy to see from the fact that the first and second arms 81 and 82 cannot be rotated.

On the other hand, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the tip of the second arm 82 is rotatably and slidably connected to the third effect member 33, while the tip of the first arm 81 is the third effect. Since it is rotatably connected to the member 33, the degree of freedom in setting the posture of the third effect member 33 is increased at the stage of designing the gaming machine 10. As a result, as described above, the third effect member 33 is placed in a substantially horizontal posture on the upper side and the lower side of the rotation centers of the first and second arms 81 and 82, but slightly laterally from the upper horizontal posture. It is possible to easily realize the movement of moving and changing to a tilted posture. Further, the angles of the first and second arms 81 and 82 can be changed to set the movement of the third effect member 33 as a different movement, and further, the first and second arms 81, 82 can also be arranged in parallel to form a parallel link. Further, since the first and second arms 81 and 82 have a limited displacement angle between the first pinion 81G and the second pinion 82G and the meshing positions of the first rack 84B and the second rack 84C. , The setting of the meshing position thereof can be arbitrarily and easily set to various movements of the third effect member 33. Moreover, since the first and second arms 81 and 82 provided with the first rack 84B and the second rack 84C on the common slide plate 84 are interlocked with each other, the movements of the first and second arms 81 and 82 Is stable and can be driven by a common drive source 87. Further, by urging the slide plate 84 with the elastic member 88, the urging force can be assisted to quickly move the third effect member 33 from the lower position of the effect display window 13 into the effect display window 13. can. The first and second arms 81 and 82 described above may be driven by different drive sources so that the posture of the third effect member 33 is changed at a fixed position.

[Second Embodiment]
The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment has the same mechanism as that of the first embodiment, and the contents of the effect of the liquid crystal display screen 14G and the movable accessory 30 are different. That is, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, when the player is in the reach state, the face of the transformation hero by the movable accessory 30 is "front face" and "closed mouth" according to the expected value to be hit. It changes to "profile" and "profile with open mouth".

Specifically, when the movable effect (this is called "low expected value movable effect") is executed in the reach state where the expected value to hit is low, first, the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" is the end point from the origin. Then, the cross-linking member 60 descends to the end point, and as shown in FIG. 4, the “front face” of the transformation hero described in the first embodiment appears. After that, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 move out above the effect display window 13, and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and then the result of the special figure determination is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 14G. Is displayed.

When a movable effect (this is called "high / low expected value movable effect") is executed in a reach state with a high expected value to hit, the "front face" of the transformation hero appears in the same way as the "low expected value movable effect". Then, as shown in the changes of FIGS. 6 to 7, the rotation lever 64 rotates to the horizontal reference position, the first and second effect members 31 and 32 are in the horizontal posture, and the third effect member is in the horizontal position. 33 appears above the stage 21, the movable production member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and the "profile with closed mouth" of the transformation hero described in the first embodiment appears. After that, the first to third effect members 31, 32, 33 move out above or below the effect display window 13, and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and then the liquid crystal display screen 14G is special. The result of the figure judgment is displayed.

When a movable effect (this is called "super hot movable effect") is executed in a reach state where the expected value is higher than the "high and low expected value movable effect", the transformation hero "" After the appearance of the "profile with closed mouth", as shown in the changes from FIGS. 7 to 8, the rotation lever 64 moves to the end point and the third effect member 33 tilts, in the first embodiment. The "open-mouthed profile" of the transformation hero described appears. After that, the first to third effect members 31, 32, 33 move out above or below the effect display window 13, and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword" returns to the origin, and then the liquid crystal display screen 14G is special. The result of the figure judgment is displayed.

In addition to these, there are cases where a "special movable effect" is performed, in which the player is made to look like a "low expected value movable effect", and in fact, a "high / low expected value movable effect" or a "super hot movable effect" is performed. be. Specifically, when the "special movable effect" is executed, the "front face" of the transformation hero appears until the middle of the process, as in the "low expected value movable effect", and then the movable effect member 30B of the "sword". Returns to the origin, and the first and second effect members 31, 32 move above the effect display window 13 together with the bridge 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 and 52 for driving the cross-linking member 60 have reached the reference position on the way, and immediately (10 [msec] later). ), The process of lowering the cross-linking member 60 is performed. As a result, even if the drive levers 52 and 52 are not mechanically contacted and moved to the origin to be positioned, the delay of both drive levers 52 and 52 is eliminated and the bridge member 60 is smoothly held in a stable posture. Can be lowered. Then, while the cross-linking member 60 descends, the third effect member 33 rises, and the transformation hero's "profile with closed mouth" or "profile with open mouth" appears, and the "high / low expected value movable effect" appears. Or "super hot movable production".

[Other embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, embodiments as described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and various other than the following, as long as they do not deviate from the gist. It can be changed and implemented.

(1) In the above embodiment, the first and second arms 81 and 82 supporting the movable accessory 30 are rotated around the rotation axes parallel to each other, but the first and second arms are rotated. It may be configured to rotate around the same axis of rotation.

(2) Further, the rotation axes of the first and second arms may be oriented in different directions. Specifically, for example, the rotation axis of the first arm may be oriented in the front-rear direction, and the rotation axis of the second arm may be oriented in the lateral direction.

(3) In the above embodiment, the third effect member 33 is provided with an elongated hole in order to rotatably and slidably engage the tip end portion of the second arm 82 with the third effect member 33. A rail may be provided in place of the elongated hole, and a slider that moves linearly along the rail may be provided with a rotatable connecting portion. Further, such a long hole or a rail may be provided on the second arm side.

(4) In the above embodiment, the length of the rotation reference line 81L of the first arm 81 and the rotation reference line 82L of the second arm 82 are the same, but they may be different.

(5) In the above embodiment, the rotation reference line 81L of the second arm 81 and the rotation reference line 82L of the second arm 82 are not parallel, but may be parallel. Even in this case, for example, when the second arm 82 rotates, if the elongated hole is arranged to extend in the vertical direction, the third effect member 33 slides with respect to the second arm 82 due to gravity. It is possible to change the posture of the third effect member 33.

(6) In the above embodiment, the rotation speeds of the first arm 81 and the second arm 82 are the same, but may be different.

(7) In the above embodiment, the rotation directions of the first arm 81 and the second arm 82 are the same, but they may be in different directions.

(8)
In the above embodiment, the sliding connecting portions of the second arm and the third effect member 33 are engaged with each other, but they may be simply slidably contacted without engaging with each other.

(9) In the above embodiment, the power transmission of the drive source 87 from the relay gear 86 to the slide plate 84 is such that the engaging protrusion 86A of the relay gear 86 and the engaging elongated hole 85 of the slide plate 84 are engaged. However, the relay gear 86 may be engaged with a rack provided on the slide plate 84.

(10) In the above embodiment, the first arm 81 and the second arm 82 are driven by a common drive source 87, but they may be driven by drive sources independent of each other.

(11) In the above embodiment, the elastic member 88 is a tension coil spring, but it may be a compression coil spring. In these cases, both ends of the coil spring may be fixed to the plate-shaped base 83 and the slide plate 84, or fixed to the plate-shaped base 83 and the first arm 81 or the second arm 82 as in the above embodiment. You may.

<Additional Notes>
It can be considered that the pachinko gaming machines exemplified in the above embodiment and the above other embodiments include the following configurations.

[Structure 1]
The first and second arms, which are rotatably supported and driven by the base member, respectively,
A gaming machine including a driven member in which the tip of the second arm is rotatably and slidably connected, while the tip of the first arm is rotatably connected.

According to the configuration 1, at the stage of designing the gaming machine, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in setting the posture of the driven members supported by the pair of arms.

[Structure 2]
The gaming machine according to the configuration 1, wherein the first and second arms rotate about a parallel or the same axis of rotation.

The rotation axes of the first and second arms may be different or may be the same as in configuration 2.

[Structure 3]
The gaming machine according to configuration 1 or 2, wherein the first and second arms are driven so as to rotate in conjunction with each other.

The first and second arms may rotate independently or may rotate in conjunction with each other as in the configuration 3. Further, they may be interlocked by different drive sources, or may be mechanically linked and interlocked.

[Structure 4]
A linear motion guide portion formed on the driven member and
The configuration according to any one of configurations 1 to 3, further comprising an engaging protrusion provided at the tip of the second arm and rotatably and slidably engaged with the linear motion guide portion. Gaming machine.

In the configuration 4, since the tip end portion of the second arm and the linear motion guide portion engage with each other, it is possible to suppress rattling between the connecting portions of the second arm and the driven member.

[Structure 5]
The game according to any one of configurations 1 to 4, wherein the first and second arms rotate in the same direction at the same speed, and the first and second arms are non-parallel. Machine.

The first and second arms may be parallel to each other or may be non-parallel as in configuration 5.

[Structure 6]
1 The gaming machine described in the configuration of.

The distance between the axes of the first arm and the distance between the axes of the second arm may be different or the same as in the configuration 6.

[Structure 7]
A first pinion that rotates integrally with the base end of the first arm,
A second pinion that rotates integrally with the base end of the second arm,
1. The configuration 1 to 6 comprising a first rack meshing with the first pinion and a second rack meshing with the second pinion integrally or fixedly provided, and a slide member driven to move linearly. The gaming machine according to any one of the configurations.

In configuration 7, since the first rack that meshes with the first pinion and the second rack that meshes with the second pinion are provided on a common slide member, the first and second arms are driven by a common drive source. Is possible.

[Structure 8]
A second linear motion guide portion formed on the slide member and extending in a direction orthogonal to the linear motion direction of the slide member, and a second linear motion guide portion.
The gaming machine according to configuration 7, further comprising a second engaging protrusion that is rotatably and linearly engaged with the second linear motion guide portion, and a rotary member that is rotationally driven by a rotary drive source. ..

According to the configuration 8, the power of the rotation drive source can be transmitted from the rotation-driven member to the slide member to directly move the slide member.

[Structure 9]
The gaming machine according to the configuration 1, wherein the first and second arms rotate about a rotation axis that is not parallel to each other.

The rotation axes of the first and second arms may be parallel to each other, or may be non-parallel as in the configuration 9.

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

Base member: plate-shaped base 83, driven member: third effect member 33, linear motion guide portion: elongated hole 33M, slide member: slide plate 84, second linear motion guide portion: engaging elongated hole 85

10 Game machine 11 Game board 30 Movable accessory 30A Movable effect member 30B Movable effect member 31 1st effect member 32 2nd effect member 33 3rd effect member 33M Long hole 80 2nd mechanism unit 81 1st arm 81G, 82G Pinion 81L Rotation reference line 82 2nd arm 82A Engagement protrusion 82L Rotation reference line 83 Plate-shaped base 83T Engagement protrusion 84 Slide plate 84A Long hole 84B, 84C Rack 85 Engagement long hole 86 Relay gear 86A Engagement protrusion 87 Drive source 88 Elastic member

Claims (1)

The first and second arms, which are rotatably supported and driven by the base member, respectively,
A driven member is provided, wherein the tip of the first arm is rotatably connected while the tip of the second arm is rotatably and slidably connected.
By rotating the first and second arms, the driven member changes its posture.
The first and second arms rotate in the same direction,
At least one of the arms is a gaming machine having a length that allows it to pass between the rotation center axes of the first and second arms in the middle of the rotation range.

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