JP7285571B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a gaming machine that performs effects using light-emitting elements.

Conventionally, in this type of game machine, an uneven light guide portion formed on a part of the front surface or the rear surface of a light-transmitting plate emits forward light from a light-emitting element that enters from the side surface of the light-transmitting plate. is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2015-58039 A (paragraph [0031] etc.)

In this type of game machine, it is required to prevent blurring of light in a portion of the concave-convex light guide portion far from the light emitting element.

The gaming machine of the present disclosure includes a light-transmitting plate visible from the front of the gaming machine, a light-emitting element arranged opposite one side of the light-transmitting plate to emit light toward the light-transmitting plate, and the light-transmitting a concave-convex light guide part formed by forming concaves and convexes on a part of the front surface or the rear surface of a plate and guiding the light from the light-emitting element to be emitted forward of the light-transmitting plate through the light-transmitting plate; In the gaming machine comprising A light-shielding sheet serving as a non-light-transmitting light-shielding portion is provided, and the side surface of the light-transmitting plate on the tip side opposite to the one side surface is inclined with respect to the front-rear direction to block the light from the light-emitting element. The gaming machine is provided with a leading end inclined light guide section for guiding light to be emitted forward of the light transmitting plate through the light transmitting plate.

According to the gaming machine according to the present disclosure, light leaking forward from a portion of the light-transmitting plate away from the uneven light guide portion is blocked by the light-shielding portion of the light-shielding sheet. , the light of the concave-convex light guide can be made clear.

Front view of gaming machine according to the present disclosure front view of game board Front view of mechanism frame Front view of light-emitting decorative member Exploded view of light emitting decorative member (A) Enlarged view of transparent light-emitting panel, (B) Cross-sectional view of transparent light-emitting panel Cross-sectional view of light shielding sheet Cross-sectional view of decorative uneven plate Enlarged view of light-emitting decorative member

As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is a pachinko gaming machine, and has a front frame 10Z on the front side. The game area R1 formed in is visible.

Below the glass window 10W of the front frame 10Z, an upper plate 26 and a lower plate 27 are provided in two stages, and a firing handle 28 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 27. - 特許庁When the shooting handle 28 is rotated, the game balls contained in the upper tray 26 are ejected toward the game area R1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game area R1 has a generally circular shape as a whole and is surrounded by guide rails 12. As shown in FIG. A display opening 11H is formed through the center of the game area R1 of the game board 11, and a display screen 13G of the display device 13 faces forward through the display opening 11H. A display screen 13G of the display device 13 displays various effects related to the game. Also, the game board 11 is formed by partially decorating a transparent acrylic board, so that the back side of the game board 11 can be visually recognized even through the part outside the display opening 11H of the game board 11. - 特許庁

A display decoration frame 23 is attached to the opening edge of the display opening 11H. Specifically, the display decoration frame 23 is fitted in the display opening 11H from the front side of the game board 11 and protrudes from the front surface of the game board 11, and the game balls flowing down the game area R1 enter the display decoration frame 23. It regulates.

A first starting prize winning port 14 is provided on the lower side of the decorative display frame 23 , and a starting gate 18 and a second starting prize winning port 15 are provided on the right side of the decorative display frame 23 . Large winning openings 16 are provided below and to the right of the first starting winning opening 14, respectively. In addition, the game area R1 is provided with a plurality of general winning openings 17 in addition to the starting winning openings 14 and 15 and the big winning opening 16 .

The general prize winning port 17 and the first starting prize winning port 14 are always open, and one game ball can be entered. The second start winning opening 15 and the big winning opening 16 are always incapable (or difficult to enter) of a game ball, and when a predetermined condition is established, the game ball can enter.

The starting gate 18 has a portal structure through which game balls can pass. When the game ball passes through the starting gate 18, normal symbol suitability determination is performed. When the result of this normal symbol propriety determination is hit, the second start winning opening 15 can be entered.

When a game ball enters (wins) the start winning openings 14 and 15, special symbol propriety determination is performed. The result of the special symbol propriety determination is displayed on the display screen 13G of the display device 13 or the like. Then, when the result of the special symbol suitability determination is a win, a jackpot game is executed in which the ball can be entered into the jackpot 16.例文帳に追加In addition, on the display screen 13G, for example, symbols composed of numbers, letters, etc. are changed and stopped, and the result of the special symbol suitability determination is displayed according to the combination of the stopped symbols.

When the game balls enter the winning holes 14, 15, 16 and 17, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the upper tray 26.例文帳に追加All the game balls that have not won any of the winning holes 14, 15, 16 and 17 described above are taken into the out hole 20 provided at the lower end of the game area R1. The game balls taken into the out port 20 are recovered by a ball recovery device (not shown).

A mechanism frame 90 shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the back surface of the game board 11 . The mechanism frame 90 has a flat casing structure that is larger in the vertical and horizontal directions than in the front and rear, and the entire front surface is open. The space inside the mechanism frame 90 is wider in the vertical and horizontal directions than the display opening 11H, and a movable accessory 95 and the like are accommodated therein. A screen opening 90A for the display opening 11H is formed on the rear surface of the mechanism frame 90, and the screen opening 90A is closed from behind by the display screen 13G (see FIG. 2) of the display device 13. As shown in FIG. The mechanism frame 90 is fixed with its front surface overlapping the rear surface of the game board 11 .

Now, in the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, the light-emitting decorative member 30 is attached to the front end portion of the mechanism frame 90 . As shown in FIG. 3 , four light emitting decorative members 30 are arranged, one at each of the four corners of the mechanism frame 90 . Each light-emitting decorative member 30 is strip-shaped and extends obliquely so as to face the corners. These light-emitting decorative members 30 will be described with the upper left light-emitting decorative member 30 as an example.

FIG. 4 shows the upper left light emitting decorative member 30 (hereinafter simply referred to as "light emitting decorative member 30"). The light emitting decorative member 30 includes a left side portion 30A extending along the left side of the mechanism frame 90, an upper side portion 30B extending along the upper side of the mechanism frame 90, an upper end portion of the left side portion 30A and a left end portion of the upper side portion 30B. , a hanging portion 30D extending vertically downward from the right end of the upper side portion 30B, and a lower connecting portion 30E connecting the lower end of the left side portion 30A and the lower end of the hanging portion 30D. have.

The left side portion 30A and the upper side portion 30B of the light emitting decorative member 30 are sandwiched between the front surface of the mechanism frame 90 and the rear surface of the game board 11 and fastened together, so that the light emitting decorative member 30 attaches to the game machine 10. Fixed. Although most of the light-emitting decorative member 30 is covered with the game board 11 from the front, it is visible through the game board 11 because the game board 11 is transparent.

As shown in FIG. 5, the light-emitting decorative member 30 is formed by stacking a front-side decorative concave-convex plate 35, an intermediate light-shielding sheet 40, and a rear-side transparent light-emitting panel 45. As shown in FIG. The decorative concave-convex plate 35, the light shielding sheet 40, and the transparent light-emitting panel 45 are composed of left side portions 35A, 40A, and 45A forming the outer shape of the light-emitting decorative member 30 or extending along the outer shape of the light-emitting decorative member 30, upper side portions 35B, 40B, and 45B, upper communication portions 35C, 40C, 45C, hanging portions 35D, 40D, 45D, and lower communication portions 35E, 40E, 45E.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the transparent light emitting panel 45 is formed with an uneven light guide portion 46 having a plurality of recesses 46A recessed in a hemispherical shape on the back surface. The concave-convex light guide portion 46 has a tornado shape as a whole. The first S-shaped portion 46T and the second S-shaped portion 46S on the upper right side are arranged alternately. It is narrower than the interval with 46S (see FIG. 9). Between the first S-shaped portion 46T and the second S-shaped portion 46S on the lower left side corresponds to the front portion of the tornado, and between the first S-shaped portion 46T and the second S-shaped portion 46S on the upper right side corresponds to the rear portion of the tornado. Equivalent to. Note that the intermediate straight portion between the first S-shaped portion 46T and the second S-shaped portion 46S corresponds to the "linear concave-convex light guide portion".

As shown in FIG. 6B, the lower connecting portion 45E of the transparent light emitting panel 45 is inclined so that the cross-sectional area decreases toward the rear surface. A knurled tip uneven light guide portion 47 that repeats unevenness along the extending direction of the lower communication portion 45E is formed on the entire inclined surface.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the upper left of the transparent light emitting panel 45, a plurality of light emitting elements 50 are disposed facing the side surface of the transparent light emitting panel 45 on the side of the upper connecting portion 45C to emit light toward the transparent light emitting panel 45. ing. In addition, a plurality of stepped portions 48 are formed at the left end portion of the upper connecting portion 45C of the transparent light emitting panel 45 so that the angles of the light emitting elements 50, that is, the directions of the light emitted from the light emitting elements 50 are different. is configured to As a result, light can be applied to the transparent light emitting panel 45 up to the left side portion 45A side.

The uneven light guide portion 46 is normally difficult to see from the front, but when the light emitting element 50 emits light, the light passing through the transparent light emitting panel 45 is reflected forward by the inner surface of the recess 46A, so that it emerges. It emits light and becomes visible (see FIG. 6(B)). In this embodiment, it emits light so that a tornado-shaped pattern emerges.

As shown in FIG. 6B, in the present embodiment, among the plurality of recesses 46A of the uneven light guide portion 46, the recess 46A on the side of the lower communication portion 45E (that is, the recess 46A far from the light emitting element 50) is located on the upper side. It is larger (deeper) than the recessed portion 46A on the side of the connecting portion 45C (that is, the recessed portion 46A near the light emitting element 50).

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the light-shielding sheet 40 has a width smaller than that of the transparent light-emitting panel 45. On the rear surface of the transparent sheet 41, a first silver paint 42A and a second white paint 42B are deposited in order. It is coated. The second paint 42B (white) on the rear side is arranged inside (in a slightly smaller range) than the outer edge of the first paint 42A (silver), and the second paint 42B is seen from the front. (White) is configured so that it is not exposed.

The light-shielding sheet 40 includes a light-transmitting portion 43 in which the first paint 42A and the second paint 42B are not applied in a range overlapping the concave-convex light guide portion 46 of the transparent light-emitting panel 45 from the front. An outer edge light shielding portion 44A on which the first paint 42A and the second paint 42B are applied is provided on one side. Intermediate light shielding portions 44B and 44C are provided between the first S-shaped portion 46T and the second S-shaped portion 46S of the uneven light guide portion 46. As shown in FIG. Among the intermediate light shielding portions 44B and 44C, the portion disposed between the first S-shaped portion 46T and the upper right second S-shaped portion 46S is a relatively narrow narrow light-shielding portion 44B, which is the first S-shaped portion. A relatively wide light shielding portion 44C is located between 46T and the lower left second S-shaped portion 46S.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the decorative concave-convex plate 35 is made of a transparent plate, longer than the transparent light emitting panel 45 on the side of the upper connecting portion 35C, and shorter than the transparent light emitting panel 45 on the side of the lower connecting portion 35E. . As a result, when the decorative concave-convex plate 35 and the transparent light-emitting panel 45 overlap each other, the lower connecting portion 45E of the transparent light-emitting panel 45 is exposed.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the decorative concave-convex plate 35 is formed with a front bulging portion 36 that bulges forward at a position that overlaps with the wide light shielding portion 44C of the light shielding sheet 40 . In addition, a recessed flat portion 37 having a flat bottom surface is formed in a portion sandwiched between the front bulging portions 36, which is slightly recessed from the outside.

Further, of the decorative concave-convex plate 35, the front bulging portion 36 (that is, the portion that overlaps in front of the wide light shielding portion 44C of the light shielding sheet 40), the portion that overlaps in front of the narrow light shielding portion 44B of the light shielding sheet 40, and the light shielding A shading portion 38 made of a decoration having a lower translucency than the main body (transparent plate) of the decorative concave-convex plate 35 is provided in the portion overlapping the outer edge light shielding portion 44A of the sheet 40. - 特許庁

The configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is as described above. Next, functions and effects of the gaming machine 10 will be described. In the gaming machine 10, for example, when the result of the special symbol suitability determination is a win, a light emitting effect is performed in which the light emitting decorative member 30 emits light. In the light emitting effect, the light emitting element 50 emits light, and the light passing through the transparent light emitting panel 45 is reflected forward by the inner surface of the recess 46A. As a result, the tornado-shaped concavo-convex light guide portion 46 emits light and is visually recognized.

By the way, in this kind of light-emitting decorative member 30, it is difficult for the light to reach the concave portion 46A far from the light emitting element 50 in the concave-convex light guide portion 46, light leaks from portions other than the concave-convex light guide portion 46, and transparent light emission is caused. If there is a scratch on the panel 45, the scratch may shine, and the light from the concave portion 46A far from the light emitting element 50 may be blurred.

On the other hand, in the light-emitting decorative member 30 of the present embodiment, the light-shielding sheet 40 is superimposed in front of the transparent light-emitting panel 45, and the light from the concave-convex light-guiding portion 46 is visible through the light-transmitting portion 43. Since the light around the uneven light guide portion 46 is blocked by the light shielding portions 44A to 44C, the light from the recess portion 46A far from the light emitting element 50 can be made clear.

Further, in the concave-convex light guide portion 46, the concave portion 46A far from the light emitting element 50 is larger (deeper) than the concave portion 46A close to the light emitting element 50, so the amount of light reflected by the concave portion 46A close to the light emitting element 50 is reduced. Since it becomes easier for light to reach the concave portion 46A farther from the light emitting element 50 in the plate thickness direction or the extending direction of the plate, the light emitted from the concave portion 46A farther from the light emitting element 50 becomes stronger. Furthermore, since the tip uneven light guide portion 47 arranged farthest from the light emitting element 50 is formed on the entire inclined surface (that is, the entire thickness direction) of the lower connecting portion 45E of the transparent light emitting panel 45, Since the light on the back side (front side) of the large concave portion 46A reaches the tip uneven light guide portion 47, the light emission of the tip uneven light guide portion 47 becomes stronger.

In addition, the light shielding sheet 40 has the first silver paint 42A vapor-deposited or applied to the front and the second white paint 42B not protruding from the first paint 42A when viewed from the front. The inner surface of the light portion 43 (outer edge of the first silver paint 42A) reflects the light traveling sideways from the concave-convex light guide portion 46 . Thereby, the light emission of the uneven light guide portion 46 can be enhanced.

In addition, in the light-emitting decorative member 30, the decorative concave-convex plate 35 is further superimposed in front of the light-shielding sheet 40, and the blurring portion 38 is arranged in front of the light-shielding portions 44A to 44C. and the metallic luster of the light shielding portions 44A to 44C are blurred, thereby improving the appearance. Further, the decorative concave-convex plate 35 is formed with a front bulging portion 36 at a position overlapping with the wide light shielding portion 44C of the light shielding sheet 40, and a recessed flat portion 37 is formed at a portion sandwiched between the front bulging portions 36. Therefore, the tornado shape has a front portion and a back portion that are three-dimensional, making it easier for the player to recognize the tornado shape.

[Other embodiments]
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the uneven light guide portion 46 has a tornado shape, but it is not limited to this.

(2) The tip uneven light guide portion 47 may not be provided.

(3) The decorative concavo-convex plate 35 may not be provided.

(4) All of the concave portions 46A of the uneven light guide portion 46 may have the same size.

(5) The concave portion 46A is not hemispherical, and may be, for example, a pyramid such as a quadrangular pyramid, a triangular pyramid, or a cone.

(6) The light shielding portions 44A to 44C do not have to have metallic luster.

(7) The uneven light guide portion 46 may be formed on the front surface of the transparent light emitting panel 45 instead of the rear surface. Alternatively, the light may be reflected forward by a projection instead of the recess 46A.

(8) Blur part 38 may not be provided. Further, the shading portion 38 may be provided not in the entire range in front of the light shielding portions 44A to 44C but in a part thereof.

Although specific examples of the technology included in the scope of claims are disclosed in the specification and drawings, the technology described in the scope of claims is not limited to these specific examples. Various modifications and changes of the examples are included, and a part of specific examples is also included.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 gaming machine 30 light-emitting decorative member 35 decorative concave-convex plate 36 front bulging portion 37 recessed flat portion 38 blurring portion 40 light-shielding sheet 41 transparent sheet 42A first paint 42B second paint 43 light-transmitting portion 44A outer edge light-shielding portion 44B narrow width light-shielding portion 44C wide light shielding part 45 transparent light emitting panel 46 uneven light guide part 46A concave part 47 tip uneven light guide part 50 light emitting element

Claims (4)

a translucent plate visible from the front of the game machine;
a light-emitting element facing one side of the light-transmitting plate and configured to emit light toward the light-transmitting plate;
An uneven light guide part formed by forming unevenness on a part of the front surface or the rear surface of the light-transmitting plate and guiding the light from the light-emitting element to be emitted forward of the light-transmitting plate through the light-transmitting plate. and a gaming machine comprising
A sheet light-transmitting portion is formed on the front surface of the light-transmitting plate so as to match the position of the uneven light guide portion on the light-transmitting plate, and a portion other than the sheet light-transmitting portion is a non-light-transmitting light-shielding portion. Equipped with a light-shielding sheet that becomes
A side surface of the light-transmitting plate opposite to the one side surface is inclined with respect to the front-rear direction and emits light from the light-emitting element forwardly of the light-transmitting plate through the light-transmitting plate. A game machine provided with a tilted tip light guiding part for guiding so as to allow the game machine to move . 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein unevenness is formed in the entire thickness direction of the inclined tip light guide portion. The light shielding sheet is formed by laminating a first paint having metallic luster and a non-transparent second paint having no metallic luster on a transparent sheet in the order of the first paint and the second paint. The game machine according to claim 1 or 2. A transparent decorative member further superimposed in front of the light shielding sheet,
4. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the transparent decorative member is provided with a shading portion arranged in front of the shading portion of the shading sheet to blur leaked light.

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