JPH06261973A - Slot machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To illuminate the interior of a medal receiving tray without enlarging a main body and increasing the production cost by providing a light guide for conducting light from an internal light source for illuminating a style panel incorporated the front face of a slot machine from the rear side to the medal receiving tray. CONSTITUTION:An illuminating mechanism to conduct light from a luminescent lamp 8 for illuminating a medal receiving tray 27 is provided on the lower end of a frame 5, and composed of a pair of light conducting plates 30, 31 projecting like a strip along the longitudinal direction of the lower end of the frame 5. Thus, when the light from the luminescent lamp 8 is incident on the light conducting plates 30, 31, it repeats the internal reflection to be conducted to the end face for illuminating the medal receiving tray 27 discharged to the outside from above. The light illuminating the interior of the medal receiving tray 27 is reflected to a medal 21 in the medal receiving tray 27. Thus, the size of a slot machine is not enlarged without increasing the production cost to illuminance the interior of the medal receiving tray.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal insertion type slot machine which inserts medals prior to the start of a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A slot machine is composed of a main body containing a plurality of reels and the like, and a front door that can be freely opened and closed. The front door is a metal frame and a transparent display fitted in the frame. It is composed of a display panel and a translucent cosmetic panel. For the makeup panel, for example, a semi-transparent plastic plate that is colored or decorated is used. In order to enhance the decorative effect of this makeup panel, for example, a fluorescent lamp is arranged and illuminated behind it.

In such a slot machine, prior to the start of the game, for example, medals are inserted in the range of 1 to 3 medals from the medal insertion slot. After that, when the start lever is operated, a plurality of reels having various symbols are rotated. When the rotation of each of these reels is stopped by the operation of the stop button or the elapse of a predetermined time, the symbols are displayed in the reel display windows formed on the display panel. When the combination of these symbols is a winning combination, the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination is paid out from the main body to the medal tray below the front door.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional slot machine, since the light from the fluorescent lamp that has passed through the makeup panel does not reach the medal tray, if the slot machine is installed in a dark place of indoor illumination, There was a problem that the medal tray became dark and it was difficult for the player to visually recognize the paid out medals. In order to solve this problem, an illumination light source for illuminating the medal tray may be attached to the main body or the front door, but this method requires an illumination light source and an installation space for the illumination light source, resulting in high manufacturing costs and slot machines. There is another problem that the size becomes large.

The present invention has been made to solve the drawbacks of the prior art, and provides a slot machine capable of illuminating the inside of a medal tray without increasing the size of the main body and at a low cost. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a light guide for guiding the light from the internal light source for illuminating the makeup panel from the back side to the medal tray. Is. In the invention according to claim 2, the light guide is colored in order to enhance the decorative effect of the slot machine.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 4 shows a slot machine to which the present invention is applied. The slot machine 2 is composed of a main body 3 for accommodating a reel unit and the like, and a front door 4 provided on the main body 3 so as to be openable and closable. The front door 4 includes a metal frame 5, and a display panel 6 and a makeup panel 7 provided on the frame 5, respectively. The decorative panel 7 is made of a translucent plastic plate which is colored or decorated so that the inside of the main body 3 cannot be seen from the outside. Behind the makeup panel 7, for example, a fluorescent lamp 8 (see FIG. 1) is arranged in order to enhance the decorative effect.

The display panel 6 includes first to third reels 1
A reel display window 13 for observing 0 to 12 and a payout counter display window 14 for displaying the number of payout medals at winning.
Is provided. Further, the frame 5 is provided with a medal insertion slot 20, and medals 21 are inserted in a range of 1 to 3 at the start of the game. After the medal is inserted, the start lever 22 can be operated. Start lever 22
When is operated, the reels 10 to 12 are simultaneously rotated. When each of the reels 10 to 12 reaches a predetermined number of rotations, the stop buttons 23 to 25 can be operated. When each of these stop buttons 23 to 25 is operated, the rotation of each reel 10 to 12 is stopped in accordance with the operation timing.

Various symbols such as "7", "BAR", and "cherry" are written on the reels 10 to 12, and these symbols are displayed on the reel display window 13. The reel display window 13 has a plurality of winning lines activated at the time of winning determination according to the number of inserted medals, and when the combination of the symbols arranged on the activated winning line is a winning. A well-known hopper device (not shown) is driven, and the number of medals 21 corresponding to the winning combination is paid out into the medal tray 27 from the medal payout opening 26.

The medal tray 27 is provided on the main body 3. An illumination mechanism 28 that guides light from the fluorescent lamp 8 and illuminates the medal tray 27 is provided at the lower end of the frame 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the illumination mechanism 28 is composed of a pair of light guide plates 30 and 31 projecting in a strip shape along the longitudinal direction at the lower end of the frame 5. These light guide plates 30 and 31 are made of, for example, acrylic resin in a shape as shown in FIG.
0a and 31a are diffusion surfaces. In addition, the light guide plate 30,
One end surfaces 30b and 31b of 31 are respectively shaped in an arc shape, and further colored, for example, green. Although the end faces 30b and 31b are colored in green in this embodiment, they may be colored in other colors. In addition, the end surface 30 of the light guide plate
Although b and 31b are colored, the entire light guide plates 30 and 31 may be colored.

In such light guide plates 30 and 31, the light from the fluorescent lamp 8 is attached to the upper surfaces 30c and 3 of the light guide plates 30 and 31, respectively.
When incident from 1c, it is diffusely reflected on the diffusion surface. The irregularly reflected light is internally reflected by the upper surfaces 30c and 31c. The light internally reflected is further repeatedly internally reflected, guided to the end faces of the light guide plates 30 and 31 including the end faces 30b and 31b, and emitted from these end faces to the outside.

Further, the light guide plates 30 and 31 are fixed to the metal support member 33 in different steps via screws 32.
Therefore, it is possible to efficiently receive the light from the fluorescent lamp 8 shown by the alternate long and short dash line in the figure. The support member 33 is welded to the inside of the lower end of the frame 5, as shown in FIG.

The operation of the slot machine 2 thus constructed will be described. The power of the slot machine 2 is ON
Then, the fluorescent lamp 8 is turned on to illuminate the makeup panel 7, the light guide plates 30, 31, and the like. A part of the light illuminated on the makeup panel 7 passes through the makeup panel 7 and is guided to the outside. Further, the light illuminated on the light guide plates 30 and 31 enters inside from the respective upper surfaces 30c and 31c and is reflected by the diffusion surface. Most of the light reflected by the diffusing surface repeats internal reflection and is guided to the end faces 30b and 31b.

The light guided to the end faces 30b and 31b is
Here, it is colored green and released to the outside, and the medal tray 2
Illuminate 7 from above. As a result, the inside of the medal tray 27 becomes bright. Furthermore, the light that illuminates the inside of the medal tray 27 is
Since the medal 21 in the medal tray 27 is reflected, the player can easily observe the medal 21. Further, since the medal tray 27 is illuminated in green, it is possible to give the slot machine 2 a decorative effect.

Although the light guide plates 30 and 31 for guiding the light incident from the flat surface to the end surface are used as the light guide in the above-mentioned embodiment, the same effect can be obtained by using the fiber for guiding the light from the end surface to the end surface. it can. Further, although acrylic resin is used as the material of the light guide plates 30 and 31, the same effect can be obtained by using other synthetic resin or glass or the like that guides the light incident from the plane to the end face in the present invention. Further, in the above embodiment, the diffusion surfaces are formed on the lower surfaces of the light guide plates 30 and 31, respectively.
Even if a reflecting member having a diffusion surface is attached to the lower surface of each of the light guide plates 30 and 31 without forming the diffusion surface, the same effect can be obtained.

[0016]

As described above, in the slot machine of the present invention, the medal tray is illuminated with a simple structure provided with the light guide for guiding the light from the internal light source, so that the slot machine is not upsized and the manufacturing cost is reduced. It is possible to brighten the inside of the medal tray without significantly raising. Further, since the light guide is colored, the medal tray illuminated by the colored light has a decorative effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a slot machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a partially broken light guide.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a main part of a slot machine.

FIG. 4 is an external view of the entire slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 slot machine 6 display panel 7 makeup panel 8 fluorescent lamp 10-12 reel 21 medal 27 medal tray 30, 31 light guide plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A slot machine in which a makeup panel incorporated in the front surface of a slot machine is illuminated from the back side by an internal light source, wherein a part of light from the internal light source is incident on a light guide, and a payout medal is provided. A slot machine, characterized in that a medal tray for storing the coins is illuminated with light emitted from the light guide. 2. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the light guide is colored.