JPH084054Y2 - Rotating equipment for slot machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a slot machine rotating device used in a slot machine, and more particularly to a drive mechanism.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a slot machine, a rotary drum is provided in a casing and a pattern such as "7" or "sun" is displayed on the surface of the rotary drum. There is a problem that the large diameter is large and the depth of the entire device is large.

Therefore, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-133088, gears and rollers are provided in the lower and upper parts of the casing, and a belt of a predetermined width is wound between the gears and the rollers, Some display various kinds of patterns on the surface. Then, after rotating the gear to drive the belt, the belt is stopped so that the pattern appears in the display window.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the slot machine described above, the electric motor for running the belt is housed and provided in the gear.

However, nothing is shown about the mounting of the gear and the electric motor, and since the gear is formed to have substantially the same width as the belt width, the electric motor cannot be easily fixed and the electric motor is not easily fixed. There was a problem that the gear and the gear could not be easily connected.

In particular, it is necessary to provide an electric motor corresponding to each of the belts, and in the central electric motor, there is a problem that the belts cannot be easily attached because the distance between the belts is set to a minute distance.

Therefore, it is conceivable to arrange the electric motor below the gear, but there is a problem that the overall shape becomes large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to reduce the overall shape and to simplify the mounting structure of the drive motor and the connection structure of the drive motor and the pulley. To do.

(Means for solving the problem) In order to achieve the above object, the measures taken by the present invention are:
The drive motor is arranged by utilizing the gap generated between the pair of toothed pulleys.

Specifically, the means devised by the invention according to claim 1 is such that, first, a drive pulley and a driven pulley are provided at positions facing each other in a casing, and a plurality of pattern displays are provided in the belt longitudinal direction between the pulleys. The present invention is directed to a rotating device for a slot machine, which is formed by winding an endless belt having a section.

The belt is a belt main body composed of a pair of toothed belts arranged in parallel with each other, and is continuously attached to the both belt main bodies in the longitudinal direction of the belt, and a pattern is displayed on the surface. It is composed of a plurality of pattern plates forming the pattern display section.

Further, the drive pulley is composed of a pair of toothed pulleys provided in parallel.

In addition, a drive motor composed of a two-axis motor is arranged between the two toothed pulleys, and the two toothed pulleys are respectively connected to both shafts of the drive motor.

(Operation) With the above configuration, in the device according to the first aspect, when the drive motor is driven, the pulley with both teeth of the drive pulley rotates,
In particular, the two toothed pulleys are connected to both shafts of the drive motor so that the two toothed pulleys rotate together.

Due to the rotation of the drive pulley, the belt main body travels between the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and each pattern display unit moves. Specifically, the belt has a plurality of pattern plates, and the pattern plates are continuous between both pulleys in which the belt main body is linear, while being separated at each pulley portion and being inverted as the belt main body is curved. become.

(Effect of the Invention) Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1, the drive motor is arranged by utilizing the gap generated between the toothed pulleys of the pair of drive pulleys. Since the drive motor is not installed in the gear, the drive motor can be installed easily. Further, since the drive pulley is located on the side of the drive motor, it is possible to connect the drive motor and the drive pulley with a simple structure.

Further, since it is not necessary to dispose the drive motor on the outside of the belt, the interval between the adjacent belts does not increase, and the overall shape of the slot machine can be reduced.

Further, since a plurality of pattern plates are attached to the belt body, colorful pattern display can be performed.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, 1 is a slot machine,
A plurality of (three in FIG. 1) rotating devices 2, 2, ... Are housed in a casing 11.

The casing 11 is formed in a vertically long substantially rectangular body, and a horizontally long display window 12 is opened at a substantially central portion of the front surface.

The rotating device 2 is provided in parallel in the width direction of the casing 11, the timing belt 3 is wound around the drive pulley 4 and the driven pulley 5, and the drive motor 6 is also provided.
Is provided and configured. The timing belt 3 is formed by attaching a plurality of pattern plates 8, 8, which are pattern display units, on the surfaces of a pair of belt bodies 7, 7.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the belt main body 7 is formed as an endless flexible belt, and has an outer peripheral surface formed flat while a plurality of teeth are formed on the inner peripheral surface. Part 7
Are formed into a toothed belt. The tooth portions 71, 71, ... Are formed in the width direction of the belt body 7 and are formed in parallel with each other in the longitudinal direction of the belt body 7 at equal pitches. Between the valleys 72, 72,
... are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the design plate 8 has a plate body 8a formed in a thin flat plate shape, and
It is formed in a rectangular shape and is made of a synthetic resin material. In addition, the design plate 8 is "7" or "Sun"
A plurality of types of patterns such as are displayed on the front surface by printing or the like, and the patterns are displayed in the display window 12. Also, the plate body 8a
At the back surface of the belt main body 7, a mounting piece 81 is formed, and at the upper end and the lower end, thin step portions 82, 82 are formed on both sides, and the step portion 82 of each pattern plate 8 is formed. , 82 are configured to overlap each other.

A pair of the mounting pieces 81 are formed at the center portions on both sides of the plate body 8a, and a support portion 84 is continuously formed in a substantially L shape at one end of an engaging portion 83 that engages with the belt body 7. ,
A protrusion 85 is formed on the outer end of the engaging portion 83, and the support portion 84 is continuous with the side end of the plate body 8a.

Further, the support portion 84 is formed corresponding to the thickness of the valley portion 72 in the belt body 7, while the engaging portion 83 is formed corresponding to the width length of the belt body 7. The protrusion 85 is configured to prevent the belt body 7 from coming off.

The design plate 8 has the engaging portion 83 of the mounting piece 81.
Is inserted into the valley portion 72 of the belt main body 7 from the side, and the belt main body 7 is attached to the belt main body 7 by being sandwiched by the mounting piece 81 and the plate main body 8a, and at the same time, a plurality of pattern plates 8, 8, ... Are continuously attached to the belt body 7 in the longitudinal direction of the belt body 7.

The drive pulley 4 is provided with a pair of toothed pulleys 41, 41 provided at the upper portion of the casing 11, and the driven pulley 5 is provided at the lower portion of the casing 11 with a pair of toothed pulleys 51, 51. Is provided and configured. The two toothed pulleys 41, 51 are provided in parallel at a predetermined interval in correspondence with the pair of belt main bodies 7, 7 located on both sides of the picture plate 8, and the two teeth of the driven pulley 5 are disposed. Pulley with 51,51
Is rotatably fitted on the shaft 52 to form an idle pulley.

Then, the toothed pulleys 41, 51 are formed with tooth portions 4a, 5a corresponding to the valley portions 72 of the belt body 7,
The belt main body 7 is wound around each of the pulleys 4 and 5, and the timing belt 3 is provided from the upper part to the lower part of the casing 11.

Further, the toothed pulleys 41, 51 of the drive pulley 4 and the driven pulley 5 are formed with engagement troughs 4b having a wide tooth groove width with respect to the mounting piece 81 of the pattern plate 8 (note that the engagement troughs are formed). Department
4b is the same as each toothed pulley 41, 51, so only the drive pulley 4 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.) The engagement valleys 4b are formed by removing one tooth 4a, and are formed at equal pitches corresponding to the attachment pieces 81 of the picture plate 8.

That is, since the mounting pieces 81 are provided on the belt main body 7 at equal pitches, the engaging valley portions 4b are formed so as to match the pitch of the mounting pieces 81. In the figure, the trough 72 of the belt body 7 is a mounting piece 81.
Since there are three in between, the engaging valley portion 4b of the toothed pulley 41 is formed for each of the four tooth portions 4a, 4a, 4a. Although not shown,
The flanges of the toothed pulleys 41, 51 are notched at the corresponding portions of the engaging valley portions 4a.

Further, the drive motor 6 is composed of, for example, a pulse motor, and the rotary shafts 62, 6 are provided on both sides of the motor body 61.
It is composed of a two-axis motor with 2 protruding. Further, the drive motor 6 is configured such that the toothed pulleys 41, 41 of the drive pulley 4 are
It is arranged by using the gap that occurs between the
The supporting member penetrates through the inside of each of the belts 3, 3, ...
The drive motor 6 is installed on the supporting member, and the toothed pulleys 41, 41 of the drive pulley 4 are coaxially fitted and fixed to the rotary shafts 62, 62, respectively. And
Although not shown, the drive motor 6 is a slot machine 1.
The timing belt 3 is driven by the operation of the operation lever provided at the position.

Next, the rotating operation of the rotating device 2 in the slot machine 1 will be described.

First, when the operating lever (not shown) of the slot machine 1 is operated, the drive motors 6, 6, ... Of the rotating devices 2, 2, ... Driven by the drive motors 6, 6, ... Rotates the rotary shafts 62, 62 ,.
4, toothed pulleys 41, 41, ... Rotate. When the pair of toothed pulleys 41, 41 rotate for each rotating device 2, the pair of belt main bodies 7, 7 travel in synchronization, and the timing belt 3 travels from the upper part to the lower part of the casing 11. And the plurality of pattern plates 8,8, ... are the belt main body
Moves with 7,7.

At that time, the plurality of pattern plates 8,8, ... At the straight portion of the belt body 7 between the drive pulley 4 and the driven pulley 5, the stepped portions 82,82 of the pattern plates 8,8 ,. …
Overlap and continue. And each of the above design plates 8,8,
Are separated between the stepped portions 82, 82, ... In each of the pulleys 4 and 5, and are reversed according to the curve of the belt main bodies 7, 7.

After that, the driving of the timing belts 3, 3, ... Stops the drive motors 6,6 ,.
… Stops. Then, the design of the design plates 8, 8, ... Appears in the display window 12.

Therefore, since the drive motor 6 is arranged by utilizing the gap between the toothed pulleys 41, 41 of the pair of drive pulleys 4, the drive motor 6 is not arranged in the gear unlike the conventional case. The drive motor 6 can be easily installed. Further, since the drive pulley 4 is located on the side of the drive motor 6, the drive motor 6 and the drive pulley 4 can be connected with a simple structure.

Further, since the drive motor 6 is not arranged outside the timing belt 3, the interval between the adjacent timing belts 3 does not increase and the overall shape of the slot machine 1 can be reduced.

In addition, a plurality of pattern plates 8,8,
Since ... is attached, a colorful pattern can be displayed.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the driven pulley 5 may be formed to have a wide width so as to be configured by only one toothed pulley.

The shape of the mounting piece 81 is not limited to that of the embodiment, and the pattern plate 8 is attached to the belt main body 7 by utilizing the valley portion 72 of the belt main body 7.
Anything can be fixed to.

Further, the timing belt 3 may be configured by attaching a printable film body between the pair of belt main bodies 7, 7.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a slot machine, FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view showing a rotating device, and FIG. FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the design plate, FIG. 5 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 6 is a side view thereof. 1 ... Slot machine, 2 ... Rotating device, 3 ... Timing belt, 4 ... Drive pulley, 5 ... Followed pulley, 6 ... Drive motor, 7 ... Belt body, 8 ... Picture plate, 41, 51 ... Toothed pulley.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A slot formed by arranging a driving pulley and a driven pulley in a casing so as to face each other, and between the pulleys, an endless belt having a plurality of pattern display portions is wound in the belt longitudinal direction. A rotating device for a machine, wherein the belt comprises a belt main body composed of a pair of toothed belts provided in parallel with each other, the belt main body being continuously attached to the both belt main bodies in a belt longitudinal direction and having a surface. On the other hand, the drive pulley comprises a pair of toothed pulleys provided in parallel, and a space between the toothed pulleys is provided between the two toothed pulleys. The slot machine rotating device is characterized in that a drive motor including a double shaft motor is arranged, and the double-toothed pulleys are respectively connected to both shafts of the drive motor.