JPH10277202A - Rotary reel unit of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with work of taking off a reel belt from the outer circumference of a reel drum to reapply the reel belt when the reel belt is poorly stuck. SOLUTION: When a reel belt 25 is stuck being deviated in the direction A of a reel drum 23, a screw 29 is loosened to move a photosensor 28 in the direction (a) and the screw 29 is re-tightened. On the other hand, when the reel belt 25 is stuck being deviated in the direction B of the reel drum 23, the photosensor 28 is moved in the direction (b) to reposition the photosensor 28 with respect to a bracket 24. This can correct a relative positional relationship between a shielding plate 30 for indicating the rotating position of the reel drum 23 and the photosensor 28 thereby eliminating the need for taking off the reel belt 25 from the outer circumference of the reel drum 23 which is stuck at a wrong applying position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotating reel unit used for a game machine such as a slot machine and a ball and ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a rotating reel unit of this type of gaming machine, for example, a rotating reel unit 1 shown in FIG. 4A used in a slot machine 1 shown in FIG.
There is one.

The rotating reel unit 11 is a reel drum 1
The reel band 13 is adhered to the outer periphery of the reel 2. Various symbols (not shown) are drawn around the reel band 13. These symbols are projected from behind by a back lamp 14 shown in FIG. 4B provided inside each reel drum 12, and the slot machine 1
Is observed from each window 2. When a medal is inserted into the slot 3 and the start lever 4 is operated, the motor 16 mounted on the bracket 15 is driven, and each reel drum 12 rotates. Therefore, a symbol moving at high speed is observed in each window 2.

When the stop switch 5 is pressed by the player, each reel drum 12 is controlled to stop according to the operation timing. This stop control is performed while the rotation position of each reel drum 12 is recognized by each sensor (not shown) attached to each bracket 15. At this time, the sensor detects a shielding plate 17 provided on the reel drum 12 that passes with the rotation of the reel drum 12. When a predetermined symbol combination is displayed on the payline 6 when each reel drum 12 is stopped, a prize is won, and a predetermined number of medals are paid out to the receiving tray 8 from the payout port 7.

[0005]

However, in the rotating reel unit 11 of the above-mentioned conventional gaming machine, at the time of assembling, the reel band 13 has a symbol drawn on its outer periphery and a shielding plate 17 provided on the reel drum 12. Are determined in a fixed relationship, and are stuck on the outer periphery of the reel drum 12. The quality of the sticking position is determined by stopping the reel drum 12 by rotating it after the sticking of the reel band 13 and comparing the stop position of the specific symbol with the reference position. If the reel band 13 is determined to be defective in this pass / fail check, the reel band 13 is peeled off from the outer periphery of the reel drum 12, and the reel band 13 is reattached to the reel drum 12. That is, in the structure of the rotating reel unit 11 of the conventional gaming machine, the reel band 13 needs to be reattached at the time of assembling the unit, and the rotating reel unit 11 cannot be assembled efficiently.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and comprises a cylindrical reel drum, a reel band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the reel drum, and a reel drum. A motor for rotationally driving, a bracket to which the motor is attached, an indicating member for indicating a rotation position of the reel drum, and a sensor attached to the bracket for detecting passage of the indicating member and detecting rotation of the reel drum. In the rotating reel unit of a gaming machine having the above structure, the sensor is attached to a bracket so as to be movable in a direction in which the pointing member passes.

In such a configuration, when the reel band is not stuck in a predetermined relative positional relationship with respect to the reel drum, the sensor is moved in a direction to cancel the deviation of the relative positional relationship, and the sensor is moved to the bracket. Reinstalled.

[0008]

Next, an embodiment in which a rotary reel unit of a gaming machine according to the present invention is applied to the above-described slot machine will be described.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entire structure of the rotary reel unit 21 according to the present embodiment. A cylindrical reel drum 23 is attached to the case 22 by a bracket 24. In the figure, two reel drums 2
3 shows a state in which the reel drum 3 is attached to the case 22, but another reel drum 23 is accommodated in the case 22 at the time of use.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing one of the reel drums 23. As shown in FIG. 2, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

On the outer peripheral surface of the reel drum 23, a reel band 25 on which various symbols are drawn is affixed. A lamp case for accommodating a back lamp is provided behind the reel band 25, and each symbol is illuminated from behind by the back lamp. The reel drum 23 is attached to the output shaft of a motor 27,
7 is attached to the bracket 24.

A photosensor 28 having a U-shaped tip is movably attached to the bracket 24 with a screw 29. By loosening the screw 29, the mounting position of the photosensor 28 on the bracket 24 can be freely changed. The moving direction of the mounting position is along the outer circumference of the arcuate portion 24a of the bracket 24, and the outer circumference of the arcuate portion 24a is on a circle centered on the output shaft of the motor 27. Accordingly, the moving direction of the mounting position of the photosensor 28 is along the direction in which the shielding plate 30 passes through the portion of the photosensor 28 as the reel drum 23 rotates.

The shielding plate 30 is provided on the rear side of the radial support member 23a of the reel drum 23, and constitutes a pointing member indicating the rotational position of the reel drum 23. The shield plate 30 also rotates with the rotation of the reel drum 23 and passes between the U-shaped portions of the photo sensor 28. Light passes between the U-shaped portions, and when the shielding plate 30 passes through this portion, the light is blocked and rotation of the reel drum 23 is detected.

In the rotating reel unit 21 according to the present embodiment, the reel band 25 is
When the photo sensor 28 is not pasted in a predetermined relative positional relationship with respect to the photo sensor 3, the photo sensor 28 is moved in a direction to cancel the deviation of the relative positional relationship, and is attached to the bracket 24 again.

That is, the reel band 25 is
In this case, the photosensor 28 is moved in the direction a by loosening the screw 29, and the screw 29 is retightened. On the other hand, when the reel band 25 is stuck in the direction B of the reel drum 23, the photosensor 28 is moved in the direction b, and the mounting position of the photosensor 28 with respect to the bracket 24 is corrected.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to peel off the reel band 25 having a bad sticking position from the outer periphery of the reel drum 23 as in the related art. That is, since the relative positional relationship between the shielding plate 30 indicating the rotation position of the reel drum 23 and the photosensor 28 is corrected, the reel band 25
There is no need to re-paste. As a result, the assembly efficiency of the rotating reel unit 21 is improved.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a rotary reel unit of a slot machine has been described. It is also possible to achieve the same effect as the above embodiment.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the reel band is not stuck in a predetermined relative positional relationship with respect to the reel drum, the sensor is moved in such a direction as to cancel the deviation of the relative positional relationship. Is moved and attached to the bracket again. For this reason, the attaching position of the reel band can be adjusted without performing the operation of re-attaching the reel band as in the related art, and the assembling efficiency of the rotating reel unit is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken perspective view showing a partial configuration of a rotary reel unit of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an entire configuration of a rotating reel unit of the gaming machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a slot machine using a rotating reel unit of a conventional gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a rotating reel unit of a conventional gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Revolution reel unit 22 ... Case 23 ... Reel drum 24 ... Bracket 25 ... Reel band 27 ... Motor 28 ... Photosensor 29 ... Screw 30 ... Shielding plate (pointing member)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A reel drum having a cylindrical shape, a reel band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the reel drum, a motor for driving the reel drum to rotate, a bracket to which the motor is mounted, and a rotation position of the reel drum. In a rotating reel unit of a gaming machine, comprising: a pointing member that indicates the rotation of the reel drum by detecting passage of the pointing member; and a sensor attached to the bracket. A rotating reel unit for a game machine, wherein the rotating reel unit is movably attached to the bracket along a direction in which the pointing member passes. 2. The rotating reel unit of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said gaming machine is a slot machine or a ball and ball gaming machine.