JP4334528B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

In a conventional gaming machine, a side lamp mounting substrate is provided with a cylindrical body portion whose front end face and peripheral side face are opened and the lamp faces inside, and the front end face and the peripheral side face are respectively colored translucent lens members. In addition to direct illumination by the lens member with one lamp, a mirror surface portion that reflects the light of the lamp that has passed through the lens member on the peripheral side surface forward is disposed on the side of the peripheral side surface. In addition, there is a gaming machine in which indirect lighting is also possible to enhance the electric decoration effect and to reduce the labor of lamp installation and wiring (Patent Document 1).
In addition, there is a gaming machine in which an illumination display device comprising a lamp and a light emission assisting member and a lamp cover that covers the lamp and the light emission assisting member is disposed above the glass frame of the gaming machine. Some have a plurality of protrusions extending in the vertical direction, and the light of the display lamp is diffused over a wide range by the plurality of protrusions of the light emission assisting member (Patent Document 2).

JP 7-328181 A JP 2001-58029 A

However, in the background art of Patent Document 1 described above, indirect illumination is performed using a mirror surface portion, and a simple and constant decoration effect can only be obtained, and the overall decoration effect of the illumination portion cannot be expected.
In the background art of Patent Document 2, an illumination display device covered with a lamp cover having a plurality of protrusions extending in the vertical direction on the upper part of the gaming machine frame is used. Although what makes a decoration effect acquired is described, changing the shape of the cover arrange | positioned in the front surface of a lamp | ramp is performed normally, and a special decoration effect cannot be acquired.
In addition, game machines such as pachinko machines are usually installed with a slight back slope (so-called skein) when attached to island facilities, which makes it easier for game balls to get entangled with the board surface side of game nails, The flow of the game ball is stable, does not vary, and the flow of the game ball can be secured in accordance with the adjustment of the game nail. For this reason, in the case of simple indirect lighting, the location where the light hits strongly changes according to the level of the above-mentioned sneaking, and the level of the above-mentioned sneaking is easily grasped by a skilled player or a player with such knowledge. You can choose a platform where the game balls do not vary, but this is not understood by beginners or those who do not have the above knowledge, and as a result, there is a risk that unfairness among players may occur, and as a result It may lead to trouble between people.
Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to improve the overall decoration effect and realize an effective decoration with uniform light, as well as a player. The purpose is to provide a gaming machine that can eliminate the unfairness in between.

The gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present application includes a decorative portion on the front surface .
A machine frame that attaches to the island facility,
A game board storage frame that is attached to the machine frame so as to be openable and closable and in which a game board having a game area formed on the front surface is stored;
In a gaming machine comprising: a transparent member holding frame that is attached to be openable and closable so as to cover the front surface of the gaming board storage frame .
The transparent member holding frame is formed with an opening that allows the game board stored in the game board storage frame to be visually recognized, and the decorative part is formed at the periphery of the opening.
The decorative part is
A main body having a wave shape in the front-rear direction;
An illumination member for irradiating the decorative part with light;
A lens member that transmits light from the illumination member,
In the main body,
Projecting to the near side, an illumination member disposition portion in which the illumination member is disposed in the projecting interior ,
Recess late crop side, are alternately formed and a reflection unit that performs indirect lighting by reflecting light from the illumination member in the vertical direction,
The illuminating member is attached to the lower back side of the illuminating member disposition portion so as to irradiate light from above on the reflecting portion,
The illumination member side surface of the lens member is formed in a curved shape that is convex in the light irradiation direction,
The reflective part is subjected to hairline processing to form a plurality of elongated grooves in parallel along the light irradiation direction ,
The width of the groove of the reflection part formed by the hairline processing is made wider than the interval between the adjacent grooves , and the groove of the reflection part is made wider as the distance from the illumination member increases . on the inner wall, characterized in that a plurality of projections.

According to the gaming machine of the first aspect, the light irradiated from the illumination member in the decoration portion is reflected by the reflection portion, and indirect illumination is performed. In addition, the reflective portion is provided with a plurality of grooves formed by hairline processing and a plurality of protrusions formed on the inner walls of the grooves. For this reason, the light irradiated to the reflection part is diffusely reflected in various directions and radiated in various directions on the front side of the gaming machine. Therefore, the overall decoration effect is improved, and an effective decoration with uniform light can be realized. Further, since the skill of the gaming machine is not understood by skilled players, unfairness among the players can be eliminated.

Further, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect , since the width of the groove of the reflection portion is wider than the interval between adjacent grooves, the surface of the reflection portion (surface not subjected to hairline processing) is widened. Therefore, the light can be reflected more evenly.
According to the gaming machine of the first aspect , the groove of the reflecting portion is made wider as the distance from the illumination member is increased, and the surface of the lens member on the illumination member side is curved so as to be convex in the light irradiation direction. As a result, even if it is not directly under or near the illumination member, light can be effectively radiated over a wide range, so that a higher decorative effect can be obtained with a small number of light sources.

According to the gaming machine of the first aspect , the decoration part including the light reflection part is formed on the periphery of the opening part in the transparent member holding frame, and the decoration by the indirect illumination is performed in the decoration part. For this reason, as in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is necessary to add a member to be a mirror surface portion, or an adverse effect that extra space is required, and the overall decoration effect of the gaming machine is eliminated. Can be improved.

Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, a configuration example when applied to a pachinko apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
First, the first embodiment will be described.
A. Island Configuration First, FIG. 1 is an installation diagram of gaming machines on island facilities. The pachinko machine 1 (game machine) of this example is provided with a machine frame (not shown) that is attached to the island facility, and as shown in FIG. 3 cases are illustrated) are installed in parallel. When each pachinko machine 1 is attached to the gaming machine island 2, the upper side is fixed in a state where the upper side is slightly inclined in the back direction (a state in which a so-called warp is provided).

B. Front Configuration and Overall Structure of Pachinko Machine Next, the front configuration and overall structure of the pachinko machine 1 of this example will be described with reference to FIG.
The pachinko machine 1 has a front frame 11 attached to the machine frame disposed on the back side of the front frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. It is attached to the upper side of the frame 11. Further, a transparent member holding frame 13 (so-called glass frame) is attached to the front frame 11 so as to cover the upper side of the front surface so as to be opened and closed, and a glass plate 14 (transparent plastic) held by the transparent member holding frame 13. The game area of the game board is visible through a board).

The transparent member holding frame 13 is formed with an opening 13a (an opening covered by the glass plate 14) that allows the game board stored in the front frame 11 (game board storage frame) to be visually recognized. A decorative portion 30 is formed on the periphery of the opening 13a. In this case, specifically, a decorative portion 30 (described later in detail) using indirect illumination is provided on the lower right side when viewed from the front of the opening 13a of the transparent member holding frame 13.
An opening / closing panel 15 is disposed below the transparent member holding frame 13 and is attached to the front frame 11 so as to be freely opened and closed. Further, an operation panel 16 is normally fixed to the front frame 11 below the open / close panel 15.

In addition, an area (that is, a game area) is formed on the front surface of the game board where a ball is dropped from above and is judged as out or safe (determination of whether or not a prize has been won), and the game ball enters the winning opening. When it becomes effective and safe, a predetermined number of game balls are discharged to the upper plate 17 provided on the open / close panel 15 (that is, discharged as prize balls).
Further, a key insertion portion 21 of a locking device (not shown) for the front frame 11 and the transparent member holding frame 13 is formed at the opening / closing side (right side in FIG. 2) of the front frame 11.

  The upper plate 17 provided on the open / close panel 15 temporarily holds game balls before being released as prize balls or rental balls, and these game balls are provided on the lower back side of the front frame 11. A ball feeding device (not shown) is sequentially supplied to a device (not shown). This upper plate 17 has an upper plate ball for opening and closing a ball passage for transferring a game ball of the upper plate 17 to a lower plate 26 to be described later. A withdrawal lever 24 is provided.

Further, the operation panel 16 includes an ashtray 25, a lower plate 26, a lower plate ball removal lever 27 for pulling out a ball stored in the lower plate 26, and a firing operation handle for operating the launching device. 28 are provided.
Further, what is denoted by reference numeral 29 in FIG. 1 is a speaker that is provided on the front side of the upper plate 17 and outputs sound effects.

C. Next, the configuration of the decorative portion 30 of this example will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a front view of the decorative portion 30. FIG. 5 is a view showing a decorative member 31 (a cut lower portion), which will be described later, cut along a cross section indicated by a symbol A in FIG. 4, and FIG. 5 (a) is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. ) Is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the cut surface. 6 is a side cross-sectional view of the decorative portion 30 cut along the cross section indicated by the symbol B in FIG. FIG. 7A is a back view of the decorative portion 30, and FIG. 7B is an exploded perspective view of the decorative portion 30 (viewed from the back side). FIG. 8A is a view showing a lens member 33b described later attached to the decorative member 31, and FIG. 8B is a back view showing a state where the lens member 33b is attached to the decorative member 31. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the decorative portion 30 includes a decorative member 31 (main body portion) that has a waveform shape in the front-rear direction, and illumination members 32 a, 32 b, and 32 c that irradiate the decorative portion 30 with light. Lens members 33a, 33b, and 33c that transmit light from these illumination members, respectively.
Here, the decorative member 31 is, for example, a synthetic resin molded product, and the lateral width viewed from the front surface is on the lower end side according to the peripheral shape (arc-shaped shape) of the opening 13a of the transparent member holding frame 13 described above. The shape becomes larger. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, etc., the decorative member 31 has a portion protruding from the front side (four locations) and a portion recessed toward the back side (three locations) alternately from top to bottom. Is formed. And the part (three places from the top) which protrudes in the front side in this decoration member 31 is the lighting member arrangement | positioning part 34a, 34b, 34c, and the part (three from the top) which is depressed in the back side in the decoration member 31 ) Are reflection portions 35a, 35b, and 35c.

The illuminating member arrangement portions 34a, 34b, and 34c are portions to which the illuminating members 32a, 32b, and 32c are respectively attached to the lower back side.
The reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c are portions that perform indirect illumination by reflecting light from the illumination members 32a, 32b, and 32c. As shown in FIG. 5B, hairline processing (a plurality of elongated grooves 36 are formed in parallel on the surface of the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c along the light irradiation direction (in this case, approximately the vertical direction). A plurality of protrusions 37 are formed on the inner wall of each groove 36 formed by the hairline processing.

The hairline processing is formed by, for example, directly scratching the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c. Further, in the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c, the width W1 of the portion that is not a groove (the interval between adjacent grooves 36) is narrower than the width W2 of the groove 36 that is formed by the hairline processing. That is, W1 <W2.
Further, the width W2 of the groove 36 is not constant in the longitudinal direction (in this case, substantially the vertical direction), and becomes wider as the distance from the illumination members 32a, 32b, and 32c increases. Further, in this example, the width W2 of the groove 36 is not constant in the width direction and is widened outward (in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 5B).
Moreover, the direction and the formation position of the plurality of protrusions 37 are set at random.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7B, the lighting members 32a, 32b, and 32c are provided with light emitting elements (for example, LEDs) 39a, 39b, and 39c on the lower surface side of the substrates 38a, 38b, and 38c, and wiring on the upper surface side. Connector 40a, 40b, 40c is mounted. The light emitting elements 39a, 39b, and 39c are connected to a control device and a power source of the pachinko machine 1 (not shown) via connectors 40a, 40b, and 40c, and are controlled to be turned on by the control device, as shown in FIG. Light is irradiated from above to each of the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c. In this case, a plurality of light emitting elements 39a, 39b, and 39c are provided on each substrate.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the optical axes of the light emitting elements 39a, 39b, and 39c are slightly in the vertical direction (up and down direction) so that they can be radiated in a wider range (whole to each reflecting portion). It is arranged at an angle.

  Next, the lens members 33a, 33b, and 33c are formed by forming lens portions 41 (shown in FIG. 8A) in portions where the light from each of the light emitting elements 39a, 39b, and 39c is transmitted. As shown in FIG. 8A, the surface on the illumination member side of the lens portion 41 has a curved shape (a shape in which the irradiated light diffuses) that is convex in the light irradiation direction.

According to the gaming machine (pachinko machine 1) of this example, the light emitted from the illumination members 32a, 32b, and 32c in the decorative portion 30 provided on the transparent member holding frame 13 is reflected by the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c. Indirect lighting is performed. In addition, the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c are provided with a plurality of grooves 36 formed by hairline processing and a plurality of protrusions 37 formed on the inner wall of the grooves 36. For this reason, the light irradiated on the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c is diffusely reflected in various directions and emitted in various directions on the front side of the gaming machine. Therefore, the overall decoration effect is improved, and an effective decoration with uniform light can be realized. Furthermore, since the skill of the gaming machine (pachinko machine 1) is not understood by skilled players, unfairness among the players can be eliminated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing light reflection in the case where the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c are subjected to hairline processing and the plurality of protrusions 37 are not formed in the grooves 36. FIG. 3 (a) shows the pachinko machine 1 3 is a case where the pachinko machine 1 is slightly twisted. In this way, when the reflection by the indirect illumination is viewed from the same eye position, the strong light portion is different, so that the nek is easily grasped.
However, according to the gaming machine of this example, since the plurality of protrusions 37 are formed in the groove 36, the irradiated light is irregularly reflected at the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c as shown by arrows in FIG. It shines evenly on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 (light is emitted in various directions). For this reason, in this example, the above-mentioned level of sneaking (including the presence or absence of sneaking) is not known.

Further, according to the gaming machine of this example, the width W1 of the portion that is not the groove 36 in the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c is not wider than the width W2 of the groove 36, so that the light can be reflected more evenly. .
In the gaming machine of this example, the width W2 of the groove 36 in the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c is wider toward the outside, so that a wide lighting effect is possible, and a wider range can be achieved with a small number of light sources. In addition, a high lighting / decorative effect can be expected.
Further, according to the gaming machine of this example, the groove 36 in the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c is made wider as it gets away from the lighting members 32a, 32b, and 32c, and the surface on the lighting member side of the lens members 33a, 33b, and 33c. Was curved in a convex shape in the light irradiation direction (a shape in which the irradiated light diffused). For this reason, even if it is not right under or near the illumination members 32a, 32b, and 32c, light can be effectively radiated over a wide range, so that a higher decoration effect can be obtained with fewer light sources.

  Further, according to the gaming machine of this example, the decorative portion 30 including the light reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c is formed on the periphery of the opening portion 13a in the transparent member holding frame 13, and the electric power by indirect illumination is formed in the decorative portion 30. Decoration is done. For this reason, as in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is necessary to add a member to be a mirror surface portion, or an adverse effect that extra space is required, and the overall decoration effect of the gaming machine is eliminated. Can be improved.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, about the component similar to a 1st form example, the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted using a same sign.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the decorative member, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state where the reflecting surface constituting member is attached to the decorative member.
In the case of this example, as shown in FIG. 9, the hairline processing is not performed on the reflection portions 35 a, 35 b, and 35 c in the decorative member 31. As shown in FIG. 10, reflecting surface constituting members 51a, 51b, 51c are bonded to the surfaces of the reflecting portions 35a, 35b, and 35c by bonding or other methods, and these reflecting surface constituting members 51a. , 51b, 51c are subjected to hairline processing. Such an aspect may be sufficient as this invention.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible.
For example, the aspect which the width | variety of the groove | channel 36 in reflective part 35a, 35b, 35c is widened toward the inner side may be sufficient. Moreover, you may provide a decoration part in multiple places (for example, both right and left sides of a glass frame).

  In addition, it should be considered that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is the installation figure to the island equipment of the gaming machine. It is a front view of a gaming machine. It is a figure showing reflection of light when not forming a projection in a slot of a reflective part, and (a) is a case where a gaming machine is attached vertically, and (b) is a case where a gaming machine is slightly twisted. It is a front view of a decoration part. It is a figure which shows the decorative member cut | disconnected by the cross section shown by the code | symbol A in FIG. 4, Comprising: (a) is the perspective view, (b) is the expansion perspective view of the cutting surface vicinity. It is a sectional side view of the decoration part cut | disconnected by the cross section shown by the code | symbol B in FIG. (A) is a back view of a decoration part, (b) is an exploded perspective view (figure seen from the back side) of a decoration part. (A) is a figure which shows a lens member, (b) is a back view which shows the state which attached the lens member to the decoration member. It is a perspective view of a decoration member (2nd form example). It is a figure which shows the state which attaches a reflective surface structural member to a decoration member (2nd form example).

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
11 Front frame (game board storage frame)
13 transparent member holding frame 13a opening 30 decorative part 31 decorative member (main body part)
32a, 32b, 32c Illumination member 33a, 33b, 33c Lens member 34a, 34b, 34c Illumination member arrangement part 35a, 35b, 35c Reflection part 36 Groove 37 Projection

Claims (1)

With a decorative part on the front ,
A machine frame that attaches to the island facility,
A game board storage frame that is attached to the machine frame so as to be openable and closable and in which a game board having a game area formed on the front surface is stored;
In a gaming machine comprising: a transparent member holding frame that is attached to be openable and closable so as to cover the front surface of the gaming board storage frame .
The transparent member holding frame is formed with an opening that allows the game board stored in the game board storage frame to be visually recognized, and the decorative part is formed at the periphery of the opening.
The decorative part is
A main body having a wave shape in the front-rear direction;
An illumination member for irradiating the decorative part with light;
A lens member that transmits light from the illumination member,
In the main body,
Projecting to the near side, an illumination member disposition portion in which the illumination member is disposed in the projecting interior ,
Recess late crop side, are alternately formed and a reflection unit that performs indirect lighting by reflecting light from the illumination member in the vertical direction,
The illuminating member is attached to the lower back side of the illuminating member disposition portion so as to irradiate light from above on the reflecting portion,
The illumination member side surface of the lens member is formed in a curved shape that is convex in the light irradiation direction,
The reflective part is subjected to hairline processing to form a plurality of elongated grooves in parallel along the light irradiation direction ,
The width of the groove of the reflection part formed by the hairline processing is made wider than the interval between the adjacent grooves , and the groove of the reflection part is made wider as the distance from the illumination member increases . the inner wall, a game machine, characterized in that a plurality of projections.

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