JP4629358B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a display window on a front door provided on the front surface of a housing, and a display capable of displaying various game information on the display window.

In a slot machine as a gaming machine, the front door can be opened and closed on the front side of a casing containing a rotating display device that can display a plurality of identification information in a variable manner, a control board for controlling games, and other various devices. In addition, there is a recess provided on the front surface of the upper lamp plate constituting the upper part of the front door, and two types of indicators capable of displaying various game information can be selectively attached to the recess (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-140196 A

  In the gaming machine as described above, in order to correspond to two types of indicators, it is necessary to provide two types of indicator mounting portions in advance in the recesses of the upper lamp plate constituting the upper portion of the front door. However, when it is necessary to use a display device other than the two types of predetermined display devices due to a change in the model of the gaming machine, the upper lamp can not be attached to the concave portion of the upper lamp plate. The plate, and thus the entire front door, must be molded using a new mold, which has the problem of increasing costs.

  In view of the conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a plurality of indicators can be attached without changing a front door.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) In a gaming machine provided with a front door on the front surface of the housing, an opening that is attached to the back surface of the front door by a detachable means that faces in the front-rear direction and overlaps with a display window provided on the front door is provided. a base member which is previously detachably attached to the rear surface side of the base member, and the display window can display game information display unit through the opening, with attached to said base member, said housing A display unit including an input connector capable of inputting a control signal output from the provided control board and a relay board provided with an output connector capable of outputting the input control signal to the display side; member, the indicator and the in the region outside the relay substrate is attached, from the rear of the front door to the outer peripheral surface of the projecting portion projecting rearward provided on the back surface side of the front door A recess that can be joined, and a mounting hole that is provided in the recess and through which the attaching / detaching means can be inserted from the rear of the base member in the front-rear direction, and the protruding portion of the front door is formed in the mounting hole By having a mounted hole to which the inserted attaching / detaching means can be engaged, the display unit and the relay board can be detached from the front door in a state where the base member is attached to the back surface of the front door. The attachment / detachment means is attachable / detachable to / from the attachment hole and the attachment hole from the rear of the base member in a state where the display and the relay substrate are attached to the base member.

In (2) above (1) term, relay substrate in the implements output connector capable of outputting to the light source side which is provided in the vicinity of the front Symbol display unit.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the base member that is detachably attached to the back surface of the front door by the attaching / detaching means, and the game information can be displayed on the display window provided on the front door in advance attached to the base member. By providing a display unit that includes a simple display unit, even if the display unit changes due to a change in the model of the gaming machine, by changing the base member, multiple types of display units can be attached to the front door. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the front door in accordance with the model change of the gaming machine, and the front door can be shared between different models, so that the cost can be reduced.
Since the display unit including the display unit is formed in advance before the display unit is mounted on the front door, the mounting work can be made more efficient.
When the display unit is detachably attached to the back surface of the base member, for example, when it is necessary to remove the display unit from the front door for repair or the like, the display unit is mounted with the base member attached to the back surface of the front door. Can be removed from the front door, and the display can be replaced efficiently.
Since the mounting holes for the base member are provided outside the area of the accommodating portion to which the display unit and the relay board are mounted, the mounting hole is not blocked by the display unit attached to the base member. With the base member attached, a protrusion provided on the back surface of the front door can be fitted into the recess of the base member, and the base member can be easily positioned with respect to the back surface of the front door. The attachment / detachment means fitted in the attachment hole provided in the recess can be attached / detached to / from the attachment hole provided in the protruding part, and the display unit can be easily attached / detached to the rear surface of the front door and the attachment strength is improved. Is planned.

According to the invention of (b) according to claim 2, and a light source provided in the vicinity of the control board and the Viewing unit, can be connected via a relay board, it is possible to simplify the gaming machine of the wiring.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming machine with the front door opened, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the front door as viewed obliquely from the rear, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the upper door portion as viewed obliquely from the rear, FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the display unit as viewed from the oblique rear, and FIG. 10 is an oblique front view. FIG. 11 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 4.
In the following description, the front side of the page in FIGS. 1 and 2 is the front of the gaming machine, and the back side of the page in FIGS. 1 and 2 is the rear of the gaming machine.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the slot machine (1) as a gaming machine has a housing (2) whose front (front) is open, and a shaft that faces the front end of the left end of the housing (2). And a front door (3) pivotally supported to be openable and closable.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front door (3) is divided into an upper door part (4) that forms the upper half and a lower door part (5) that forms the lower half. The door part (4) and the lower door part (5) are made of metal vertical reinforcing rods (6) (7) and horizontal reinforcing rods (8) facing left and right, which are fixed to their back surfaces (rear surfaces). Are connected together. The boundary between the upper door part (4) and the lower door part (5) is indicated by a boundary line (A) in FIGS.

  When the front door (3) is in the closed state, the upper and lower lock mechanisms (9) provided on the vertical reinforcing rod (6) are engaged with engaging portions (not shown) provided on the housing (2). By doing so, it cannot be opened unless a predetermined key or the like is used.

  In the present embodiment, the gaming machine (1) is described as a slot machine in which the game medium is a medal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the gaming machine (1) is a pachinko ball. It may be a pachinko machine or a slot machine.

  Inside the housing (2), as shown mainly in FIG. 2, three cylindrical rotations of left, middle, and right, with identification information consisting of multiple types of symbols, numbers, etc. added to the outer peripheral surface A reel display device (10) having a reel (10a), a hopper unit (11) capable of storing and paying out medals as game media, a main control board (12) for controlling various game progresses, A sub-control board (13) capable of sending control signals to various devices based on the control signal of the control board (12), and a motor (not shown) for rotating the rotating reel (10a) of the rotating cylinder display device (10) A rotating reel control board (14) for driving control, and a power supply device (15) capable of supplying power to a rotating display device (10), a hopper unit (11), a main control board (12) and other electrical devices. Is provided.

  A light transmissive upper panel plate (4a) and a lower panel plate (4b) formed on a transparent acrylic plate or the like are fitted inside the upper door portion (4) of the front door (3).

  The upper panel plate (4a) has a liquid crystal display (31) that forms a display that is located above an identification information display window (16), which will be described later, and is attached to the back side of the upper door (4) as described later. A game information display window (17) is provided through which various game information displayed on the liquid crystal screen (31a) can be viewed.

  The lower panel plate (4b) is provided with an identification information display window (16) in which the identification information of each rotating reel (10a) can be visually recognized three times, and to the left of the identification information display window (16). Five active line display windows (18) for displaying the number of active lines according to the number of bets and three game guide display windows on the right side of the identification information display window (16) for displaying various game guides. (19) and a plurality of game information display windows (20) for displaying various game information are provided below the identification information display window (16).

  Note that the area surface excluding the display windows (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) in the upper panel plate (4a) and the lower panel plate (4b) is colored, patterned, etc. The inside of the gaming machine (1) cannot be seen through from the front (front) side of the door (2), but light from a light source (27) described later provided on the back side of the upper door (4) can be transmitted to the front side. Thus, it is semi-light transmissive.

  As shown mainly in FIGS. 8 and 11, a stepped mounting hole (4d) that protrudes rearward (to the right in FIG. 11) and faces in the front-rear direction is formed in the upper part on the back side of the upper door portion (4). ) Having four protrusions (4c).

  Further, on the back surface side of the upper door portion (4), as shown mainly in FIG. 4, the outer peripheral surface including identification information of each rotary reel (10a) and the horizontally long surface that can irradiate the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a). A light source (27), a mounting board (28) mounted with a light emitting diode capable of displaying the number of effective lines on the effective line display window (18), and various game guides can be displayed on the game guide display window (19). Mounting substrate (29) mounted with light emitting diodes, left and right speakers (40), mounting substrate (44) mounted with 7 segment light emitting diodes etc. capable of displaying various game information on game information display window (20), etc. Is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, on the front surface (front surface) of the lower door portion (5) of the front door (3), a medal insertion portion (21) capable of inserting a medal as a game medium at the start of the game, and a bet of medals A bet switch button (22) for selecting the number, a start switch lever (23) operated when rotating the rotating reel (10a) of the spinning cylinder display device (10), and each rotating reel (10a) Three stop switch buttons (24) and the like that are operated when stopping the rotation are provided. Similarly, on the back side, as shown mainly in FIG. 3, the medal selector (25) capable of detecting the authenticity of the medal inserted into the medal insertion part (21) and the medal selector (25) were passed. A guide path (26) or the like capable of guiding only true medals into the hopper unit (11) is provided.

  The game of the gaming machine (1) is to display the spinning cylinder by the player inserting a predetermined number of medals into the medal insertion part (21) and sequentially operating the bet switch button (22) and the start switch lever (23). After rotating the rotating reels (10a) of the device (10) all at once, after a predetermined time has passed, the stop switch buttons (24) corresponding to the rotating reels (10a) are sequentially operated to ) Is stopped. The medals inserted into the medal insertion unit (21) are stored as credits up to a later game, with a predetermined number (for example, 50) as an upper limit.

  Depending on the combination of left, middle and right identification information displayed in the identification information display window (16) when each rotating reel (10a) is stopped, the number of medals according to the presence or absence of a prize and the size of the prize In the case of winning, a medal corresponding to the size of the winning is paid out from the hopper unit (11) to the lower part of the front door (3). In addition, if the winning is a big win, the game information display window (17) is displayed on the game information display window (17) by the liquid crystal display (31) to enhance the effect of the presentation, and the game proceeds to a predetermined bonus game. The player can obtain a large number of medals in a short time. The liquid crystal display (31) can also display game information other than the game information related to the big hit.

  As shown mainly in FIGS. 7 to 9, the display unit (30) that is detachably attached to the back surface of the upper door portion (4) of the front door (3) is an upper portion of the upper door portion (4). Specifically, a base member (32) that is detachably attached to a protruding portion (4c) provided on the back surface of the upper door portion (4) by a snap pin (50), and detachably attached to the base member (32) in advance. Liquid crystal display (31) and substrate mounting member (39) to be attached, relay substrate (33), cold cathode tube inverter power supply substrate (34), cold cathode tube inverter power supply substrate (34) previously attached to the substrate attachment member (39) 34) and a substrate cover (35) covering the substrate 34).

  The relay board (33), the cold cathode tube inverter power supply board (34), the board mounting member (39) and the board cover (35) are not necessarily included in the display unit (30). You may make it attach to the back surface of a front door (3) separately from a display unit (30).

  The base member (32) is formed of a white synthetic resin material and is detachably attached to the back surface of the upper door (4) so as to face the upper panel plate (4a).

  A display unit (30) is attached to the back side of the upper door (4) on the back side of the central part of the base member (32), thereby overlapping the game information display window (17) of the upper door (4). A frame-shaped accommodation portion (32b) in which a possible rectangular opening (32a) is formed is provided. The front surface of the left and right sides (sides) of the housing part (32b) is opposed to the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) at a predetermined interval, and the light from the light source (27) is transmitted to the upper panel as described later. A reflective surface (32e) that can reflect toward the back surface of the plate (4a) is provided. The light of the light source (27) reflected by the reflecting surface (32e) illuminates the left and right sides of the game information display window (17) on the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a), and the surface of the upper panel plate (4a) is efficiently It can shine well.

Accommodating portion in the base member (32) region of the (32 b), and the upper and left and right end portions are located outside the region where the substrate mounting member (39) is attached, the upper door portion projections (4) (4c) 4 recesses (32f) are provided, and a shaft-like snap pin (50) is fitted in advance in a mounting hole (32c) provided in the recess (32f) penetrating in the front-rear direction . .

The concave portion (32f) of the base member (32) can be fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion (4c) provided on the back surface side of the upper door portion (4), and the upper door portion of the base member (32). Positioning with respect to (4) can be performed.

  The snap pin (50) is inserted into the synthetic resin grommet (51), together with the grommet (51), the mounting hole (32c) of the base member (32) and the protruding portion on the back surface of the upper door (4) ( The display unit (30) including the base member (32) can be detachably fixed to the back surface of the upper door part (4) by being fitted into the mounting hole (4d) provided in 4c). . More specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the grommet (51) is formed in a cylindrical shape, and has a flange portion (51a) that can contact the periphery of the mounting hole (32c) in the base member (32), and a diameter. And an insertion portion (51b) provided with a slit so as to be elastically deformable in the direction. With the shaft part (50b) of the snap pin (50) being inserted shallowly into the insertion part (51b) of the grommet (51), the insertion part (51b) is inserted into the mounting hole (32c) of the base member (32) and the upper part. When the snap pin (50) is pushed deeply to the position indicated by the solid line after being fitted into the mounting hole (4d) of the door part (4), the shaft (50b) of the snap pin (50) causes the grommet ( 51) of the insertion portion (51b) is pressed from the inside and spreads outward, the outer diameter of the insertion portion (51b) is larger than the inner diameter of the attachment hole (4d), and the attachment hole (4d) It is fixed to the outer periphery by engaging with the outer periphery. Further, when the snap pin (50) inserted in the grommet (51) is picked up to the position indicated by the imaginary line by picking the knob (50a), the insertion portion (51b) in the expanded state becomes the mounting hole (4d). Thus, the snap pin (50) and the grommet (51) can be pulled out from the mounting hole (4d).

  The snap pin (50) constituting the attaching / detaching means is not limited to the present embodiment, and any shape can be used as long as it can be attached to and detached from the mounting hole (4d) of the upper door portion (4). But it ’s okay. Further, the attaching / detaching means may be a screw that can be attached to and detached from the attachment hole (4d) instead of the snap pin (50). In this case, a female screw part capable of being screwed into the mounting hole (4d) is formed.

  The liquid crystal display (31) constituting the display is capable of displaying various game information based on the control signal of the sub-control board (13), and has a plurality of screws (36), from the rear of the base member (32). It is detachably fixed to the housing part (32b), that is, the back surface. Thus, by fixing the base member (32) to the back surface of the upper door portion (4), the game information displayed on the liquid crystal screen (31a) of the liquid crystal display (31) is displayed on the opening of the base member (32). It is displayed in the game information display window (17) of the upper door part (4) through the part (32a).

  On the back side of the liquid crystal display (31), a liquid crystal display substrate (37) shown in FIG. 7 capable of outputting a display signal to the liquid crystal display (31) based on the control signal of the sub-control board (13), A cover (38) covering the liquid crystal display substrate (37) is attached.

  The relay board (33) is detachably fixed to the rear surface of the board mounting member (39) by a screw (43), and electrically connected to the rear surface by a sub-control board (13) and a harness (not shown). Connected input connector (33a) that can input control signal output from sub-control board (13), and input control signal to liquid crystal display board (37), mounting board (28) (29) (44) A plurality of output connectors (33b) capable of outputting to the cold cathode tube inverter power supply board (34) and the like are mounted. Thereby, the sub-control board (13), the liquid crystal display (31), the light source (27) provided in the vicinity of the display unit (30) and other light sources are connected via the relay board (33). The wiring in the gaming machine (1) can be simplified. Note that the reference numerals of the output connector (33b) are given only to the main ones for the sake of simplifying the drawing, and the others are omitted.

  Of the control signals output from the sub-control board (13), the control signal output to the liquid crystal display (31) is converted into a display control signal via the liquid crystal display board (37), and the liquid crystal display ( Is output to 31). The control signal output to the light source (27) is converted via the cold cathode tube inverter power supply substrate (34) and output to the light source (27).

  The substrate mounting member (39) is provided on the back surface of the base member (32) from the rear of the liquid crystal display (31) after the liquid crystal display (31) is attached to the housing portion (32b) of the base member (32). The left and right claw portions (32d) and the lower edge of the base member (32) are elastically engaged with each other to be fixed to the back surface side of the base member (32).

  The cold-cathode tube inverter power supply board (34) is fixed to the back side of the board mounting member (39) and is connected to the connector (27a) of the light source (27) by a harness (not shown). ) Is converted to turn on and off the light source (27).

  The light source (27), specifically, the horizontally long cold-cathode tube is an identification information display window in the vicinity of the display unit (30) and obliquely below the front of the base member (32), that is, on the back surface of the upper door (4). It is attached to the rear side of the horizontally long light source cover (42) fixed by screws (41) between (16) and the game information display window (17) of the upper panel plate (4a).

  The light source (27) irradiates the outer peripheral surface including the identification information of each rotary reel (10a) from above and irradiates the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) from below during the game.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the light (L) of the light source (27) that irradiates the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) passes through the notches (42a) provided on the left and right sides of the light source cover (42). Reflected by the reflective surface (32e) of the base member (32), the left and right sides of the game information display window (17) on the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) are irradiated. Thereby, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reel (10a) and the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) can be effectively irradiated by one light source (27). In particular, since the light that irradiates the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) is reflected by the reflecting surface (32e), it effectively irradiates the back surface of the upper panel plate (4a) to provide a game information display window. The both sides of (16) can be made particularly prominent, and the production effect can be further enhanced.

  As described above, the display unit (30) in which the liquid crystal display (31) is pre-assembled to the base member (32) is formed, and the mounting hole (32c) of the base member (32) is the upper door in the front door (3). The snap pin (50) previously fitted in the mounting hole (32c) is attached to and detached from the mounting hole (4d) provided in the protruding portion (4c). By freely inserting, the display unit (30) can be detachably attached to the back surface of the upper door (4).

  As a result, even if the liquid crystal display (31) is changed due to the model change of the gaming machine (1), the base member (32) is changed so that a plurality of types of displays can be changed to the front door (3). The front door (3) does not need to be changed according to the model change of the gaming machine (1), and the front door (3) can be shared between different models. Can be reduced. Before attaching the liquid crystal display (31) to the front door (3), the display unit (30) including the liquid crystal display (31) is formed in advance, and the mounting hole (32c) of the base member (32) is formed. By simply inserting the pre-fitted snap pin (50) into the mounting hole (4d), the display unit (30) can be easily attached to the back surface of the upper door (4), and the efficiency of the installation work Can be achieved.

  When the display unit (30) is attached to the back surface of the upper door portion (4), the protrusion (4c) provided on the back surface of the upper door portion (4) is inserted into the attachment hole (32c) of the base member (32). As a result, the positioning of the upper door portion (4) of the base member (32) with respect to the back surface and the improvement of the mounting strength can be achieved.

  The mounting hole (32c) of the base member (32) is provided outside the region to which the housing portion (32b) to which the liquid crystal display (31) is mounted and the board mounting member (39) is mounted. ) Is not blocked by the liquid crystal display (31) and the substrate mounting member (39) attached to the base member (32), so that the liquid crystal display (31) or the like is attached to the base member (32). Thus, the snap pin (50) previously fitted in the mounting hole (32c) can be attached to and detached from the mounting hole (4d) of the upper door part (4), and the front door (4) of the display unit (30) can be attached. ) Can be easily attached to and detached from the back surface.

  The liquid crystal display (31) is detachably attached to the housing part (32b) provided on the back surface of the base member (32), so that the liquid crystal display (31) can be removed from the front door (3) by, for example, repair. When it becomes necessary to remove the liquid crystal display (31) from the front door (3) with the base member (32) attached to the back of the front door (3), the liquid crystal display (31) Can be efficiently performed.

It is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a perspective view of the gaming machine with the front door opened. It is a perspective view of the front door seen from diagonally back. It is a reverse view of an upper door part. FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 4. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper door part seen from diagonally forward. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper door part seen from diagonally back. It is a disassembled perspective view of the display unit seen from diagonally back. It is the perspective view of a display unit and a rotating drum display device seen from diagonally forward. FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 4.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Pachislot machines
(2) Housing
(3) Front door
(4) Upper door (front door)
(4a) Upper panel board
(4b) Lower panel board
(4c) Projection
(4d) Mounting hole
(5) Lower door (front door)
(6) (7) Longitudinal reinforcement rod
(8) Lateral reinforcement rod
(9) Lock mechanism
(10) Cylinder display device
(10a) Rotating reel
(11) Hopper unit
(12) Main control board
(13) Sub control board
(14) Rotary reel control board
(15) Power supply
(16) Identification information display window
(17) Game information display window
(18) Effective line display window
(19) Game guidance display window
(20) Game information display window
(21) Medal insertion part
(22) Bet switch button
(23) Start switch lever
(24) Stop switch button
(25) Medal selector
(26) Taxiway
(27) Light source
(27a) Connector
(28) (29) Mounting board
(30) Display unit
(31) Liquid crystal display (display)
(31a) LCD screen
(32) Base member
(32a) opening
(32b) Housing part
(32c) Mounting hole
(32d) Claw
(32e) Reflective surface
(32f) recess
(33) Relay board
(33a) Input connector
(33b) Output connector
(34) Cold cathode tube inverter power supply board
(35) Board cover
(36) Screw
(37) LCD substrate
(38) Cover
(39) Board mounting member
(40) Speaker
(41) Screw
(42) Light source cover
(42a) Notch
(43) Screw
(44) Mounting board
(50) Snap pin (detachment means)
(50a) Knob
(50b) Shaft
(51) Grommet
(51a) Buttocks
(51b) Insertion section

Claims (2)

In a gaming machine with a front door on the front of the housing,
A base member that is attached to the back surface of the front door by attaching / detaching means that faces in the front-rear direction, and that has an opening that overlaps the display window provided on the front door, and is removable in advance on the back surface side of the base member A display that is attached and capable of displaying game information on the display window through the opening, and an input that is attached to the base member and that can receive a control signal output from a control board provided in the housing A display unit including a connector and a relay board including an output connector capable of outputting the input control signal to the display side ;
The base member is located outside the area where the indicator and the relay board are attached, and from the rear of the front door with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion provided on the back side of the front door. A recessed portion that can be fitted, and an attachment hole that is provided in the recessed portion and penetrates in the front-rear direction in which the detachable means can be inserted from the rear of the base member
The protruding portion of the front door has a mounted hole that can be engaged with an attaching / detaching means inserted into the mounting hole.
With the base member attached to the back surface of the front door, the indicator and the relay board can be removed from the front door, and the indicator and the relay board are attached to the base member, A gaming machine, wherein the attaching / detaching means can be attached to and detached from the mounting hole and the mounted hole from the rear of the base member. Relay substrate in said pre Symbol gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the mounting the output connector capable of outputting to the light source side which is provided near the display unit.

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