JP5195642B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine including an electrical decoration member that emits light when light is projected from a light source.

  Patent Document 1 describes that a groove-like light emitting part is formed on a transparent plate, and light is projected from the light source toward the light emitting part. The transparent plate can be visually recognized by the player from the front, and the light projected from the light source toward the light emitting unit is irregularly reflected by the inner surface of the light emitting unit to cause the light emitting unit to emit light.

JP 2003-154090 A

  In the case of Patent Document 1, the light source is disposed close to the outer peripheral surface of the transparent plate. For this reason, since the part close | similar to a light source among transparent plates emits in a dot shape, it looks bad.

The pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is characterized in that it includes the following [1] game board to [9] emission side rear cover.
[1] The game board is where game balls are fired, and reference numeral 18 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the game board.
[2] The electric decoration member is provided on the game board. This electric decoration member can be visually recognized from the front which is the player side, and has translucency capable of transmitting light. The code | symbol 61 of FIG. 5 is corresponded to an electrical decoration member.
[3] The light source is opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member via a gap, and projects light toward the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member. The illumination LED 48 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a light source.
[4] The diffusing lens is provided between the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member and the light source, and has 1) an incident surface disposed opposite to the light source so that the light projected from the light source is incident on the light source side. And 2) on the side of the electric decoration member 2) It has a plate shape having a convex emission surface arranged opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member so as to diffuse and emit light toward the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member. . The plate lens 54 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a diffusing lens, the reference numeral 55 in FIG. 5 corresponds to an incident surface, and the reference numeral 56 in FIG. 5 corresponds to an output surface.
[5] The light emitting part is provided in a part of the electric decoration member. The light emitting unit emits light from a light source in a state visually different from the rest of the decorating member when light enters the interior of the decorating member through each of the exit surface of the diffusion lens and the outer peripheral surface of the decorating member. The groove 62 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the light emitting part.
[6] The front lens cover is provided on the diffusing lens. The front lens cover covers the front surface of the diffusing lens from the front, and has a light-transmitting property that prevents light transmitted through the diffusing lens from being emitted from the front surface of the diffusing lens. The front mirror 52 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a front lens cover.
[7] The rear lens cover is provided on the diffusing lens. The rear lens cover covers the rear surface of the diffusing lens from the rear, and has a light-transmitting property that prevents light transmitted through the diffusing lens from being emitted from the rear surface of the diffusing lens. The rear mirror 53 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a rear lens cover.
[8] The exit side front cover is provided on the front lens cover. This exit-side front cover protrudes from the exit surface of the diffusion lens to the electrical decoration member side, and prevents light emitted from the exit surface of the diffusion lens from leaking forward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the illumination member. It has non-translucency. The emission side light guide part 63 of the front mirror 52 in FIG. 5 corresponds to an emission side front cover, and the emission side light guide part 71 of the front mirror 52 in FIG. 6 also corresponds to an emission side front cover.
[9] The exit side rear cover is provided on the rear lens cover. This exit-side rear cover protrudes from the exit surface of the diffusing lens to the decorating member side, and prevents light emitted from the exit surface of the diffusing lens from leaking backward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the decorating member. It has non-translucency. 5 corresponds to the output side rear cover, and the output side light guide part 71 of the rear mirror 53 in FIG. 6 also corresponds to the output side rear cover.

  In the electrically on state of the light source, the light emitting portion of the electric decoration member emits light by irradiating the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member through the diffusion lens from the light source. For this reason, since the electrical decoration member does not emit light in a spot shape other than the light emitting portion, the appearance of the electrical decoration member is improved. In addition, the front lens cover prevents light transmitted through the diffuser lens from being emitted from the front surface of the diffuser lens, and the rear lens cover prevents light from being emitted from the rear surface of the diffuser lens, and is emitted from the exit surface of the diffuser lens. Since the emission side front cover prevents the light from leaking forward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member and the emission side rear cover prevents the light from leaking backward, the light source moves from the light source to the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member. The amount of light to be irradiated increases as compared with the case where each of the front lens cover, the rear lens cover, the emission side front cover, and the emission side rear cover is not present. For this reason, since the brightness | luminance of the light emission part of an electrical decoration member increases, the appearance of an electrical decoration member improves.

The figure which shows Example 1 (The figure which shows the external appearance of a pachinko game machine from the front) The figure which shows the appearance of an inner frame from diagonally forward The figure which shows the appearance of the pachinko machine from the front with the front frame removed Diagram showing electrical configuration (A) is a figure which shows an electrical decoration LED, a light guide, and an electrical decoration member from the front, (b) is sectional drawing which follows an X-ray FIG. 5 equivalent diagram showing the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer frame 1 is constituted by joining a plurality of woods to each other in a square tube shape in which each of the front surface and the rear surface is opened. As shown in FIG. 2, the inner frame 2 is mounted so as to be rotatable about a shaft 3 oriented in the vertical direction. The inner frame 2 has a vertically long rectangular ring shape, and has a left plate portion, a right plate portion, an upper plate portion, and a lower plate portion. The inner frame 2 is rotated around the shaft 3 between a closed state in which the front end surface of the outer frame 1 is in contact with the front and an open state in which the front end surface of the outer frame 1 is separated from the front. It is locked in a closed state via a frame lock mechanism. A base plate portion 4 is formed at the lower end portion of the inner frame 2. The base plate portion 4 has a vertical plate shape and closes the lower end portion of the inner frame 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a front frame 5 is attached to the inner frame 2 so as to be positioned in front of the inner frame 2. The front frame 5 is rotated about a common shaft 3 with the inner frame 2 between a closed state in which the front surface of the inner frame 2 is closed and an open state in which the front surface of the inner frame 2 is opened. It is locked in a closed state via a frame lock mechanism. A circular through hole 6 is formed in the front frame 5, and a transparent window 7 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 6. An upper plate 8 is fixed to the front frame 5 in front of the front frame 5. The upper plate 8 has a container shape with an open upper surface, and a discharge port 9 is formed in the base plate part 4 of the inner frame 2 at the rear of the upper plate 8 as shown in FIG. ing. The payout port 9 is used for paying out game balls as prizes in the upper plate 8, and the game balls discharged from the payout port 9 into the upper plate 8 are stored in the upper plate 8.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a lower plate 10 is fixed to the inner frame 2 below the upper plate 8, and a lower plate 11 is fixed to the lower plate 10. The lower plate 11 stores game balls overflowing from the upper plate 8 and has a container shape whose upper surface is opened. A handle base 12 is fixed to the lower plate 10 on the right side of the lower plate 11, and a handle 13 is mounted on the handle base 12 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 14 oriented in the front-rear direction. ing. The handle 13 is rotated by the player from the predetermined firing stop position with the right finger in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1, and the handle 13 is rotated in the clockwise direction from the firing stop position. In this state, the driving solenoid 15 is electrically turned on when a driving power source is applied to the firing solenoid 15. The firing solenoid 15 is a rotary solenoid, and is fixed to the base plate portion 4 of the inner frame 2 as shown in FIG. A ball striking rod is connected to the output shaft of the firing solenoid 15, and the firing solenoid 15 reciprocally moves the ball striking rod between the standby position and the striking position in an electrically on state.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a firing rail 16 is fixed to the base plate portion 4 of the inner frame 2. This firing rail 16 is one in which one game ball is transferred from the upper plate 8 in conjunction with the start of movement of the hitting ball from the hitting position toward the standby position, and rises from right to left. It has an inclined shape. A ball stopper plate 17 is formed at the right end of the launch rail 16, and a through hole having a size that prevents a game ball from passing through is formed in the ball stopper plate 17. The ball stop plate 17 prevents the game ball transferred from the upper plate 8 to the firing rail 16 from falling from the right end portion of the firing rail 16, and the hitting basket moves from the standby position to the hitting position. Then, the game ball supported by the ball stopper plate 17 so as not to fall is hit from the right to the left through the through hole of the ball stopper plate 17 and rolled from the right to the left along the launch rail 16.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a game board 18 is fixed to the inner frame 2 so as to be located above the base plate part 4. The game board 18 has a vertical plate shape, and an inner rail 19, an outer rail 20 and a ball stopper rubber 21 are fixed to the game board 18 in front of the game board 18. The inner rail 19 is composed of an arc-shaped metal plate whose upper surface is open, and the outer rail 20 is composed of an arc-shaped metal plate disposed on the outer peripheral portion of the inner rail 19. The rubber 21 is made of rubber that closes the gap between the right end of the inner rail 19 and the right end of the outer rail 20. A firing passage 22 is formed between the inner rail 19 and the outer rail 20. The launch passage 22 has an arc shape in which each of a lower end portion and an upper end portion is opened. A game ball launched from the left end portion of the launch rail 16 passes through the lower end portion of the launch passage 22 and enters the launch passage 22. enter in. The game ball rises while drawing an arcuate trajectory along the launch passage 22 and is released from the upper end of the launch passage 22.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a game area 23 is formed on the game board 18 adjacent to the right side of the launch passage 22. This game area 23 refers to the remaining circular area excluding the firing path 22 in the area surrounded by the inner rail 19, the outer rail 20 and the ball stopper rubber 21, and is released from the upper end of the firing path 22. This corresponds to the maximum range in which a game ball can roll. The game area 23 of the game board 18 is such that the window 7 of the front frame 5 faces from the front when the front frame 5 is closed, and can be visually recognized through the window 7 from the front when the front frame 5 is closed. ing. A plurality of obstacle nails are fixed in the game area 23 of the game board 18, and the game ball released into the game area 23 from the exit of the launch passage 22 falls in the game area 23 while hitting the obstacle nail. .

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 18 has a start port 24 fixed in the game area 23. The start port 24 is a pocket that can be won by a game ball that rolls in the game area 23 of the game board 18, and has a pocket shape with an open top surface. A start port sensor 25 (see FIG. 4) is fixed in the start port 24. When a game ball wins in the start port 24, the start port sensor 25 detects the game ball and outputs a start signal. To do. As shown in FIG. 3, a special prize opening 26 is fixed to the game board 18. The special prize opening 26 has a box shape with an open front surface, and a door 27 is mounted on the special prize opening 26 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 28 directed in the left-right direction. The door 27 is connected to the output shaft of the special prize opening solenoid 29 (see FIG. 4). When the special prize opening solenoid 29 is electrically turned off, the door 27 is in a vertical closed state so that the front side of the special prize opening 26 is covered. The game ball closes in a non-winning state. The door 27 is rotated in an open state in which the special winning opening solenoid 29 is electrically turned on and is horizontally tilted forward. When the door 27 is open, the door 27 rolls in the game area 23 of the game board 18. A game ball is allowed to enter the special winning opening 26 on the door 27. A count sensor 30 (see FIG. 4) is fixed in the special winning opening 26, and when the game ball wins the special winning opening 26, the count sensor 30 detects the game ball and outputs a count signal. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each of the prize ball tank 31 and the prize ball case 32 is fixed to the inner frame 2 so as to be located behind the game board 18. The prize ball tank 31 stores a game ball and has a container shape with an open top surface. The prize ball case 32 has a shape of a passage directed in the vertical direction, and the upper end portion of the prize ball case 32 is connected to the prize ball tank 31. In the prize ball case 32, game balls are supplied from the prize ball tank 31 through the upper end, and a prize ball payout device is fixed in the prize ball case 32. This prize ball payout device drops a game ball in the prize ball case 32 from the lower end portion of the prize ball case 32 using a payout motor 33 (see FIG. 4) as a drive source. The lower end portion of the prize ball case 32 is connected to the payout opening 9 of the inner frame 2, and the game ball dropped from the lower end portion of the prize ball case 32 is paid out as a prize into the upper plate 8 through the payout opening 9.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a decoration frame 34 is fixed to the game board 18 so as to be located in the game area 23. The decorative frame 34 is fitted in the opening of the game board 18 and has a cylindrical shape in which each of the front surface and the rear surface is opened. A flange 35 surrounding the decorative frame 34 is formed on the decorative frame 34. The decorative frame 34 is fixed by screwing a plurality of screws into the game board 18 through the flange 35 from the front, and a symbol display 36 composed of a liquid crystal display is fixed to the decorative frame 34. The symbol display 36 is arranged behind the game board 18, and the display content of the symbol display 36 can be visually recognized from the front through the window 7 of the front frame 5 and the front of the decorative frame 34, respectively. Has been.

  Each of the main control circuit 37, the payout control circuit 38, and the display control circuit 39 in FIG. 4 is configured mainly with a microcomputer. The main control circuit 37 determines whether or not a start signal is output from the start port sensor 25, and determines whether or not a count signal is output from the count sensor 30, and the start signal is output from the start port sensor 25. The award ball command is transmitted to the payout control circuit 38 when it is determined that a count signal is output from the count sensor 30. The payout control circuit 38 determines whether or not a prize ball command is transmitted from the main control circuit 37. When it is determined that a prize ball command is transmitted from the main control circuit 37, the payout of the prize ball payout device is performed. By driving the motor 33, the game ball is paid out into the upper plate 8 as a prize.

  The main control circuit 37 detects the current value of the big hit counter when it is determined that a start signal is output from the start port sensor 25. The value of the jackpot counter is updated by a unit value (for example, “1”) every time a predetermined time (for example, 4 msec) elapses. The value of the jackpot counter is set to a predetermined lower limit value (for example, "0") is added to a predetermined upper limit value (for example, "100"), and then returned to the lower limit value and added cyclically. When the main control circuit 37 detects the value of the big hit counter, it compares the detection result of the big hit counter value with a predetermined big hit value (for example, “7”), and the detection result of the big hit counter value is the same as the big hit value. Is determined to be a big hit, and if the detection result of the value of the big hit counter is different from the big hit value, it is determined to be out, and if it is determined to be a big hit, the display control circuit A jackpot command is transmitted to 39, and when it is determined that the game is out, the out command is transmitted to the display control circuit 39.

  The display control circuit 39 determines whether or not the big hit command and the off command have been transmitted from the main control circuit 37. When it is determined that the big hit command has been transmitted from the main control circuit 37, three rows of symbols are displayed. When the element is set to the jackpot combination and it is determined that the detach command is transmitted from the main control circuit 37, the three rows of symbol elements are set to the detachment combination. These three rows of symbol elements consist of a combination of a left row of design elements, a middle row of design elements, and a right row of design elements. A jackpot combination is a left row of design elements, a middle row of design elements and a right row of design elements. Each of the symbol elements in the column refers to the same combination, and the outlier combination refers to a combination in which the symbol element in the left column, the symbol element in the middle column, and the symbol element in the right column are not mutually identical.

  The display control circuit 39 displays an image of a symbol game on the symbol display 36 when a combination of symbol elements in three columns is set. This symbol game image is displayed on the symbol display 36 in order to display the symbol elements in the left column, the symbol elements in the middle column, and the symbol elements in the right column in a variable state and a variable stop state, respectively. Each variable display of the symbol elements in the right column has eight types of symbol elements “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “6”, “7”, and “8” in a predetermined order “1”. → “2” → “3” → “4” → “5” → “6” → “7” → “8” → “1”... In this symbol game image, the symbol elements in the left column variably stop first, the symbol elements in the right column variably stop second, and the symbol elements in the middle column variably stop third. The stop display of each of the symbol elements in the left column to the middle column is performed so that the symbol elements in the three columns become the setting result of the combination, and the main control circuit 37 is determined to be disconnected When the last middle row of the symbol elements is variably stopped, the symbol display 36 displays the three rows of symbol elements in a combination that is out of place, and if the main control circuit 37 determines that it is a big hit, When the symbol elements in the column are variably stopped, the symbol display 36 displays the symbol elements in the three columns in a jackpot combination.

  When it is determined that the main control circuit 37 is a big hit, the drive power is applied to the special prize opening solenoid 29 to turn on the special prize opening solenoid 29 electrically. When the main control circuit 37 determines that the special winning opening solenoid 29 is a big hit, the symbol display unit 36 is stopped and displayed with three rows of symbol elements in a combination of big hits, and is turned on electrically. Yes, the special winning opening 26 is opened when three rows of symbol elements are stopped and displayed in combination with jackpot on the symbol display 36, and three rows of symbols are displayed on the symbol display 36. It is not released when an element is stopped and displayed with a combination of detachment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a vertical decorative plate 40 is fixed to the decorative frame 34 and is positioned above the symbol display 36. A base plate 41 is attached to the decorative plate 40 as shown in FIG. 5. It is fixed. The base plate 41 has an annular shape, and an outer guide 42 is formed on the outer periphery of the base plate 41. The outer guide 42 has a cylindrical shape protruding forward from the base plate 41, and a seat portion 43 is formed on the outer guide 42. The seat 43 has a trapezoidal shape that protrudes from the outer guide 42 toward the center of the base plate 41, and a flat substrate set surface 44 is formed at the tip of the seat 43.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of substrate holders 45 are formed on the base plate 41. Each of the plurality of substrate holders 45 has a cylindrical shape protruding forward from the base plate 41, and two of the plurality of substrate holders 45 are opposed to each other in the circumferential direction with the seat portion 43 interposed therebetween. Has been placed. A flexible substrate 46 is fixed to the base plate 41. The flexible substrate 46 is formed by printing a conductive power supply pattern on an elastically deformable synthetic resin sheet, and each of the plurality of substrate holders 45 holds the flexible substrate 46 between the outer guide 42. The flexible substrate 46 is pressed against the set surface 44 of the seat 43.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an LED mounting portion 47 is formed on the flexible substrate 46. The LED mounting portion 47 refers to a portion of the flexible substrate 46 that is pressed against the set surface 44 of the seat 43, and is elastically deformed into a planar shape that is in surface contact with the set surface 44 by being pressed against the set surface 44. ing. On this flexible substrate 46, an LED LED 48 is mounted on the LED mounting portion 47. The electric decoration LED 48 has two lead terminals 49, and each of the lead terminals 49 is electrically and mechanically connected to the power supply pattern of the flexible substrate 46 by the LED mounting portion 47 of the flexible substrate 46. . This electric LED 48 has a circular LED element and a circular diffusion lens, and the LED element is applied to the central portion of the base plate 41 by applying power from the power pattern of the flexible substrate 46 through both lead terminals 49. The light is projected toward the light, and the diffusion lens diffuses the light projected by the LED element.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of guide bases 50 are formed on the base plate 41, and a common light guide 51 is fixed to each of the plurality of guide bases 50. The light guide 51 is constituted by joining a front mirror 52, a rear mirror 53, and a plate lens 54 to each other. The plate lens 54 has a colorless and transparent plate shape, and the thickness dimension of the plate lens 54 in the front-rear direction is set to be equal to the diameter dimension of the electric decoration LED 48. The plate lens 54 is arranged on a cylindrical surface in which the front surface and the rear surface each extend from the outer peripheral surface of the illumination LED 48. The illumination LED 48 has an axial center line of the illumination LED 48 as viewed from the front. The lens 54 is disposed so as to overlap the center line CL in the length direction.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the plate lens 54 has an entrance surface 55 and an exit surface 56. The incident surface 55 of the plate lens 54 refers to a surface on the side of the electrical LED 48 that directly faces the electrical LED 48. The incident surface 55 is formed of a plane parallel to the substrate set surface 44 of the seat portion 43, and the light projected from the illumination LED 48 enters the plate lens 54 through the incident surface 55. The emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 refers to the one surface opposite to the electrical LED 48. The exit surface 56 is set to an arc surface that protrudes most at the center line CL of the plate lens 54, and light incident on the inside of the plate lens 54 exits the plate lens 54 through the exit surface 56. Diffused.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the front mirror 52 covers the entire front surface of the plate lens 54 from the front, and the rear mirror 53 covers the entire rear surface of the plate lens 54 from the rear. Each of the front mirror 52 and the rear mirror 53 is made of colorless and transparent glass, and a translucent reflective layer 57 is formed on each of the entire rear surface of the front mirror 52 and the entire front surface of the rear mirror 53. Has been. Each of these reflection layers 57 is made of aluminum, and the reflection layer 57 of the front mirror 52 projects the diffused light projected from the illumination LED 48 toward the inside of the plate lens 54 to project from the illumination LED 48. The diffused light is prevented from being emitted from the front surface of the plate lens 54, and the reflection layer 57 of the rear mirror 53 reflects the diffused light projected from the electrical LED 48 toward the inside of the plate lens 54, thereby providing electrical decoration. The diffused light projected from the LED 48 is prevented from exiting from the rear surface of the plate lens 54.

  In each of the front mirror 52 and the rear mirror 53, an incident side light guide portion 58 is formed at one end portion on the side of the LED LED 48 as shown in FIG. The incident side light guide portion 58 of the front mirror 52 refers to a portion of the front mirror 52 that protrudes from the incident surface 55 of the plate lens 54 toward the electrical LED 48, and diffused light projected from the electrical LED 48 is a plate lens. Before reaching the incident surface 55 of 54, the diffused light projected from the electrical LED 48 is reflected by the reflective layer 57 so as not to leak forward. The incident side light guide portion 58 of the rear mirror 53 refers to a portion of the rear mirror 53 that protrudes from the incident surface 55 of the plate lens 54 toward the electric LED 48, and diffused light projected from the electric LED 48 is a plate lens. Before reaching the entrance surface 55 of 54, the diffused light projected from the illumination LED 48 is reflected by the reflective layer 57 so as not to leak backward.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an electric decoration motor 59 is fixed to the decoration frame 34. This electric decoration motor 59 has a rotating shaft 60 oriented in the front-rear direction, and an electric decoration member 61 is fixed to the rotating shaft 60 of the electric decoration motor 59. The decorating member 61 has a cylindrical shape concentric with the base plate 41, and the rotating shaft 60 of the decorating motor 59 rotates to be integrated with the rotating shaft 60 when the decorating motor 59 is electrically turned on. Rotate. The thickness dimension in the front-rear direction of the electrical decoration member 61 is set larger than the thickness dimension in the front-rear direction of the plate lens 54, and the front surface of the electrical decoration member 61 is disposed in front of the front surface of the plate lens 54. In addition, the rear surface of the electrical decoration member 61 is disposed behind the rear surface of the plate lens 54. The outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member 61 directly faces the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54, and the diffused light emitted from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is irradiated on the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member 61. The decorating member 61 is colorless and transparent, and the diffused light applied to the outer peripheral surface of the decorating member 61 from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 passes through the interior of the decorating member 61.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a groove 62 is formed in the electrical decoration member 61. The groove 62 forms a cross-shaped pattern formed by combining two lines with each other, and the front surface is open. The inner surface of the groove portion 62 is a rough surface that is rougher than the front surface, the rear surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member 61, and diffused light that has entered the interior of the electric decoration member 61 is diffusely reflected by the inner surface of the groove portion 62. Thus, the groove portion 62 is caused to emit light with a luminance visually different from that of the remaining portion of the electric decoration member 61.

  As shown in FIG. 5, each of the front mirror 52 and the rear mirror 53 is formed with an emission side light guide portion 63 located at one end portion on the electric decoration member 61 side. The exit-side light guide 63 of the front mirror 52 refers to a portion of the front mirror 52 that protrudes from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 toward the electrical decoration member 61, and is diffused from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54. The diffused light emitted from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is reflected by the reflection layer 57 so that the light does not leak forward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member 61. The exit side light guide portion 63 of the rear mirror 53 refers to a portion of the rear mirror 53 that protrudes from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 toward the electrical decoration member 61, and is diffused from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54. The diffused light emitted from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is reflected by the reflection layer 57 so that the light does not leak backward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member 61. Each of the emission side light guide parts 63 has a circular arc shape concentric with the electric decoration member 61 when viewed from the front, and the outer peripheral surfaces of the emission side light guide part 63 of the front mirror 52 and the electric decoration member 61 are mutually connected. The interval dimension between them is set to be smaller than the shortest interval dimension between the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 and the outer peripheral surface of the illumination member 61, and the emission side light guide portion 63 and the illumination member 61 of the rear mirror 53 are arranged. The distance between the outer peripheral surfaces is set smaller than the shortest distance between the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 and the outer peripheral surface of the electrical decoration member 61.

As shown in FIG. 5, an inner guide 64 is formed on the inner periphery of the base plate 41. The inner guide 64 has a cylindrical shape concentric with the outer guide 42, and the electrical decoration member 61 is housed in the inner guide 64 so as to be separated from the inner guide 64. The inner guide 64 is formed with a notch-shaped opening 65. In this opening 65, the exit side light guide part 63 of the front mirror 52 and the exit side light guide part 63 of the rear mirror 53 are respectively inserted, and the diffused light emitted from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is opened. The outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member 61 is irradiated through the portion 65. As shown in FIG. 3, a common cover plate 66 is fixed to the front end portions of the outer guide 42 and the inner guide 64. The cover plate 66 is colored and opaque and has an annular shape facing the base plate 41 from the front. The cover plate 66 covers the flexible substrate 46, the illumination LED 48, and the light guide 51 from the front in an unrecognizable manner, and the illumination member 61 is visually recognized from the front through the opening of the cover plate 66. It is exposed as possible.

  As shown in FIG. 4, each of the illumination LED 48 and the illumination motor 59 is connected to the display control circuit 39, and the display control circuit 39 determines each of the illumination LED 48 and the illumination motor 59 in advance. The diffused light is projected from the illumination LED 48 to the outer peripheral surface of the illumination member 61 through the light guide 51 by turning on the electrical at the production start timing, and the groove 62 of the illumination member 61 is rotated in the rotation state of the illumination member 61. Start the lighting effect to emit light. This effect start timing is the video of the game game. After the symbol element in the left column, the middle column symbol element, and the symbol element in the right column start displaying in a variable state, the symbol element in the final middle column is stopped and displayed. The display control circuit 39 is set within the previous period, and the display control circuit 39 changes the lighting LED 48 and the lighting motor 59 respectively in the left row of the symbol elements, the middle row of the symbol elements, and the right row of the symbol elements. The lighting effect is stopped by setting the electrical off state at a predetermined effect stop timing within a period from the start of display to the time before the last middle row of symbol elements is stopped and displayed.

According to the said Example 1, there exists the following effect.
In the electrical ON state of the illumination LED 48, the diffused light is irradiated from the illumination LED 48 through the plate lens 54 to the outer peripheral surface of the illumination member 61, so that the groove 62 of the illumination member 61 emits light. For this reason, since the electrical decoration member 61 does not emit light in a spot shape other than the groove portion 62, the appearance of the electrical decoration member 61 is improved. In addition, the front mirror 52 prevents the light transmitted through the plate lens 54 from being emitted from the front surface of the plate lens 54, and prevents the light transmitted through the plate lens 54 from being emitted from the rear surface of the plate lens 54. The mirror 53 prevents the light emitted from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 from leaking forward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the electrical decoration member 61, and the exit side light guide portion 63 of the front mirror 52 prevents the plate Since the exit side light guide 63 of the rear mirror 53 prevents the light emitted from the exit surface 56 of the lens 54 from leaking backward before reaching the outer peripheral surface of the decorating member 61, the decorating LED 48 to the decorating member. The amount of light applied to the outer peripheral surface of 61 is increased as compared with the case where each of the front mirror 52, the rear mirror 53, and the both emission side light guide portions 63 is not present. For this reason, since the brightness | luminance of the groove part 62 of the electrical decoration member 61 increases, the appearance of the electrical decoration member 61 improves.

  The incident side light guide portion 58 of the front mirror 52 prevents the light projected from the illumination LED 48 from leaking forward before reaching the incident surface 55 of the plate lens 54, and the light projected from the illumination LED 48 is the plate. Since the incident side light guide portion 58 of the rear mirror 53 prevents the light from leaking backward before reaching the incident surface 55 of the lens 54, the amount of light incident on the incident surface 55 of the plate lens 54 from the illumination LED 48 is reduced on both incident sides. It increases compared with the case where each of the light guide part 58 does not exist. For this reason, since the brightness | luminance of the groove part 62 of the electrical decoration member 61 increases, the appearance of the electrical decoration member 61 improves.

  In each of the front mirror 52 and the rear mirror 53, an emission side light guide portion 71 is formed instead of the emission side light guide portion 63, as shown in FIG. The exit side light guide portion 71 of the front mirror 52 refers to a portion of the front mirror 52 that protrudes from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 toward the electrical decoration member 61. The exit-side light guide portion 71 of the front mirror 52 is opposed to the front surface of the electrical decoration member 61 through a gap from the front, and diffused light emitted from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is the outer periphery of the electrical decoration member 61. The diffused light emitted from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is reflected by the reflection layer 57 so as not to leak forward before reaching the surface. The exit side light guide portion 71 of the rear mirror 53 refers to a portion of the rear mirror 53 that protrudes from the exit surface 56 of the plate lens 54 toward the electric decoration member 61. After this, the exit-side light guide portion 71 of the mirror 53 is opposed to the rear surface of the electric decoration member 61 through a gap from behind, and diffused light emitted from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is the outer periphery of the electric decoration member 61. Before reaching the surface, the diffused light emitted from the emission surface 56 of the plate lens 54 is reflected by the reflection layer 57 so as not to leak backward.

  In each of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, a front lens cover made of colored or opaque metal or synthetic resin is used instead of the front mirror 52, and a colored or opaque metal or synthetic resin is used instead of the rear mirror 53. A rear lens cover may be used.

In each of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the electric decoration member 61 may be fixed in a stationary state.
In each of the first and second embodiments, a left mirror that covers the left side surface of the plate lens 54 from the left side and a right mirror that covers the right side surface of the plate lens 54 from the right side may be provided. Each of the left mirror and the right mirror has a reflective layer 57. The left mirror reflects diffused light transmitted through the plate lens 54 by the reflective layer 57, so that the diffused light is reflected from the left side surface of the plate lens 54. The right mirror prevents the diffused light from being emitted from the right side surface of the plate lens 54 by reflecting the diffused light transmitted through the plate lens 54 by the reflection layer 57.

  18 is a game board, 48 is an illumination LED (light source), 52 is a front mirror (front lens cover), 53 is a rear mirror (rear lens cover), 54 is a plate lens (diffuse lens), 55 is an incident surface, 56 is The exit surface, 58 is an incident side light guide part (incident side front cover, incident side rear cover), 61 is an electrical decoration member, 62 is a groove part (light emitting part), and 63 is an exit side light guide part (exit side front cover, outgoing). Side rear cover), 71 denotes an emission side light guide portion (emission side front cover, emission side rear cover).

Claims (1)

A game board on which game balls are fired,
A light-transmitting electrical decoration member provided on the game board and capable of visually recognizing from the front of the player side and capable of transmitting light;
A light source for projecting light toward the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member, facing the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member through a gap;
A plate-like diffusing lens provided between the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member and the light source, and having the following 1) incident surface on the light source side and the next 2) emitting surface on the electric decoration member side;
1) Incident surface disposed opposite to the light source so that the light projected from the light source is incident 2) The outer periphery of the electric decoration member so as to diffuse and emit the light toward the outer peripheral surface of the electric decoration member Convex exit surface disposed opposite to the surface. Light is provided in a part of the decorating member, and light is emitted from the light source to the interior of the decorating member through each of the exit surface of the diffusion lens and the outer peripheral surface of the decorating member. A light emitting portion that emits light in a state that is visually different from the rest of the electrical decoration member by being incident;
An opaque front lens cover that is provided on the diffusing lens and covers the front surface of the diffusing lens from the front, and prevents light passing through the diffusing lens from being emitted from the front surface of the diffusing lens. When,
A non-translucent rear lens cover that is provided on the diffusion lens and covers the rear surface of the diffusion lens from behind, and prevents light transmitted through the diffusion lens from exiting from the rear surface of the diffusion lens. When,
Provided on the front lens cover and projecting from the exit surface of the diffuser lens toward the electrical decoration member, before the light emitted from the exit surface of the diffuser lens reaches the outer peripheral surface of the electrical ornament member A translucent exit-side front cover that prevents leakage to the front;
Provided on the rear lens cover, which protrudes from the exit surface of the diffusion lens toward the electrical decoration member, and before the light emitted from the exit surface of the diffusion lens reaches the outer peripheral surface of the electrical decoration member A pachinko gaming machine comprising a non-translucent exit-side rear cover that prevents leakage to the rear.

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