JP6783259B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine.

Conventionally, there are known gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines equipped with a substrate that executes control related to lottery and addition of game value, and a substrate that executes an effect of enlivening the game by emitting light. In this type of gaming machine, it has been proposed that an identification symbol for identifying an electronic component is added in the vicinity of each electronic component on a substrate (see Patent Document 1). The gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 is configured so that an electronic component installed on a substrate can be identified by an operator confirming an identification code at the time of inspecting the substrate.

JP-A-11-76564

Generally, among the above-mentioned gaming machines, in a gaming machine provided with a substrate having a light emitting source installed on the surface, the surface of the substrate is covered with a reflector to prevent light from the light emitting source from leaking to the surroundings. Or, by reflecting the light from the light emitting source forward, the visual effect of the light emitting source is enhanced. However, when the surface of the substrate is covered with a reflector as in the game machine described above, the reflector and the substrate do not need to be disassembled when identifying electronic components such as a light emitting source installed on the substrate. Therefore, there is a risk that workability when identifying electronic components will be reduced.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine capable of improving workability when identifying a light emitting source installed on a substrate.

The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a light emitting unit (40) that emits light according to the progress of a game performed using the game value.
The light emitting unit (40)
The light emitting source (31, 32) installed on the surface (30a) and the light emitting source (31, 32) arranged in the vicinity of the light emitting source (31, 32) on the surface (30a) make the light emitting source (31, 32) distinguishable. A substrate (30) having a plurality of identification displays (31a, 32a) and
It has a reflector (41) which is arranged to face the surface (30a) of the substrate (30) and has a plurality of openings (41a) formed at positions corresponding to the light emitting sources (31, 32).
The reflector (41) has the light emitting source (31, 32) and the identification display (31a) from the opening (41a) so as not to cover the light emitting source (31, 32) and the identification display (31a, 32a). , 32a) are all exposed.

The reference numerals in parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience of facilitating the understanding of the invention and has no effect on the structure of the claims. It's not a thing.

According to the present invention, a plurality of openings formed in the facing member that faces the substrate having a light emitting source, since the exposed all of the plurality of light emitting sources and the identification Display light emitting sources, the operator and the substrate The light emitting source can be identified without disassembling the opposing member, and workability when identifying the light emitting source can be improved.

It is a perspective view which shows the appearance structure of the game machine in this embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the max bet button unit in this embodiment. It is an exploded perspective view which looked at the upper lamp unit in this embodiment from the front. It is a front view of the light emitting unit in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the light emitting substrate in this embodiment, (a) is a front view of a light emitting substrate, (b) is an enlarged view which shows part D, (c) is an enlarged view which shows part E.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described. It should be noted that the embodiments described below do not unreasonably limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are essential constituent requirements of the present invention. Further, in the following description, "front and back" basically means "front" on the player side and "rear" on the game machine side when the player is on the front side of the game machine, and "up and down" means "up and down". The upper surface side of the game machine means "upper", the lower surface side means "lower", and "left and right" means "left" on the left hand side of the player playing on the game machine and "right" on the right hand side.

1. 1. Overall Configuration of Game Machine First, the overall configuration of the slot machine 1 as a gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called rotating body type game machine, and a certain game value is set for a game medium such as a medal, and a further game medium is used by using such a game medium. This is a type of gaming machine that plays a game for giving a player a game. As shown in FIG. 1, the slot machine 1 includes a housing 10 having an open front surface facing the player in a hexahedral structure, and a front door 50 capable of opening and closing the front surface of the open housing 10. It is constructed by covering with. Further, inside the housing 10, a reel unit RE having a first reel R1 to a third reel R3 as a plurality of rotating reels, and a hopper unit as a medal payout device arranged below the reel unit RE ( (Not shown) and a control board (not shown) that is arranged above the reel unit RE and controls the operations of the reel unit RE and the hopper unit while performing various calculations for executing the game.

The outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are divided into 21 regions (hereinafter, each region is referred to as a "frame") at regular intervals, and each frame is a model of the slot machine 1. One of multiple types of patterns printed as a unique design is arranged. Further, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotationally driven around the axis of the stepping motor extending in the left-right direction, respectively, and control the number of drive pulses and the pulse width of the stepping motor as an actuator for driving the reels. By doing so, it is provided so that it can be stopped in frame units (predetermined rotation angle unit, predetermined rotation amount unit).

The front door 50 is vertically divided into an upper door unit 50U and a lower door unit 50L, and the upper door unit 50U is a display device 52 made of a large liquid crystal from the central portion to the upper portion thereof. Is provided, and below the display device 52, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotated so as to stand upright so as to be substantially parallel to the backlight substrate and slightly upward. A display window 51 is provided so that the stopped state can be observed. In the stopped state of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, among a plurality of types of symbols arranged at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, they are continuously arranged on the outer peripheral surface. The three symbols (upper symbol, middle symbol, and lower symbol) can be observed from the front of the slot machine 1 through the display window 51.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the effective line Lf is set by the combination of the display positions of the upper, middle, and lower stages of each reel (for example, one row in the middle stage). In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the number of medals required for one game, the so-called specified number of inserted medals, is set to three, and when medals corresponding to the specified number of inserted medals are inserted, the first reel R1 The effective line Lf composed of the middle stage of the third reel R3 is activated.

The lower door unit 50L of the front door 50 is provided with a lower panel 55 for displaying a pattern for directing, and an operation unit 65 provided with various operating means is arranged above the lower panel 55. Has been done. The operation unit 65 has various operation means and an operation base 66 that supports various operation means, and is formed from the left end portion to the right end portion of the slot machine 1. The operation unit 65 inserts a single medal into the upper surface portion 66a of the operation base 66 as an operation means for inserting a credit (stored) medal into the single bet button BT. A max bet button unit MB for executing a max bet for inserting a specified number of medals is arranged, and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotated on the front portion 66b of the operation base 66 as an operation means. The start lever SL as a game start operation means for causing the player to execute the start operation that triggers the start of the game, and the first reels R1 to R1 that are rotationally driven by the first stepping motor to the third stepping motor. Stop button units B1 to stop button units B3 and the like are arranged as stop operation means for causing the player to perform a stop operation that triggers each of the three reels R3 to be stopped.

Further, the lower door unit 50L is provided with a medal insertion slot 56 for inserting medals by the player, and the medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 56 are provided on the back side of the lower door unit 50L. It is counted by (not shown) and guided to the hopper unit. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the player inserts medals into the medal insertion slot 56 or the medals are credited in excess of the specified number of inserted medals, the single bet button BT is pressed the same number of times as the specified number of inserted medals. The rotation control of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 can be started by performing the operation of pressing the max bet button unit MB or the operation of pressing the max bet button unit MB. Then, when the player presses the start lever SL, that is, when the player executes the start operation on the start lever SL, the first reel R1 to the third reel are performed after the internal lottery using the random value is performed on the control board. On the condition that the rotation of R3 is started by driving the stepping motor and the rotation speed of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 rises to a predetermined speed and becomes a steady rotation, the stop button unit B1 to the stop button unit B3 The pressing operation is permitted, that is, the stop operation by the stop button unit B1 to the stop button unit B3 is enabled.

After that, the player presses the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 at an arbitrary timing (hereinafter, referred to as "pressing timing"), and the player presses the stop button units B1 to the stop button at an arbitrary timing. When the unit B3 is released, the stop switches corresponding to each of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 are turned off, and the reel stop signal output to the control board (not shown) is changed from the on state to the off state. Let me.

Then, the control board determines the result of the internal lottery based on the change from the off state to the on state of the reel stop signal whose signal state changes according to the pressing timing and the release timing of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3. The first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped at the corresponding stop positions.

Further, the control board executes various processes after stopping the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 according to the combination of the symbols stopped on the effective line Lf. As various processes executed by the control board, for example, when the combination of symbols stopped on the effective line Lf is a combination of symbols of a small combination accompanied by payout of medals among a plurality of types of combinations, that is, the small combination wins a prize. If this is the case, the payout process of paying out medals from the hopper unit based on the payout set for the winning small winning combination and the combination of symbols stopped on the effective line Lf will not cause the player to consume the medals. In the case of a replay symbol combination that enables the game to be executed once, there is a replay process that sets a predetermined number of medals to be inserted in this game to the inserted state.

Further, a medal tray 60 is provided at the lower part of the lower door unit 50L, and a number of medals according to the result of the game are paid out from the medal payout outlet to the medal tray 60. Further, for example, when the settlement button is pressed while the credited medals are stored in the game machine, it corresponds to the number of credits (the number of credited medals) from the hopper unit when the settlement button is pressed. The settlement process for paying out the number of medals is executed, and the medals are paid out from the medal payment exit to the medal tray 60.

The upper door unit 50U has a base member 53 having substantially the same size as the upper door unit 50U when viewed from the front. The base member 53 includes an audio device (not shown) for enlivening the game, an illumination device 75, 76L, 76R, 77, 78, which decorates the slot machine 1 and emits light according to the progress of the game. A plurality of decorative members and effect devices constituting the upper door unit 50U, such as the movable accessory 71 for use and the display device 52 described above, and a sub-control board (not shown) for controlling the effect device are supported. Specifically, a shutter device 71 is provided as a movable accessory on the front surface of the display device 52, and the left and right shutters (movable members) 71L and 71R are moved (opened and closed) to display according to the progress of the game. The screen of the device 52 can be shielded or exposed.

Further, as an illumination device, an upper lamp unit 75 is provided above the display device 52, and side lamp units 76L and 76R are provided on the left and right sides of the display device 52. Further, on the left and right sides of the display window 51 for observing the symbol of the reel unit RE, a lamp device 77 for emitting a symbol for effect and an effect button SB for emitting light during the effect or being operated by the player are provided. ing. Further, below the display device 52, a navigation lamp unit 78 fixed to the base member 53 is provided. The upper lamp unit 75, the side lamp units 76L, 76R, and the navigation lamp unit 78 function as a lighting device for directing lighting according to the game, or as a notification device for notifying the player of information related to the game. To do.

Next, the details of the reel unit RE will be described. The reel unit RE includes a reel body (not shown), first reel R1 to third reels rotated by the first stepping motor to the third stepping motor supported by the reel body, and the first stepping motor to the third stepping motor. It has R3 and.

The first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are made of a synthetic resin that transmits visible light and a first reel frame to a third reel frame (not shown) pivotally supported by the first stepping motor to the third stepping motor. Each has a thin strip-shaped first reel tape T1 to a third reel tape T3 on which a plurality of patterns are printed. Each reel frame of the 1st reel frame to the 3rd reel frame has a pair of annular rims concentric with the rotation axes of the 1st stepping motor to the 3rd stepping motor and a pair extending in the left-right direction. A connection part that connects the rim parts to each other at a plurality of places, a hub part that is attached to the rotation shaft of the first stepping motor to the third stepping motor, and a first stepping motor that connects one rim part and the hub part. It has a spoke portion that transmits the rotational force of the third stepping motor from the hub portion to the rim portion, and is integrally formed of a synthetic resin. The first reel tape T1 is wound around the first reel frame, the second reel tape T2 is wound around the second reel frame, and the third reel tape T3 is wound around the pair of rims of the third reel frame. Each reel tape of the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3 is fixed to each reel frame of the first reel frame to the third reel frame. In the state, each is configured to be formed in a cylindrical shape.

The first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3 have a light-shielding portion (not shown) having a low visible light transmittance and visible light from the light-shielding portion, depending on the paint used for printing the design and the shape of the design. It has a translucent portion (not shown) having a high transmittance. The light-shielding portion is printed with, for example, ink having a low visible light transmittance to form a part of the design.

Further, the reel unit RE is fixed to a reel body and has a backlight substrate (not shown) that illuminates the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3 from the inside to the front, and the first reel unit RE is fixed to the reel body. It has a backlight reflector (not shown) arranged between the reel tapes T1 to the third reel tape T3 and the backlight substrate. The backlight substrate is not limited to the one directly fixed to the reel body. The backlight substrate may be, for example, directly fixed to the backlight reflector and indirectly fixed to the reel body.

The backlight substrate includes a first backlight substrate that illuminates the inner peripheral surface of the first reel tape T1 from the rear, a second backlight substrate that illuminates the inner peripheral surface of the second reel tape T2 from the rear, and a third reel tape. It is composed of a third backlight substrate that illuminates the inner peripheral surface of T3 from the rear. The first backlight substrate to the third backlight substrate are arranged upright in the space inside the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3 formed in a cylindrical shape so that the surface faces slightly upward. ing. The first backlight substrate to the third backlight substrate are installed on the upper surface of each backlight substrate as light emitting sources, and the upper LED that illuminates the upper design from the rear, and the lower portion of the surface of each backlight substrate. It has a lower LED that is installed and illuminates the lower symbol from behind, and a middle LED that is installed between the upper LED and the lower LED on the surface of each backlight substrate and illuminates the middle symbol.

The backlight reflectors are a first reflector and a second back, which are arranged in a space between the first backlight substrate and the inner peripheral surface of the first reel tape T1 so as to face the surface of the first backlight substrate. The second reflector, the third backlight substrate, and the third reel tape T3, which are arranged so as to face the surface of the second backlight substrate in the space between the light substrate and the inner peripheral surface of the second reel tape T2. It is composed of a third reflector arranged so as to face the surface of the third backlight substrate in the space between the inner peripheral surface. The first reflector to the third reflector are made of a material that has a light-shielding property and easily reflects light, for example, a white synthetic resin, and each is formed in a box shape with a bottom and an open front, and the first backlight. A bottom plate facing the substrate to the third backlight substrate, and an outer wall extending forward from the periphery of the bottom plate and close to the inner peripheral surface of any one of the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3 corresponding to the front end. have. The bottom plate is arranged at positions corresponding to each of the upper LED to the lower LED, and is formed with an upper opening for exposing the upper LED, a middle opening for exposing the middle LED, and a lower opening for exposing the lower LED.

The bottom plate and the outer wall form a light guide space (not shown) that guides the light from the upper LED to the lower LED to the inner peripheral surfaces of the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3, and the light guide space and the surrounding space. It divides with. Further, the first reflector to the third reflector are arranged between the upper opening and the middle opening and between the middle opening and the lower opening, respectively, and have a partition plate for partitioning the light guide space. The light guide space is an upper light guide space that guides the light from the upper LED to the inner peripheral surface of the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3 by a partition plate, and the light from the middle LED is the first reel tape T1 to. It is partitioned into a middle light guide space that guides the light from the lower LED to the inner peripheral surface of the third reel tape T3, and a lower light guide space that guides the light from the lower LED to the inner peripheral surface of the first reel tape T1 to the third reel tape T3. ing. The backlight reflector is configured as described above, reflects the light from the upper LED to the lower LED installed on the backlight substrate, and is forward by the upper light guide space to the lower light guide space, that is, the first reel. Light from the upper LED to the lower LED is guided toward the inner peripheral surface of the tape T1 to the third reel tape T3, and between the upper light guide space and the middle light guide space, and between the middle light guide space and the lower light guide space. To reduce light leakage between the first reflector and the second reflector, light leakage between the second reflector and the third reflector, light leakage to the outside of the reel unit RE, etc. It is configured in.

Next, the max bet button unit MB and the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 will be described with reference to FIG. The max bet button unit MB includes a push button portion 90, a sliding support portion 93, a button spring 94 as an urging means, and a switch portion 95 as a max bet switch.

The sliding support portion 93 is fixed to the operation portion 65 (see FIG. 1), and the push button portion 90 is placed between the release position as the initial position in which the push button portion 90 is not pressed and the pressed pressing position. , Supports slidably in the vertical direction. The button spring 94 urges the push button portion 90 in a direction opposite to the downward pressing direction, that is, upward. The switch unit 95 is a transmissive photointerruptor and has a connector 95a electrically connected to a control board, a light emitting unit 95b, and a light receiving unit (not shown). The switch section 95 is configured to output a detection signal to the control board when the push button section 90 slides in the pressing direction and the light blocking section 91a of the push button section 90 blocks the light from the light emitting section 95b. Has been done. The push button portion 90 includes a button main body 91 having a light-shielding portion 91a and a decorative portion 92 fixed to the button main body 91 and covering the upper part of the button main body 91, and is pressed by the player when the game is performed. It is operated to cause the switch unit 95 to output a detection signal. In the following description, the position of the push button unit 90 in which the push button unit 90 slides from the release position in the pressing direction to output the detection signal from the state in which the switch unit 95 does not output the detection signal is set. Also described as the operating position. The surface that the player's fingers touch when pressing and operating the max bet button unit MB, that is, the operation surface 92a of the decorative portion 92, is sufficiently larger in the left-right direction than the standard two finger thicknesses of an adult. It is formed to have a large value, for example, about 40 mm, and is configured to be pressed by a player with a plurality of fingers.

The operating position is set to be any position between the release position and the pressing position. If the distance between the release position and the operation position is set small, the player presses due to a decrease in the urging force due to aged deterioration of the button spring 94, pinching of dust, vibration, variation in component dimensions, etc. Regardless of the operation, the push button unit 90 may cause the switch unit 95 to output a detection signal. Further, when the distance between the operating position and the pressing position is set small, the push button portion 90 detects the switch portion 95 even if the player performs the pressing operation due to the pinching of dust or the like, the variation in the component dimensions, or the like. There is a risk that the signal cannot be output. Therefore, the operating position is the first range from the release position to the position where the push button unit 90 may output the detection signal to the switch unit 95 regardless of the pressing operation of the player, and the pressing operation by the player. The push button unit 90 is set to be located in the operating position settable range excluding the second range from the position where the switch unit 95 may not be able to output the detection signal to the pressing position. .. For example, the first range is the range from the release position to the position separated by 0.5 mm in the pressing direction, and the second range is the range from the pressing position to the position separated by 0.5 mm in the direction opposite to the pressing direction. It has become.

Further, when the distance L between the release position and the pressing position is large, the operating position settable range also becomes large, and the operating position can be freely set within the operating position settable range. Generally, the release position and the pressing position are set. If the distance L from the player is set large, the operability is lowered and the player may feel tired due to the pressing operation. Further, an error of ± 0.2 mm occurs between the operating position assumed at the design stage and the operating position where the detection signal is actually output by operating the product due to variations in component dimensions or the like. Therefore, if the distance L between the release position and the pressing position cannot be secured sufficiently larger than the first range and the second range, the operating position is set to the center position between the release position and the pressing position. It is desirable that it is done.

Specifically, in the max bet button unit MB of the present embodiment, when the push button portion 90 slides about 1 mm from the release position in the pressing direction, the push button portion 90 reaches the operating position, and the light-shielding portion 91a provides the push button portion 90. The light from the light emitting portion 95b is blocked, and when it slides about 2 mm in the pressing direction from the release position, it reaches the pressing position, and the push button portion 90 hits the regulation surface 93a formed on the sliding support portion 93. In contact with each other, the movement in the pressing direction is restricted.

The configurations of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 are such that the pressing direction is rearward (the sliding direction of the push button portion 90 is the front-rear direction) with respect to the configuration of the max bet button unit MB. Since the other configurations are the same as those of the max bet button unit MB except that the size and the force required for the operation of the 92 are different, the description of the configurations of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 will be omitted. The size of the operating surface 92a of the decorative portion 92 of the stop button units B1 to B3 in the left-right direction is smaller than that of the operating surface 92a of the decorative portion 92 of the max bet button unit MB, for example, about 30 mm. It is formed so as to have an area smaller than the operation surface 92a of the decorative portion 92 of the max bet button unit MB, and is configured to be pressed by a player with one finger.

Since the max bet button unit MB and the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 are configured as described above, the button spring 94 is deteriorated over time, dust or the like is pinched, vibrations, variations in the dimensions of the respective parts, etc. The switch unit 95 as a max bet switch or a stop switch is configured to be turned on, that is, to output a detection signal by the player's pressure.

Further, the force required for the operation of the max bet button unit MB, that is, the force for holding the push button portion 90 of the max bet button unit MB at the operating position against the urging force of the button spring 94 is the stop button units B1 to stop. The value is larger than the force required for the operation of the button unit B3, that is, the force for holding the push button portion 90 of the stop button unit B1 to the stop button unit B3 in the operating position against the urging force of the button spring 94. It is set. Specifically, in order to hold the push button portion 90 of the max bet button unit MB in the operating position, a force of about 1.0 N (Newton) is resisted against the urging force of the button spring 94 of the max bet button unit MB. It is configured to require. Further, in order to hold the push button portion 90 of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 in the operating position, the push button portion 90 is about 0.7N against the urging force of the button spring 94 of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3. It is configured to require the power of (Newton).

As a result, when the player presses the push button portion 90 of the max bet button unit MB that can be pressed with a plurality of fingers by using the weight of the hand, a moderately large operating force is applied to the player. Stop button unit B1 to stop button unit B3 that the player presses with one finger without using the weight of the hand while making it easier for the player to recognize that the request is made and the max bet button unit MB is operated. When pressing the push button portion 90 of the above, the player can operate the push button portion 90 with a relatively light force, and the player is configured to reduce the fatigue of the player. Further, when the player is configured in this way, the fatigue reducing effect is particularly large when the player plays a game for a long time. Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the larger the size and area of the operation surface 92a of the decorative portion 92 of the button to be pressed in the left-right direction, the larger the force required for the operation of the button. It is configured as follows.

2. Configuration of Upper Lamp Unit Next, the configuration of the upper lamp unit 75 will be described with reference to FIG. The upper lamp unit 75 includes an upper lamp base 80 fixed to a base member 53 (see FIG. 1), an upper lens 82, a lower lens 81, a partition member 83, and a light emitting unit 40. The light emitting unit 40 has a plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 (light emitting sources), is arranged behind the upper lens 82, the lower lens 81, and the partition member 83, and disassembles each component of the light emitting unit 40 described later from each other. It is detachably fixed to the upper lamp base 80 without any trouble. Further, in the light emitting unit 40, a plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 emit light, blink, change colors, etc. by the effect control by the control board according to the progress of the game, and illuminate the upper lens 82 and the lower lens 81 from the rear. Specifically, the light emitting unit 40 is configured to be capable of irradiating light toward the upper lens translucent surface 82a by emitting light from the LED 31 arranged behind the upper lens 82, and the lower lens 81. The LED 32 arranged behind the lens emits light so that light can be emitted toward the translucent surface 81a of the lower lens.

The partition member 83 is arranged between the light emitting unit 40 and the upper lens 82 and the lower lens 81 in the front-rear direction, and is fixed to the upper lamp base 80. The partition member 83 is arranged between the upper lens 82 and the lower lens 81, and guides the light from the light emitting unit 40 to the upper lens 82 and the light from the light emitting unit 40 to the lower lens 81. The space includes a partition plate 83a that partitions the space between the light emitting unit 40 and the upper lens 82 and the lower lens 81. The lower lens 81 is made of a translucent translucent material, is arranged below the upper lens 82 in front view, is fixed to the upper lamp base 80, and faces forward. It has a surface 81a. The lower lens 81 is formed so as to extend in the left-right direction along the lower end of the upper lens 82, and has irregularities on the surface of the lower lens transmissive surface 81a so that the transmitted light is refracted. ..

The upper lens 82 is made of a translucent translucent material, is fixed to the upper lamp base 80, and has an upper lens translucent surface 82a facing forward. The upper lens 82 and the partition member 83 are fixed by sandwiching the diffusion sheet 86 and the printing sheet 85 arranged in front of the diffusion sheet 86 in the front-rear direction. The diffusion sheet 86 is a synthetic resin sheet that transmits visible light, and the light emitting unit 40 prevents the light emitting source from being directly viewed by refracting the light transmitted by the minute irregularities formed on the surface in a complicated manner. It is configured to reduce the glare felt by the player due to the light from the light, reduce the bias of the light emitted to the rear surface of the printing sheet 85, and uniformly irradiate the light from the light emitting unit 40 forward. .. The print sheet 85 is a sheet made of synthetic resin that transmits visible light, and characters, figures, and the like unique to the model of the slot machine 1 are printed on the front surface 85a. The printing sheet 85 has a light-shielding portion (not shown) having a low visible light transmittance from the light emitting unit 40 and a transparent portion having a higher visible light transmittance than the light-emitting unit 40, depending on the printing paint and shape. It has a light part (not shown). The light-shielding portion is, for example, characters or figures printed on the front surface 85a of the printing sheet 85 with ink having a low visible light transmittance. In this way, in the upper lamp unit 75, the light emitting unit 40 illuminates the upper lens translucent surface 82a from the rear via the diffusion sheet 86 and the printing sheet 85 by the effect control by the control board according to the progress of the game. By illuminating the translucent surface 81a of the lower lens and making the visible light transmitted through them visible to the player, the characters and figures printed on the print sheet 85 can be highlighted, and the light refracted by the lower lens can be emitted. It is configured to liven up the production by showing it.

Further, the upper lens 82, the diffusion sheet 86, the printing sheet 85, and the lower lens 81 are configured to be detachable from the upper lamp base 80 while maintaining the state in which the light emitting unit 40 is attached to the upper lamp base 80. ing. With this configuration, for example, the slot machine 1 prepares only common parts between a lineup of a plurality of products, and in the final process in the manufacturing process, the upper lens 82, the diffusion sheet 86, the printing sheet 85, etc. Inventory management is facilitated by attaching parts related to model-specific parts. Further, the slot machine 1 is configured in this way, and facilitates the work of exchanging only the model-specific parts such as the used printing sheet 85 returned from the market and selling the slot machine 1 again.

3. 3. Configuration of the light emitting unit Next, the configuration of the light emitting unit 40 will be described. The light emitting unit 40 has a plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 installed on the front surface 30a (front surface), a connector (not shown) installed on the rear surface, and the like, and is arranged with the front surface 30a facing forward. 30, a reflector 41 (opposing member) arranged to face the front surface 30a of the light emitting substrate 30, and a substrate cover 42 arranged behind the light emitting substrate 30 to protect the rear surface of the light emitting substrate 30. ing. The substrate cover 42 is fixed to the reflector 41 from the rear of the light emitting substrate 30, and the light emitting substrate 30 is supported by being sandwiched between the substrate cover 42 and the reflector 41. A connector hole 42a through which the connector of the light emitting board 30 penetrates is formed in the board cover 42, and a wiring cable (not shown) can be inserted and removed from the connector while the board cover 42 is fixed to the reflector 41. It is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the reflector 41 is fixed to the upper lamp base 80 with a plurality of screws (not shown), and a plurality of LED holes 41a (openings) are located at positions corresponding to the plurality of LEDs 31 and 32. Is formed, and each LED hole 41a is configured to expose the LEDs 31 and 32. The one LED hole 41a may be configured to expose a single LED 31 or 32, or may be configured to expose a plurality of LEDs 31 or 32. Further, the reflector 41 is made of a material having a light-shielding property and easily reflecting light, for example, a white synthetic resin. The reflector 41 is formed on the top, bottom, left, and right of the LEDs 31 and 32 exposed from the LED holes 41a, and has a reflecting surface 41b that reflects the light of the LEDs 31 and 32 toward the player in front. The reflector 41 has a partition plate 41c extending in the front-rear direction. The partition plate 41c partitions between two LED holes 41a adjacent to each other so that the light from the LEDs 31 and 32 corresponding to the respective LED holes 41a does not mix with each other, or the light emitting substrate 30 and the upper lens 82 and the lower lens The space between the 81 (see FIG. 3) and the space around the light emitting unit 40 are partitioned to reduce light leakage to the surroundings.

The light emitting substrate 30 is formed with printed wiring (not shown) for supplying electric power to the LEDs 31 and 32 on either one or both of the front surface 30a and the rear surface. Further, the light emitting board 30 has a connector (not shown) connected to the control board, an IC (not shown), a resistor, a capacitor, and the like, that is, all electronic components other than the LEDs 31 and 32 on the rear surface. The electric power from the control board is supplied to the LEDs 31 and 32 via the connector, the IC, the resistor, the capacitor, the printed wiring, and the like. Further, the light emitting substrate 30 has all of the plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 as light emitting sources on the front surface 30a. The LEDs 31 and 32 are composed of an upper LED 31 and a lower LED 32 which is a different type of LED from the upper LED 31 arranged below the upper LED 31, and by emitting light from each of them, light is emitted into the space in front of the light emitting substrate 30. Irradiate. The lower LED 32 has an identification unit 32c that has asymmetry and can identify the orientation of the lower LED 32, and is installed on the light emitting substrate 30 so that the plurality of lower LEDs 32 all have the same orientation. Further, the upper LED 31 has an identification unit 31c that has asymmetry and can identify the orientation of the upper LED 31, and is installed on the light emitting substrate 30 so that the plurality of upper LEDs 31 all have the same orientation.

The light emitting substrate 30 can identify the LED number identification display 31a, 32a (identification display) composed of a character string that can identify each of the plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 and the correct orientation in which each of the plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 is installed. The LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b, which are symbols to be used, are printed in the vicinity of the LEDs 31 and 32 on the front surface 30a. The "character string" in the present embodiment means a character, a number, or the like, and includes a character string. Each LED number identification display 31a and each LED orientation identification display 31b are arranged in the vicinity of each LED 31, and each LED number identification display 32a and each LED orientation identification display 32b are arranged in the vicinity of each LED 32.

Each of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a includes a display for identifying the type of the component and a display for identifying the position where the component is installed. The display for identifying the type of part is, for example, a character string of "LED", and the display for identifying the position where the part is installed is, for example, a number adjacent to the character string of "LED" that does not overlap, specifically. Is a unique number assigned by a serial number, which is unique to each of the positions where the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed. More specifically, the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a have a character string "LED1", a character string "LED2", a character string "LED3", ..., In the vicinity of each of the LEDs 31 and 32 on the front surface 30a. The character string "LEDn" is a printed character string. Further, the character strings of the plurality of LED number identification display 31a are all arranged so as to have the same orientation, and the character strings of the plurality of LED number identification display 32a are all arranged so as to have the same orientation. All the character strings of the plurality of LED number identification displays 31a are arranged so as to be readable in the state of being attached to the slot machine 1.

The LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b are symbols having directionality due to the asymmetry of the shape, and are printed on the front surface 30a so that the correct orientation in which the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed can be identified. The operator compares the LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b with the identification units 31c and 32c of the LEDs 31 and 32 to see if the installed LEDs 31 and 32 are arranged in the correct orientation. It is configured to be able to identify. As described above, the plurality of lower LEDs 31 are all installed on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have the same orientation, and the plurality of upper LEDs 32 are all installed on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have the same orientation. There is. Therefore, the LED orientation identification display 31b is arranged on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have all the same orientation, and the LED orientation identification display 32b is arranged on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have all the same orientation.

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the plurality of lower LEDs 32 are all installed in the same direction, and the LED number identification display 32a and the LED orientation identification display 32b corresponding to the lower LED 32 are all printed in the same direction. Since all of the plurality of upper LEDs 31 are installed in the same direction and the LED number identification display 31a and the LED orientation identification display 31b corresponding to the upper LED 31 are all printed in the same direction, at least the same type of LED, that is, When inspecting the plurality of lower LEDs 32 and the plurality of upper LEDs 31, the operator determines the unique number of the position where the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed and whether or not the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed in the correct orientation. The visibility when identifying the LED is improved.

Further, the plurality of LED number identification displays 31a and 32a and the plurality of LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b are all arranged so as to be exposed from the LED holes 41a. With such a configuration, for example, the work is performed in a state where the upper lens 82, the diffusion sheet 86, the printing sheet 85, and the lower lens 81 (see FIG. 3) are retracted or the light emitting unit 40 is removed from the slot machine 1. When a person inspects the light emitting unit 40, whether or not the unique numbers of the LEDs 31 and 32 installed on the light emitting board 30 and the respective LEDs 31 and 32 are installed in the correct orientation without disassembling the light emitting unit 40. It is configured so that it can be identified.

4. Summary of the present embodiment As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the LED holes 41a formed in the reflector 41 facing the light emitting substrate 30 having the LEDs 31 and 32 are the LEDs 31 and 32 and the LEDs 31 and 32, respectively. The LED number identification displays 31a and 32a and the LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b, which are unique to the LED number identification display 31a and 32b, are exposed. As a result, the operator can remove the parts that are arranged in front of the light emitting unit 40 and obstruct the visibility of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a, that is, the upper lens 82, the diffusion sheet 86, the printing sheet 85, and the lower part. A plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 installed in a state where the lens 81 and the like are retracted from the line of sight of the worker connecting the viewpoint of the worker and the light emitting board 30 and the light emitting board 30 and the reflector 41 are not disassembled. It is possible to identify which of the LEDs 31 and 32 is used, and to confirm whether or not the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed in the correct orientation. For this reason, it is possible to improve workability when performing the above identification and confirmation in a semi-finished state of the slot machine 1 on the production line, a state in which a used product returned from the market is partially disassembled, and the like.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, among the character strings of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a, the character strings of the LED number identification display corresponding to the same type of LED are all arranged so as to have the same orientation. .. That is, although the character strings of the LED number identification display 31a and the character strings of the LED number identification display 32a have different directions, the character strings of the plurality of LED number identification display 31a and the characters of the plurality of LED number identification display 32a The columns are arranged so that they are oriented in the same direction. As a result, the visibility of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a is improved, and the operator can easily read the character strings of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a, so that the plurality of installed LEDs 31 and 32 can be easily read. It is possible to improve workability when identifying which of the LEDs 31 and 32 is used.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, all LEDs of the same type are arranged on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have the same orientation. That is, the plurality of LEDs 31 and the plurality of LEDs 32 are all arranged on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have the same orientation. As a result, the operator can easily confirm whether or not the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed in the correct orientation, and can improve workability when performing the confirmation.

5. Modification Example In the present embodiment, the reflector 41 is configured such that the LED holes 41a expose the LEDs 31, 32, the LED number identification displays 31a, 32a, and the LED orientation identification displays 31b, 32b. One LED hole 41a exposes any one of the LEDs 31 and 32, any one of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a, and any one of the LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b. It is not limited to those configured in. The reflector 41 is configured such that, for example, a single LED hole 41a exposes a plurality of light emitting sources, a plurality of LED number identification displays corresponding to each of the light emitting sources, and a plurality of LED orientation identification displays. May be good.

Further, in the present embodiment, the light emitting substrate 30 as a substrate and the reflector 41 as an opposing member arranged to face the front surface 30a of the light emitting substrate 30 are both a part of the upper lamp unit 75 of the upper door unit 50U. It is configured as, but is not limited to this. The substrate and the facing member are, for example, one of the side lamp units 76L and 76R, the lamp device 77, the navigation lamp unit 78, the movable accessory 71, the max bet button unit MB, the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3, and the effect button SB. It may be configured as a part. Further, the substrate and the facing member may be configured as a part of the reel unit RE. For example, a backlight substrate that illuminates the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 from the inside to the front constitutes the substrate in the present embodiment, and a backlight reflector arranged so as to face the surface of the backlight substrate. The facing member in the present embodiment may be configured. In addition, the backlight substrate is arranged near the upper LED to the lower LED as the light emitting source installed on the surface, and the LED number identification display that makes each light emitting source identifiable and the correct orientation in which each light emitting source is installed are installed. The backlight reflector has an LED orientation identification display that makes it possible to identify the LED orientation identification display, and the backlight reflector exposes each light emitting source of the backlight substrate and exposes the LED number identification display and the LED orientation identification display of the backlight substrate so as to be identifiable. It may be configured to have an upper opening to a lower opening. With this configuration, the operator can identify the LED number of the backlight board without disassembling the backlight board and the backlight reflector in a state where the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are retracted. It is possible to identify the display and the LED orientation identification display. Further, the upper LED to the lower LED are not limited to those each composed of a single light emitting source. The upper LED to the lower LED are each composed of a plurality of light emitting sources, for example, a plurality of LEDs installed on the surface of the backlight substrate arranged in the axial direction of the stepping motor, and any one of the upper opening to the lower opening. One may be configured to expose the plurality of LEDs and the corresponding plurality of LED number identification displays and the plurality of LED orientation identification displays.

Further, in the present embodiment, the LED hole 41a of the reflector 41 is configured to expose the entire LED number identification display 31a, 32a and the LED orientation identification display 31b, 32b, but is not limited thereto. The LED hole 41a may be configured to expose at least a part of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a and the LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b, and the unique numbers of the LEDs 31 and 32 and the LEDs 31 and 32 are The LED number identification displays 31a and 32a and the LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b may be exposed to such an extent that the correct orientation to be installed can be identified. The LED holes 41a expose, for example, only the right half of the LED orientation identification display 31b in FIG. 5B, or only the lower half of the LED orientation identification display 32b in FIG. 5C, and each LED31, It may be configured so that the correct orientation in which the 32 is installed can be identified.

Further, the LED hole 41a may be configured to expose 50% or more (for example, upper half or more, etc.) of any one of the LED number identification displays 31a, 32a, or the LED number identification displays 31a, 32a. It may be configured to expose only the unique number of. Further, the LED holes 41a do not expose the entire LED number identification display 31a, 32a of any one or a plurality of LEDs, but are provided to the LEDs 31 and 32 installed adjacent to or in the vicinity so that they can be identified. It may be configured so that the contents of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a that are not exposed can be inferred from the contents of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a that are exposed to the surface. Specifically, the LED holes 41a expose every other LED number identification display 32a given to the LEDs 32 linearly installed in the light emitting substrate 30 in the left-right direction. The contents of the unexposed LED number identification display 32a may be configured so as to be inferrable, or only the LED number identification display 32a attached to the leftmost LED 32 and the rightmost LED 32 is exposed and the leftmost LED number identification display 32a is exposed. By counting the number of the LED number identification display 32a given to the LED 32 from the contents of the LED 32 or the rightmost LED 32, the contents of the unexposed LED number identification display 32a can be inferred. It may have been done.

Further, in the present embodiment, the character string of the LED number identification display 31a and the character string of the LED number identification display 32a are arranged so as to be in different directions, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the character strings of all the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a may be arranged so as to have the same orientation, or all the LED number identifications may be identified in a state where the light emitting unit 40 is not removed from the upper lamp base 80. The character strings of the displays 31a and 32a may be arranged so as to be readable. With such a configuration, the operator can more easily read the character strings of the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a. Further, in the slot machine 1, the orientation of some of the character strings of the plurality of LED number identification displays 31a and 32a is an exceptional orientation different from the orientation of the character strings of the other LED number identification displays 31a and 32a. It may be arranged so as to.

Further, in the present embodiment, the LED 31 and the LED 32 are arranged on the light emitting substrate 30 in different directions, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, all the LEDs 31 and 32 may be arranged on the light emitting substrate 30 so as to have the same orientation. With such a configuration, the operator can more easily confirm whether or not the LEDs 31 and 32 are installed in the correct orientation.

Further, the reflector 41 constitutes the opposing member in the present embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this. The facing member may be one that is arranged so as to face the front surface 30a of the light emitting substrate 30, and for example, the substrate cover that protects the surface of the light emitting substrate 30 on which the LED is installed and the light from the LEDs 31 and 32 can be emitted. A partition member for partitioning so as not to leak and mix with each other, a lens member for refracting light from LEDs 31 and 32, various other decorative members, and the like may constitute the opposing member in the present embodiment.

Further, in the present embodiment, the identification displays such as the LED number identification displays 31a and 32a and the LED orientation identification displays 31b and 32b can identify the unique numbers of the plurality of LEDs 31 and 32 installed on the light emitting substrate 30. It is configured in, but is not limited to this. The identification display may be configured so that, for example, the unique number of the resistor or IC installed on the board can be identified, or the correct orientation in which the resistor or IC is installed on the board can be identified. It may be configured.

Further, in the present embodiment, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the force required for the operation of the max bet button unit MB is larger than the force required for the operation of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3. However, it is not limited to this. In the slot machine 1, for example, the force required for the operation of the max bet button unit MB and the force required for the operation of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 have the same value, for example, the operation of the max bet button unit MB. The force required for the operation and the force required for the operation of the stop button units B1 to the stop button unit B3 may both be set to either 1.0N or 0.7N. In this way, when the forces required for the operation of the plurality of types of buttons operated during the game are configured to be the same value, it is possible to prevent the player from giving a sense of discomfort during the pressing operation. Can be planned. Further, when the player is configured in this way, the effect of preventing a sense of discomfort is great, especially when the player plays a game for a short time.

Further, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the force required for the operation of the effect button SB that can be pressed in the front-rear direction is larger than the force required for the operation of the max bet button unit MB, for example, 5N (Newton). You may be. When configured in this way, the operation surface touched by the player's finger when the effect button SB is pressed is configured so that the size and area in the left-right direction are both larger than the max bet button unit MB. It is desirable to have. The configuration of the effect button SB of the present embodiment is that the pressing direction is rearward (the sliding direction of the push button portion is the front-rear direction) with respect to the configuration of the max bet button unit MB, and that the decorative portion 92 is configured. The other configurations are the same as those of the max bet button unit MB, except that the size, the force required for the operation, and the sliding length from the release position to the operation position and the pressing position are different. In the effect button SB of the present embodiment, when the push button portion 90 slides about 5 mm in the pressing direction from the release position, the push button portion 90 reaches the operating position, and the light from the light emitting portion 95b is emitted by the light shielding portion 91a. The light is shielded, and when it slides about 10 mm in the pressing direction from the release position, it reaches the pressing position, and the push button portion 90 comes into contact with the regulation surface 93a formed on the sliding support portion 93, and further pressing direction. It is configured to regulate movement to. Further, the pressing direction of the effect button SB is not limited to the one configured to be rearward. The pressing direction of the effect button SB may be configured to be downward, may be configured to be forward, or may be configured to be in a direction other than the above-described direction.

Further, in the slot machine 1, the force required for the operation of the effect button SB is smaller than the force required for the operation of the max bet button unit MB and the stop button units B1 to B3, for example, 0.6 to 0.8 N. It may be configured to have any value of (Newton). Thereby, for example, when the effect of continuously pressing the effect button SB to the player in a short time is performed, the fatigue of the player can be reduced and the operability of the effect button SB can be improved. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, a slot machine for playing a game using a medal as a game medium, which is an example of a game machine, has been described as an example, but the present invention performs a game using a game ball as a game medium. It can be applied to various game machines such as slot machines and ball game machines including pachinko machines in which a lottery is executed when a ball is entered into a winning opening.

1 slot machine (game machine)
30 Light emitting board (board)
30a front (front)
31 LED (light emitting source)
31a LED number identification display (identification display)
32 LED (light emitting source)
32a LED number identification display (identification display)
40 Light emitting unit 41 Reflector (opposing member)
41a LED hole (opening)

Claims (1)

In a game machine equipped with a light emitting unit that emits light according to the progress of a game performed using the game value.
The light emitting unit is
A substrate having a plurality of light emitting sources installed on the surface and identification displays arranged in the vicinity of the light emitting source on the surface and enabling the light emitting sources to be identified.
It has a reflector that is arranged to face the surface of the substrate and has a plurality of openings formed at positions corresponding to the light emitting source.
The reflector exposes all of the light emitting source and the identification display from the opening so as not to cover the light emitting source and the identification display.
A game machine characterized by that.

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