JP2005169100A - Liquid crystal display device and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To share all parts of a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel having different viewing angles on one side and the other side among models whose player's viewpoint position on the liquid crystal screen is different on one side and the other side. Provide a game machine that can be used.
A gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is a casing 10 that houses equipment necessary for a game, and a liquid crystal panel that displays an image related to the game, on one side of the display screen. A liquid crystal panel unit 30 having a liquid crystal panel having a different viewing angle between U and the other side D; and a mounting body 40 having a drive unit for driving the liquid crystal panel and for mounting the liquid crystal panel unit 30 to the housing 10; The attachment body 40 includes engaging means 46A and 46B that are detachably engaged with the housing 10 and fixed means 43A and 43B (45A and 45B) that are fixed to the housing 10 respectively. , And provided on both the one side U and the other side D.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel, and a gaming machine including such a liquid crystal display device.

  In general, various types of gaming machines are known with respect to a game mode and a case in which a gaming device for executing such a game is incorporated. For example, in a slot machine known as one of gaming machines, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a type in which a player sits and plays a game (also called a slant type), a patent As disclosed in Document 2, a type in which a player stands and plays (also referred to as an upright type) is known.

Such a slot machine generally includes a gaming device including a reel unit in which a plurality of rotating reels each having a pattern drawn thereon are rotatably arranged in a horizontal row, and a housing in which the gaming device is incorporated. It has. In addition, the casing has a display unit for visually recognizing the rotating reel, and various operation buttons and coins that are installed on the front lower side (player side) of the display unit and are necessary for playing games. An operation unit having a mouth is provided.
JP 2003-67810 A JP 2001-198265 A

  By the way, in the slot machine described above, in addition to the display unit (hereinafter referred to as a main display unit) from which the rotary reel can be visually recognized, the slot machine is provided on the upper side of the main display unit and, for example, has a predetermined condition. A sub display unit for performing a second game (a so-called second game) following the game on the main display unit is provided, and the sub display unit is detachable from the housing as a liquid crystal display device. Some are attached. Therefore, in that case, it is conceivable to share the sub display unit (liquid crystal display device) between the slant type slot machine and the upright type slot machine having similar internal structures. In addition, this sub-display unit also has the purpose of providing an effect to a third party who observes the game from behind the player who plays the game in front of the slot machine.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the sub-display unit 110 generally includes a liquid crystal panel unit 100 having a liquid crystal panel for displaying an image related to a game, and a frame 104 for attaching the liquid crystal panel unit 100 to the housing 102. Consists of. An IC drive for driving the liquid crystal panel constituting the liquid crystal panel unit 100 is mounted on the frame 104. On the other hand, a wiring cable electrically connected to the IC drive extends from the liquid crystal panel. Yes. When the frame 104 in which the liquid crystal panel is electrically connected to the IC drive and the liquid crystal panel unit 100 is mechanically assembled is attached to the casing 102, first, the sub display in the casing 102 is displayed. In the installation area S of the portion 110, the pair of shafts 106, 106 provided on one side of the frame 104 is hooked on the corresponding engaging portions 108, 108 of the housing 102, and the frame 104 is suspended from the housing 102. Then, with the holes 107 of the bracket 109 provided on the other side of the frame 104 and the screw holes 105 provided corresponding to the housing 102 side aligned with each other, a fixing screw is screwed into these holes 105 and 107. At the same time, the frame 104 is securely fixed to the housing 102.

  However, as described above, the shaft 106 that is detachably engaged with the housing 102 and the bracket 109 that is fixed to the housing 102 are provided separately on one side (upper side) of the frame 104. If the sub-display unit 110 is shared between the slant-type slot machine and the upright-type slot machine, the following problems occur due to the viewing angle characteristics of the liquid crystal panel.

  That is, in general, a liquid crystal panel mounted in a slot machine has an upper viewing angle and a lower viewing angle different from each other. That is, the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel is biased to one side, and the viewing angle when viewed from the other side is narrower than the viewing angle when viewed from the one side. In the upright type slot machine, since the viewpoints of the player and the third party are looking up at the sub-display unit 110, the liquid crystal panel is mounted in a direction in which the viewing angle on the lower side becomes wider. On the other hand, in the slant type slot machine, the player's viewpoint is the position looking down or in front of the sub display unit 110 and the third person's viewpoint is the position looking down on the sub display unit 110, so the upper viewing angle is A liquid crystal panel is installed in a wider orientation. Therefore, when the sub display unit 110 is shared between the slant type slot machine and the upright type slot machine, the liquid crystal panel (the liquid crystal panel unit 100) is switched so that the vertical viewing angles are reversed ( (In this case, the screen display is reversed vertically and horizontally).

  Further, when the liquid crystal panel (liquid crystal panel unit 110) is mounted upside down as described above, the frame 104 mounted with an IC drive or the like for driving the liquid crystal panel must be mounted upside down. This is because the mechanical and electrical positional relationship between the liquid crystal panel and the IC drive or the like electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel is matched. Further, if the upper and lower sides of the frame 104 are not changed when the liquid crystal panel is changed up and down, the length of the wiring cable extending from the liquid crystal panel becomes short and the physical connection such as the IC drive and the liquid crystal panel cannot be connected. This is because there is a case where there are some restrictions.

  However, if the frame 104 is mounted upside down as described above, the vertical relationship between the shaft 106 and the bracket 109 in the frame 104 is reversed, and the shaft 106 on the frame 104 side is engaged with the housing 102 side. The position of the portion 108 and the position of the hole 107 of the bracket 109 on the frame 104 side and the position of the screw hole 105 on the housing 102 side are not aligned. That is, the frame 104 cannot be hooked and fixed to the housing 102 side. This means that the frame 104 cannot be shared between the slant type slot machine and the upright type slot machine. Therefore, conventionally, there was no method other than making the frame 104 a dedicated product using a slant type slot machine and an upright type slot machine. However, in order to reduce the cost, it is desired that all of the sub display unit 110 can be shared by the slant type slot machine and the upright type slot machine.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to provide all components of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel having different viewing angles on one side and the other side, as a liquid crystal screen. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be shared between different models in which the viewpoint position of the player is different on one side and the other side. In addition, the present invention is a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel with a viewing angle biased on one side, the liquid crystal display device that can be shared by game machines of different models with different viewpoint positions of players and third parties, and An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine provided with the liquid crystal display device.

  In order to solve the above problem, a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 is a liquid crystal display device that is suspended and fixed with respect to a housing having a suspended portion and a fixed portion along the vertical direction. A liquid crystal panel unit having a panel and a center line of a viewing angle thereof not parallel to a normal to the surface of the liquid crystal panel, and a support member that supports the liquid crystal panel unit, the support member comprising: It has the suspended lower part hung on the said suspended part, and the to-be-fixed part fixed to the said fixing | fixed part at the both sides along the direction corresponding to an up-down direction, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to the liquid crystal display device described in claim 1, the suspended lower portion that is hung on the suspended portion on both sides of the support member along the direction corresponding to the vertical direction of the housing, and the fixed portion is fixed. Therefore, depending on the position where the liquid crystal display device is provided, it is possible to invert the liquid crystal display device so as to provide a wide viewing angle at the assumed position for viewing the liquid crystal panel. is there.

  In the above configuration, the “viewing angle center line” means a bisector of the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel unit.

  Moreover, in the said structure, as described in Claim 2, the said supporting member is a substantially rectangular frame, The said suspended lower part is the shaft formed in the side surface of the said frame on the both sides of the said supporting member. And a shaft that is detachably attached to the shaft hole and engageable with a hook that forms the suspended portion of the housing, and the fixed portion includes a bracket. A hole may be provided for passing a body of a set screw that is screwed into a screw hole that forms the fixing portion of the housing.

  Moreover, in the said structure, as described in Claim 3, it is preferable that the said suspended part and the said to-be-fixed part are each provided in the position which becomes point-symmetrical with respect to the center of the said supporting member. .

  According to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine comprising the liquid crystal display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a gaming machine according to claim 5 is a casing for storing equipment necessary for a game, and a liquid crystal panel for displaying an image related to the game. A liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel having different viewing angles on one side and the other side, and a drive unit for driving the liquid crystal panel, and an attachment body for mounting the liquid crystal panel unit to the housing The attachment body includes an engaging means that is detachably engaged with the casing, and a fixed means that is fixed to the casing, both on the one side and the other side. It is provided in.

  According to the gaming machine described in claim 5, the attachment body includes an engagement means that is detachably engaged with the casing, and a fixed means that is fixed to the casing. Instead of being provided separately on one side, they are provided on both sides of the mounting body (that is, both the one side and the other side). Accordingly, the engaged portion on the casing side that engages with the engaging means and the fixing portion on the casing side to which the fixing means is fixed are biased to one side of the liquid crystal attachment region in the casing. Even in the case where they are provided separately (as shown in FIG. 13), the first state where the attachment body is attached to the housing, and the attachment body around the center from this first state In both of the second states rotated by 180 °, the engagement means on either side of the mounting body always coincides with the position of the engaged portion on the housing side, and the side opposite to the engagement means The to-be-fixed means in the position coincides with the position of the fixing portion on the housing side. Therefore, for example, in a slot machine, in order to share the liquid crystal panel unit between a slant type slot machine and an upright type slot machine where the player's viewpoint position is different up and down, the liquid crystal panel unit is rotated 180 degrees and moved up and down. Even if the position of the mounting body is switched and the attachment body is rotated 180 degrees accordingly, the engagement means on either side of the attachment body is engaged with the engaged portion on the housing side, opposite to the engagement means. It is possible to fix the fixed means on the side to the fixing part on the casing side. Therefore, the mounting body can be shared between the slant type slot machine and the upright type slot machine. As a result, the entire liquid crystal display device comprising the mounting body and the liquid crystal panel unit can be used as the slant type slot machine. And upright slot machines. Of course, such a shared form is not limited to slot machines, and can be realized between various gaming machines in which the viewpoint position of the player on the liquid crystal screen is different on one side and the other side.

  Moreover, in the said structure, as described in Claim 6, the said attachment body is formed as a substantially rectangular frame, and the said engaging means is formed in the side surface of the said frame, and is hooked on the said housing | casing. A screw having a shaft hole to which a shaft is detachably attached, and the fixing means is a bracket through which a bracket formed on the frame and a screw formed on the bracket and fixing the frame to the housing pass. The shaft hole and the bracket may be provided in pairs on both the one side and the other side, respectively.

  The engaging means, the fixed means, the suspended lower part, and the fixed part are not limited to such forms, but can take various forms. For example, the engaging means and the suspended lower part may be hooks hooked to a shaft provided on the housing side or the housing. Further, in a state where the shaft is attached in advance to all the shaft holes, or in a state where the shaft is attached in advance only to a portion of the shaft hole attached to the housing or the housing, A hanging portion may be configured. That is, the engaging means and the suspended lower part may be constituted by the shaft hole and the shaft. In this case, the shaft may be provided so as not to be removable from the shaft hole. Of course, there is no shaft hole, and the engaging means and the suspended lower part may be configured only by the shaft (that is, the engaging means and the shaft as the suspended lower part project from the side surface of the mounting body. May be.) Further, examples of the fixing means include a magnet, an adhesive tape, a latch, and welding.

  Moreover, in the said structure, it is desirable for the said attachment body to comprise the substantially symmetrical shape with respect to the centerline which passes along the center, as described in Claim 7. Thus, if the mounting body has a substantially symmetrical shape, for example, a liquid crystal display device comprising a mounting body and a liquid crystal panel unit is shared between a slant type slot machine and an upright type slot machine. If the installation area of the liquid crystal display device in both slot machines has the same shape, the installation area and the liquid crystal display device interfere when the liquid crystal display device is rotated 180 ° (the liquid crystal display device is installed). It becomes impossible to set in the area).

  According to the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, it is possible to invert the liquid crystal display device so as to provide a wide viewing angle at the assumed position of the viewpoint looking into the liquid crystal panel, depending on the position where the liquid crystal display device is provided.

  In addition, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, all the components of the liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal panels having different viewing angles on one side and the other side (for example, up and down) The viewpoint position of the three parties can be shared between different models (for example, up and down) on one side and the other side. Therefore, cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an upright slot machine as a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the slot machine 1 according to this embodiment includes a reel unit in which a plurality of rotating reels 3L, 3C, and 3R each having a pattern (identification information) are rotatably arranged in a horizontal row. A gaming device and a housing 10 incorporating the gaming device are provided.

  The housing 10 includes a main display unit 31 formed of a liquid crystal display device that can be seen through the rotary reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. On the display screen of the main display section 31, there are provided a symbol display area 13 for transparently displaying the symbols of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and an effect display area 14 for displaying effect images and information.

  In addition, the housing 10 includes a pedestal portion (operation portion) 15 having a gently inclined surface below the main display portion 31 (on the player side). The pedestal portion 15 has a game button 16 (BET button, reel rotation button, reel stop button, etc.) as various operation means necessary for playing a game, and an insertion slot for inserting coins as a game medium. 17 etc. are formed.

  Further, below the pedestal portion 15, a payout opening 8 for paying out coins according to the game result and a receiving portion 9 for receiving the paid out coins are provided.

  Further, on the upper side of the main display unit 31, for example, a sub display unit 22 for performing a second game (a so-called second game) following a game on the main display unit 31 under a predetermined condition is provided. The sub display unit 22 is formed as a liquid crystal display device, and is detachably attached to the housing 10 as will be described later. In addition, speakers 25L and 25R that generate sound effects for production are provided on both sides of the sub-display unit 22 in order to increase the interest of the game during the game.

  FIG. 2 shows the structure of the sub display unit 22 configured as a transmissive liquid crystal display device in an exploded state. As shown in the figure, the sub display unit 22 includes a liquid crystal panel 32 having a predetermined size (about 20 inches), a liquid crystal panel unit 30 having at least a light guide plate 34 and a reflection plate 36, and the liquid crystal panel unit 30. The mounting body 40 is a rectangular frame having an IC drive 42 for holding and driving the liquid crystal panel 32.

The liquid crystal panel 32 includes a pair of transparent substrates (for example, a glass substrate) and a liquid crystal material sandwiched therebetween, and one side and the other side of the panel region (upper side and lower side in the present embodiment). And the viewing angle is different. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the viewing angle θ of the liquid crystal panel 32 is biased to one side in a direction parallel to the surface (display surface) 32b. Therefore, the viewing angle θ of the liquid crystal panel 34 is set to the viewing angle θ ₁ on one side and the viewing angle θ ₂ on the other side with reference to the axis intersecting the liquid crystal panel 32, that is, the normal line X to the surface of the liquid crystal panel. When separated, the viewing angle θ ₁ is larger than the viewing angle θ ₂ . That is, the center line of the viewing angle θ (the bisector of the viewing angle θ of the liquid crystal panel 34) Y is not parallel to the normal line X with respect to the surface of the liquid crystal panel. Note that the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel in the present embodiment is an angle at which the contrast ratio maintains 5 or more. For example, the viewing angle θ is 135 °, the viewing angle θ ₁ is 80 °, and the viewing angle θ ₂ is It is 55 °. However, the viewing angle is not limited to these angles. The liquid crystal panel 32 may be a passive liquid crystal display device or an active matrix liquid crystal display device. Further, a wiring cable 32 a that is electrically connected to the IC drive 42 of the mounting body 40 extends from the liquid crystal panel 32.

  On the back side of the liquid crystal panel 32 (opposite to the player), there is a rectangular light guide plate 34 having the same size as the liquid crystal panel 32 (for example, formed of a translucent material such as acrylic resin). Has been placed. Further, a reflection plate 36 is disposed on the back side of the light guide plate 34, and an attachment body 40 is disposed on the back side of the reflection plate 36.

  Light sources 35a and 35b are arranged along the upper and lower end surfaces of the light guide plate 34, respectively. These light sources 35a and 35b make light incident on the light guide plate 34, and constitute a backlight for the liquid crystal panel 32 in cooperation with the light guide plate 34 (supply back light to the liquid crystal panel 32). . As the light sources 35a and 35b, cold cathode tubes, fluorescent lamps, or LEDs may be used.

  As shown in detail in FIGS. 3 and 4, the attachment body 40 formed as a rectangular frame, that is, the support member for supporting the liquid crystal panel unit 30 has two side surfaces 40 a and 40 b. And the upper surface 40c and the lower surface 40d that connect the side surfaces 40a and 40b, and the back surface 40e, and a housing space 49 for housing the liquid crystal panel unit 30 is formed by these surfaces. An IC drive 42 for driving the liquid crystal panel 32 is fixed to the back surface 40e in the accommodation space 49.

  The side surfaces 40a and 40b on both sides of the mounting body 40 are detachably engaged with the casing 10 on the lower side D and the upper side U corresponding to one side and the other side of the liquid crystal panel 32 having different viewing angles. An engaging portion (engaging means) that is to be suspended, that is, a suspended lower portion that is suspended from the upper portion of the casing 10 and a fixed portion (fixed means) that is fixed to the casing 10 are provided. Specifically, the engaging portion (suspended lower portion) includes an upper shaft hole 46A formed on the upper side U of each side surface 40a, 40b on both sides of the attachment body 40, and each side surface 40a, And a lower shaft hole 46B formed on the lower side D of 40b. Further, in these shaft holes 46A and 46B, a shaft 50 (see FIG. 5 and the like) constituting the engaging portion (engaging means) in cooperation with the shaft holes 46A and 46B can be selectively and detachably attached. Can be attached to. On the other hand, the fixed means has an upper bracket 43A formed on both sides of the upper surface 40c of the mounting body 40 and a lower bracket 43B formed on both sides of the lower surface 40d of the mounting body 40. Each of these brackets 43A and 43B is formed with screw insertion holes 45A and 45B through which a body portion of a set screw 64 described later for fixing the attachment body 40 to the housing 10 passes. As described above, the attachment body 40 of the present embodiment has the shaft holes 46A and 46B and the brackets 43A and 43B provided in pairs on both the upper side U and the lower side D, passing through the center O and the side surfaces 40a, It has a substantially symmetric shape with respect to a center line L parallel to 40b.

  Next, the case where the liquid crystal panel unit 30 having the above configuration is attached to the upright slot machine 1 via the attachment body 40 will be described.

  First, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the wiring cable 32 a of the liquid crystal panel 32 is electrically connected to the IC drive 42 of the mounting body 40, and in the accommodation space 49 (see FIG. 3) of the mounting body 40. The liquid crystal panel unit 30 is accommodated and mechanically assembled. Further, in order to match the specifications in the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel 34 with the upright slot machine 1, for example, the shaft 50 is attached to the pair of shaft holes 46A, 46A on the upper side U. In this state, as shown in FIG. 7, the pair of shafts 50, 50 provided on the upper side U of the attachment body 40 are placed on the upper portion of the housing 10, that is, on the upper side of the installation region S of the sub display portion 22 in the housing. The attachment body 40 (sub-display part 22) is suspended from the housing 10 by being hooked on the corresponding hook-shaped engaging parts 60 provided on the housing 10. Thereafter, the screw insertion holes 45B and 45B of the pair of brackets 43B and 43B provided on the lower side D of the mounting body 40 are matched with the screw holes 62 and 62 provided corresponding to the housing 10 side. Then, a set screw 64 is screwed into these holes 62 and 45B, and the attachment body 40 (sub-display portion 22) is fixed to the housing 10. That is, the set screw 64 and the screw hole 62 provided in the projecting piece 82 (see FIG. 7) of the housing (housing) 10 constitute a fixing portion for fixing the sub display portion (liquid crystal display device) 22. In addition, the sub display portion 22 is fixed by sandwiching the bracket 43 </ b> B as a fixed portion between the protruding piece 82 and the set screw 64. As shown in FIG. 10, a transparent protective plate 80 for protecting the liquid crystal panel 32 is attached to the housing 10 in front of the sub display unit 22. Further, in a state where the sub display unit 22 is housed in the housing 10, the brackets 43 </ b> A and 43 </ b> B are covered with the housing 10 so that only the surface (display surface) of the liquid crystal panel 32 can be seen through the protection plate 80. It has become.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 11, in the upright type slot machine 1, the player's viewpoint P that looks at the liquid crystal panel 32 with respect to the front of the slot machine 1 and the liquid crystal panel 32 that looks at the liquid crystal panel 32 from behind the player. The tripartite viewpoint P ′ is located below the normal line X. Therefore, in the upright type slot machine 1, the liquid crystal panel 32 is mounted so that the edge 32c on one side of the liquid crystal panel 32 is located below the edge 32d on the other side. As a result, the upright slot machine 1 can provide a wider viewing angle to players and third parties.

  On the other hand, in such a state, the sub-display unit 22 has a slant-type slot machine 1A in which the player's viewpoint position is upside down from the upright-type slot machine 1 (see FIG. 8... Configuration corresponding to FIG. (The same reference numerals are given to the portions), the entire sub-display unit 22 is rotated by 180 degrees around the center O as it is, and the upper and lower viewing angles of the liquid crystal panel 32 are reversed to The shaft 50 is replaced with the pair of shaft holes 46B, 46B on the side D, and these shafts 50, 50 are provided on the upper side of the installation area S of the sub display portion 22 in the housing 10A of the slant type slot machine 1A. The hook 40 is hooked on the hook 60 as a hanging portion, and the attachment body 40 (sub-display portion 22) is suspended from the housing 10A with its lower side D up. . Thereafter, in a state where the screw insertion holes 45A, 45A of the pair of brackets 43A, 43A provided on the upper side U of the mounting body 40 and the screw holes provided corresponding to the housing 10A side are made to coincide with each other. A set screw 64 is screwed onto the mounting body 40 to fix the attachment body 40 (sub-display unit 22) to the housing 10A. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, in the slant type slot machine 1A, a player's viewpoint P looking at the liquid crystal panel 32 with respect to the front of the slot machine 1A and a third party looking at the liquid crystal panel 32 from behind the player. The viewpoint P ′ is located above the normal line X. Therefore, in the slant type slot machine 1A, the liquid crystal panel 32 is mounted such that the edge 32c on one side of the liquid crystal panel 32 is positioned above the edge 32d on the other side. Thereby, the slant type slot machine 1A can provide a wider viewing angle to the player and the third party.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the sub display unit 22 of the slot machine 1 includes the liquid crystal panel unit 30 and the attachment body 40, and the attachment body 40 for attaching the liquid crystal panel unit 30 to the housing 10 is the housing. Engagement means for detachably engaging with the body 10, that is, shaft holes 46A and 46B as suspended portions (including the shaft 50 when the shaft 50 is attached to the shaft holes 46A and 46B), and a housing Fixed means 43A, 43B; 45A, 45B fixed to 10 are provided on both the upper side U and the lower side D, respectively.

  Accordingly, the first state (the state shown in FIG. 1) in which the attachment body 40 is attached to the housing 10 and the second state (FIG. 8) in which the attachment body 40 is rotated 180 degrees around the center from the first state. In both cases, the engaging means (46A or 46B; 50) on one side of the attachment body 40, that is, the suspended lower portion is the engaging portion (engaged portion) 60 on the housing 10 side, that is, the suspended portion. The fixed means (43B or 43A; 45B or 45A) on the opposite side of the engaging means matches the position of the screw hole (fixing portion) 62 on the housing 10 side. Therefore, even if the entire sub-display unit 22 is rotated 180 degrees so that the liquid crystal panel unit 30 is shared between the slant-type slot machine and the upright-type slot machine whose player's viewpoint positions are different from each other, The display unit 22 can be attached to the housing 10 of the slot machine. That is, the mounting body 40 can be shared between the slant type slot machine and the upright type slot machine, and as a result, the entire liquid crystal display device including the mounting body 40 and the liquid crystal panel unit 30 is slant type. Can be shared between the slot machine and the upright slot machine. Therefore, the cost can be greatly reduced as compared with the case where the attachment body 40 is a dedicated product for each of the slant type and the upright type.

  In the above-described embodiment, the shaft 50 may be attached in advance to all four shaft holes 45A, 45B, 46A, 46B, and the shaft 50 is removed from the shaft holes 45A, 45B, 46A, 46B. It may be impossible.

  The present invention can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachinko machine in addition to the slot machine described in the above-described embodiment, and includes liquid crystal panels having different viewing angles on one side and the other side. This is effective when all the components of the liquid crystal display device are shared between models with different player viewpoint positions on one side and the other side.

1 is an overall perspective view of an upright slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a sub display unit in the slot machine of FIG. 1. It is the perspective view which looked at the attachment body which comprises a subdisplay part from the front side. It is the perspective view which looked at the attachment body which comprises a subdisplay part from the back side. It is the perspective view which looked at the subdisplay part formed by attaching a liquid crystal panel unit to a mounting body from the front side. It is the perspective view which looked at the subdisplay part formed by attaching a liquid crystal panel unit to a mounting body from the back side. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part showing a state in which a sub display unit is attached to the upright slot machine of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view of a slant type slot machine to which the sub display unit of FIGS. 5 and 6 can be attached. It is a side view which shows a liquid crystal panel roughly. It is a schematic side view which fractures | ruptures and shows a subdisplay part. FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a side view which shows roughly the slant type slot machine which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows a mode that the conventional subdisplay part is attached to an upright type slot machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 Slot machine 10 Housing (housing)
30 LCD panel unit 40 Mounting body (supporting member)
43A, 43B Bracket (Fixing means)
45A, 45B Screw insertion hole (fixed means; fixed part)
46A, 46B Shaft hole (engagement means; suspended lower part)
50 Shaft 54 Set screw 60 Hook (lower part)
62 Screw hole (fixed part)

Claims (7)

In a liquid crystal display device that is suspended and fixed to a housing having a suspended portion and a fixed portion along the vertical direction,
A liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel, the center line of the viewing angle of which is not parallel to the normal to the surface of the liquid crystal panel;
A support member for supporting the liquid crystal panel unit;
With
The support member has a suspended lower part that is hung on the suspended part and a fixed part that is fixed to the fixed part on both sides along a direction corresponding to the vertical direction of the housing. A liquid crystal display device. The support member is a substantially rectangular frame;
The suspended portion is engaged with a shaft hole formed on a side surface of the frame on both sides of the support member and a hook that is detachably attached to the shaft hole and forms the suspended portion of the housing. With possible shafts,
The fixed portion includes a bracket, and the bracket is provided with a hole for passing a body portion of a set screw that is screwed into a screw hole that forms the fixed portion of the housing. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1.   The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the suspended portion and the fixed portion are provided at positions that are point-symmetric with respect to the center of the support member.   A gaming machine comprising the liquid crystal display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A housing for storing equipment necessary for gaming;
A liquid crystal panel for displaying an image related to a game, the liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel having different viewing angles on one side and the other side on the display screen;
A drive unit for driving the liquid crystal panel; and an attachment for attaching the liquid crystal panel unit to the housing;
With
The attachment body includes an engaging means that is detachably engaged with the casing, and a fixed means that is fixed to the casing, on both the one side and the other side. A gaming machine characterized by The mounting body is a substantially rectangular frame;
The engaging means has a shaft hole that is formed on a side surface of the frame and to which a shaft hooked on the housing is detachably attached,
The fixed means has a bracket formed on the frame, and a screw insertion hole formed on the bracket and through which a screw for fixing the frame to the housing passes.
The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the shaft hole and the bracket are provided in pairs on both the one side and the other side.   The gaming machine according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the attachment body has a substantially symmetric shape with respect to a center line passing through a center thereof.

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