JP2006122691A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine equipped with a light emitting means, wherein the whole area of a game board can be illuminated uniformly by the edge light effect. <P>SOLUTION: A substrate for the game board 20 is constituted of a transparent substrate 90 comprising an acrylate resin member, and a fluorescent tube 700 is placed near and along the end faces 90a on right and left sides of transparent substrate 90. Thereby, even in the case the game board 20 is not correctly fitted to a game board assembling frame, light from the fluorescent tube 700 securely is made incident into the transparent substrate 90 to demonstrate the edge light effect, so that the whole area of the game board 20 can uniformly be illuminated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to the configuration of the gaming board.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is generally provided with a gaming board in which a plurality of obstacles and winning devices are arranged on the front surface of the board, and a lamp for illuminating the gaming board is provided on the gaming board mounting frame. As a result, the interest in gaming is enhanced. However, since the lamp is configured to illuminate the game board from the front side, only the periphery of the lamp is brightened, and the entire area of the game board cannot be illuminated uniformly.

  On the other hand, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below, a translucent resin layer is formed on the front surface of the substrate and a lamp is disposed in the vicinity of the side end surface to irradiate the translucent resin layer from the side. By doing so, the entire area of the game board can be illuminated uniformly by the edge light effect.

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  However, in the configuration described in the above publication, since the lamp is attached to the game board mounting frame, if the game board is not attached to the game board mounting frame due to distortion of the mounting frame or the like, The exact positional relationship between the lamp and the game board cannot be obtained, and the translucent resin layer cannot be properly irradiated from the side, so the edge light effect is not fully exhibited, and the entire area of the game board is uniform. Can no longer be illuminated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can uniformly illuminate the entire area of the game board by the edge light effect.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine including a gaming board in which a plurality of obstacles and a winning device are attached to the front surface of a board.
The substrate is made of a translucent resin member,
In the vicinity of the end face of the substrate, light emitting means is arranged along the end face,
The light emitting means is attached to the substrate using a support member;
A notch of a predetermined pattern is formed in the substrate.

  The “translucent resin member” is not limited to a specific type of resin member as long as it has translucency. For example, an acrylic resin member, a polycarbonate resin member, or the like can be employed. Further, the “translucent resin member” may be formed of a single resin material or may be formed by laminating a plurality of types of resin materials. Furthermore, a thin film for improving wear resistance and impact resistance may be provided on the front surface of the “translucent resin member”.

  The specific configuration of the “light emitting means” is not particularly limited as long as it is arranged along the end face of the substrate. For example, a fluorescent tube, a plurality of small light bulbs, LEDs, etc. can be adopted. It is.

  Further, the specific configuration of the “support member” is not particularly limited.

  Further, it is possible to form a notch of the predetermined pattern on the back surface of the substrate.

  Further, the predetermined pattern can be appropriately set so that a desired brightness distribution can be obtained.

  In the gaming machine according to the present invention, as described in claim 1, the light emitting means is disposed in the vicinity of the end face of the substrate made of the translucent resin member along the end face. Since it is attached to the board using the support member, even when the game board is not correctly attached to the game board mounting frame, the light from the light emitting means can be reliably incident on the board. Thus, the edge light effect can be sufficiently exhibited.

  Further, since the notch having a predetermined pattern is formed on the substrate, the light from the light emitting means incident on the substrate can be internally reflected at the notch forming portion to efficiently emit the outer surface. This makes it possible to illuminate the entire area of the game board more evenly or particularly brightly at any part.

  Thus, according to the present invention, in the gaming machine equipped with the light emitting means, the entire area of the gaming board can be illuminated uniformly by the edge light effect.

  In the above-described configuration, as described in claim 2, by forming a notch of a predetermined pattern on the back surface of the substrate, it is possible to prevent the passage of the game ball from being affected.

  Further, in the above configuration, the “predetermined pattern” may be set as appropriate so that a desired brightness distribution can be obtained. For example, as described in claim 3, the light-dark state of illumination can be easily changed by forming the predetermined pattern cut interval from a dense portion and a sparse portion.

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

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a structure on the back side of the gaming board.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a game ball launched from a launching unit (not shown) is provided on the front surface of the game board 20 by a pair of guide rails 30 and 40 having a substantially arc shape disposed on the left side thereof. A launch ball guide path 60 for guiding is formed, and a substantially circular area surrounded by the extended portions of the inner guide rail 30 and the outer guide rail 40 is a game portion 70.

  In the game unit 70, a large liquid crystal screen 80 constituting a variable display device is arranged at the center, and a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) such as ceiling nails are provided on and around the liquid crystal screen 80. Are planted. Further, below the liquid crystal screen 80, there is provided a start winning device 100 having a start opening function which is a normal variable winning device, and an attacker 110 which is a large variable winning device is further below the start winning device 100. Is provided. In addition, a plurality of general winning ports 120 are provided in the gaming unit 70, and below the attacker 110, the general winning ports 120 or the start winning device 100 are bulleted into the gaming unit 70. An out port 130 is provided for discharging the game ball 150 that has not won a prize from the game unit 70.

  Further, in this game board 20, a liquid crystal display device 200 for constituting a liquid crystal screen 80 is disposed on the back side of a translucent substrate 90 (substrate) made of an acrylic resin member. On the front side of 90, various winnings such as the start winning device 100, the attacker 110, and the general winning port 120 as described above, a plurality of obstacle nails such as a ceiling nail (obstacles and winning device), the out port 130, etc. These various members are provided.

  As described above, when the liquid crystal screen 80 is enlarged, the game balls that are driven into the game unit 70 fall on the front surface of the liquid crystal screen 80, so that many obstacle nails and windmills are placed on the front surface of the liquid crystal screen 80. Therefore, a translucent substrate 90 to which the above-described obstacle nail, various accompanies and the like can be attached is disposed on the front surface of the liquid crystal display device 200, and this translucent substrate is provided. It is necessary for the player to be able to visually recognize the display image on the liquid crystal screen 80 of the liquid crystal display device 200 through 90.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, behind the light-transmissive substrate 90, various members such as a winning ball assembly kit assembly 400 that guides the winning ball to the winning ball sensor are arranged. . Therefore, not only the liquid crystal screen 80 of the liquid crystal display device 200 but also such various mechanism members can be visually recognized by the player as indicated by the dotted lines in FIG. 1, and the game is not very interesting.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the cell sheet 300 having a part of the transparent region 320 and the other part being the opaque region 310 is attached to the back surface of the light-transmitting substrate 90 with an adhesive. .

  That is, the cell sheet 300 is a film made of CAB (cellulose acetobutyrate) and having a thickness of about 200 μm, and an opaque region in which a picture that a player visually recognizes as a picture of the game board 20 is gravure printed with opaque ink. 310 and a transparent region 320 facing the liquid crystal screen 80 of the liquid crystal display device 200 that is kept transparent without printing. The cell sheet 300 has a plurality of holes 330 formed in a shape matching the ball path so that the game balls can flow down from the various winning openings on the front surface of the translucent substrate 90 to the winning ball assembly kit assembly 400. Is provided.

  By sticking the cell sheet 300 having the transparent region 320 and the opaque region 310 to the back surface of the translucent substrate 90 as described above, the liquid crystal display device 200 is used even if the translucent substrate 90 has a certain thickness. And the transparent region 320 of the cell sheet 300 can be disposed close to each other, so that the display image on the liquid crystal screen 80 can be visually recognized, and the transparent substrate can be used even when the player views the liquid crystal screen 80 from an oblique direction. It is possible to reliably conceal the back mechanism such as the winning ball assembly kit assembly 400 arranged on the back side of the 90.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a side cross section of the game board 20 shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 3, the cell sheet 300 is attached to the back surface of the translucent substrate 90 having a plurality of obstacle nails 500 and the like attached to the front side, and the liquid crystal display device 200 is connected via the cell sheet 300. The arrangement is shown.

  A front glass plate 600 is shown on the front side of the translucent substrate 90, and a state in which the ball path of the winning ball assembly kit assembly 400 is arranged on the back side of the translucent substrate 90 is shown.

  The liquid crystal display device 200 and the winning ball assembly kit assembly 400 are each fixed to the translucent substrate 90 by screwing.

  FIG. 4 is a plan view (a) and a front view (b) showing the main part of the game board 20.

  As shown in these drawings, fluorescent tubes 700 (light emitting means) extending along the end surface 90a are arranged in the vicinity of the left and right end surfaces 90a of the translucent substrate 90, respectively. Each of these fluorescent tubes 700 is attached to the translucent substrate 90 using a housing 710 (support member).

  Each of the housings 710 is formed in a long box shape extending in the vertical direction. The housing 710 accommodates the fluorescent tube 700 and electrically supports the terminal portion of the fluorescent tube 700 at both upper and lower ends thereof. Each of the housings 710 is fixed to the light-transmitting substrate 90 at two upper and lower positions by screwing in a state where the housing 710 is inserted into the side portion of the light-transmitting substrate 90.

  At this time, the housing 710 is inserted in such a manner that the cell sheet 300 attached to the back surface of the translucent substrate 90 is also sandwiched together. The screw tightening is performed by tightening the screws 720 in a state where the screw holes 710a formed in the housing 710 and the screw insertion holes 90b and 300a formed in the light transmitting substrate 90 and the cell sheet 300 are aligned. Is to be done.

  As described above in detail, in the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the board of the gaming board 20 is composed of the light-transmitting substrate 90 made of an acrylic resin member, and the left and right end faces of the light-transmitting substrate 90. In the vicinity of 90a, the fluorescent tube 700 is arranged along the end surface 90a, and this fluorescent tube 700 is attached to the translucent substrate 90 via the housing 710. Therefore, even if the game board 20 is the game board, Even when it is not accurately attached to the attachment frame, the light from the fluorescent tube 700 can be reliably incident on the translucent substrate 90. For this reason, the edge light effect can be sufficiently exhibited, whereby the entire area of the game board 20 can be illuminated uniformly.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, when the housing 710 is inserted into the side portion of the translucent substrate 90, the cell sheet 300 is also sandwiched together, so that the housing 710 prevents the cell sheet 300 from being peeled off. Can do. Instead of doing this, only the translucent substrate 90 may be sandwiched, and the cell sheet 300 may be adhered to the remaining area on the back surface of the translucent substrate 90 to which the housing 710 is inserted. .

  In the said embodiment, although the case where the cell sheet 300 was affixed on the back surface of the translucent substrate 90 was demonstrated, also when the cell sheet 300 is affixed on the front surface of the translucent substrate 90, also. If the entire surface or a part thereof is formed as a transparent region, the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained with respect to the region. Even when the cell sheet 300 is integrated with the translucent substrate 90 and embedded in the front and rear intermediate positions, the same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the thickness of the translucent substrate 90 is constant has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear surface of the translucent substrate 90 is from the left and right end surfaces 90 a to the left and right central portions. You may make it use what was made into the shape dented in the curved surface shape toward 90c. By doing in this way, the light from the fluorescent tube 700 incident on the translucent substrate 90 can be efficiently radiated forward also in the left and right central portion 90c of the translucent substrate 90, thereby the game board 20 Can be illuminated more uniformly.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the surface of the translucent substrate 90 is a smooth surface has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 6, the grid pattern cuts 90 d are formed on the back surface of the translucent substrate 90. It may be. By doing so, the light from the fluorescent tube 700 that has entered the translucent substrate 90 can be internally reflected at the portion where the cuts 90d are formed and efficiently radiated forward. It is possible to efficiently irradiate the light from the fluorescent tube 700 incident in the forward direction with the brightness distribution according to the lattice pattern, so that the entire area of the game board 20 can be more evenly or arbitrarily placed. It can be illuminated particularly brightly.

  At that time, in order to uniformly and brightly illuminate the entire area of the game board 20, it is desirable that the lattice spacing of the left and right central portions 90 c of the translucent substrate 90 farthest from the fluorescent tube 700 is close. Of course, the notches 90d may be formed in a pattern other than the lattice pattern.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where the left and right end surfaces 90a of the translucent substrate 90 are smooth surfaces has been described. However, as shown in FIG. The incident light may be diffused in a random direction. By doing so, the light from the fluorescent tube 700 enters the light-transmitting substrate 90 as diffused light, so that the entire area of the game board 20 can be illuminated more uniformly. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, a configuration may be adopted in which recessed portions 90 e for accommodating the fluorescent tubes 700 are formed on the left and right end surfaces 90 a of the translucent substrate 90, whereby the configuration of the housing 710 is configured. It can be simplified. In the figure, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the housing 710 is fitted into the side portion of the light-transmitting substrate 90.

  In addition, if the structure of FIGS. 5-8 mentioned above is combined suitably and it incorporates in the said embodiment, each effect can be superimposed on the effect of the said embodiment.

  As a material for forming the translucent substrate 90, it is necessary to be able to attach and hold the obstruction nail 500 and various accessories, and to be highly transparent, but is not necessarily limited to acrylic resin, Various resin materials such as polycarbonate (PC) resin can be used.

  In the cell sheet 300, not only a region corresponding to the liquid crystal screen 80 as in the above embodiment, but also a desired region can be a transparent region 320.

  As an adhesive for adhering the cell sheet 300 to the translucent substrate 90, it is preferable to select an adhesive rich in smoothness and transparency.

  The material for forming the cell sheet 300 is not limited to the above-described CAB as long as it has high transparency and allows easy application of printing ink.

  In the above embodiment, the liquid crystal display device 200 is used as the display unit. However, instead of this, another display device such as a CRT, a lamp, or an LED may be used as the display unit.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the gaming machine is a pachinko gaming machine has been described. However, the gaming machine according to the present invention can be applied not only to a pachinko gaming machine but also to various other gaming machines, for example, an arrangement ball game. It can be applied to machines.

The front view which shows the game board of the game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the game board shown in FIG. Side sectional view of the game board shown in FIG. Plan view (a) and front view (b) showing the main part of the game board shown in FIG. The top view which shows the principal part of the 1st modification of the game board shown in FIG. The front view which shows the principal part of the 2nd modification of the game board shown in FIG. The top view which shows the principal part of the 3rd modification of the game board shown in FIG. The front view which shows the principal part of the 4th modification of the game board shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Game board 30, 40 ... Guide rail 60 ... Launch ball guide way 70 ... Game part 80 ... Liquid crystal screen 90 ... Translucent board | substrate (board | substrate)
90a ... End face 90b ... Screw insertion hole 90c ... Left and right center part 90d ... Notch 90e ... Recessed part 100 ... Start winning device 110 ... Attacker 120 ... General prize opening 130 ... Out port 200 ... Liquid crystal display device 300 ... Cell sheet 300a ... Screw insertion hole 310 ... Opaque region 320 ... Transparent region 330 ... Hole 400 ... Winning ball set Assembly 500 ... Obstacle nail 600 ... Front glass 700 ... Fluorescent tube (light emitting means)
710 ... Housing (support member)
710a ... Screw hole

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine having a gaming board in which a plurality of obstacles and a prize-winning device are attached to the front surface of the board
The substrate is made of a translucent resin member,
In the vicinity of the end face of the substrate, light emitting means is arranged along the end face,
The light emitting means is attached to the substrate using a support member;
A gaming machine, wherein a cut of a predetermined pattern is formed on the substrate.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined pattern of cuts is formed on a back surface of the substrate. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the predetermined pattern cut interval includes a dense part and a sparse part.

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