JP2008043428A - Center win pocket and game machine with the center win pocket - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure without a problem of difficulty recognizing the shape of a lens member with a prescribed shape such as a character figure, etc. as the contour of the lens member glitters double. <P>SOLUTION: In a center ornament, dolphin-shaped lens members 60 and 61 have a thickness of 10-20 mm in the direction of transmission of emitted light of LEDs 62 and are made of a transparent material with a whole light transmissivity of 92-95%. Accordingly, the light L1 reflected on the inner surface of the lens members 60 and 61 is attenuated while being transmitted through the lens members 60 and 61 when the light is emitted to the front of the lens members, and the luminous intensity is slightly reduced. As a result, the outer rims of the lens members 60 and 61 are clear without glittering double, so that only the contour of the character figure is clearly visible. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a center accessory and a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a center accessory provided with a lighting accessory device and a gaming machine provided with the center accessory.

  Generally, as a game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, a game ball staying in a ball tray is launched into a game area of a game board in response to an operation of a launch handle, and then led to an obstacle nail or a windmill in the game area. However, there are known ones configured to flow down the board surface and enter various winning holes, or flow into the out holes at the bottom of the game board without entering.

  In such a pachinko machine, when a player enters a general winning opening, a corresponding number of game balls are paid out, and when a player enters a starting chucker, a jackpot lottery is performed based on this and a predetermined number The game balls are paid out, and a predetermined effect display is performed on the screen of an image display device such as a liquid crystal provided in the central portion of the game board according to the result of the lottery. When a big hit is generated, a big winning opening called an attacker is opened, and a large amount of game balls are paid out in response to the entry.

  In such a pachinko machine, a center ornament is provided at the center portion of the game area, a warp route is provided at a side portion of the center ornament, and the game ball entered from the warp route is rolled so as to guide the starter to the starter chucker side. There is one provided with a stage (see Patent Document 1).

  In such a pachinko machine, when a game ball introduced from the warp route and guided on the stage falls to the front end side of the stage and wins a special symbol starter (starter chucker) during a game, A lottery is performed, and a special symbol or the like related to the lottery result is displayed on the screen of the image display device at the center of the center ornament.

JP 2001-327672 A

  In recent years, in the pachinko machine having the center decoration, by placing a lighting accessory device around the opening in the center decoration and causing the device to perform a predetermined light emission operation, the effect effect at the time of gaming is enhanced, What has been configured to improve interest is proposed.

  By the way, in a pachinko machine in which the illumination accessory device performs a predetermined light emission operation, an inexpensive light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as an LED) is usually used as a light emitting element. In order to irradiate the light having the property, the illumination accessory device needs to be configured to efficiently diffuse and project such light to the front side of the center decoration.

  When producing a center ornament having a structure that effectively diffuses the light of the LED, it is conceivable to arrange a lens member on the front side of the LED, a translucent cover that further diffuses the light transmitted through the lens member, and the like. However, in this case, a phenomenon may occur in which the outer edge shape of the lens member is doubled and clearly appears. At that time, if the lens member has the shape of a certain character, the outline of the character appears twice, making it difficult for the player viewing from the front side to understand the character shape, There is a risk of causing inconvenience that the production effect is halved.

  Therefore, the present invention improves the structure of a lighting accessory device provided in a center accessory such as a center ornament, so that the outline of a lens member having a predetermined shape such as a character shape shines twice, making it difficult to recognize the shape. It is an object of the present invention to provide a center accessory that solves the above-described problems and a gaming machine equipped with the center accessory.

  The present inventor believes that the lens member is thin when light transmitted through the outer edge side of the conventional lens member (see L1 in FIG. 7A) is reflected from the inner surface and emitted to the front side of the lens member. As a result, the inventors focused attention on a phenomenon in which the outer edge is clearly visible twice because the emission part appears to shine brightly together with the inner surface. If the thickness of the lens member in the light transmission direction is sufficiently thick compared to the conventional dimensions (see 60 and 61 in FIG. 7 (b)), the light reflected by the inner surface of the lens member is the lens. When light is emitted to the front side of the member, the light transmitted in the thickness direction is attenuated and the luminous intensity is lowered, so that the outer edge cannot be visually recognized as double clearly, and only the outline of the outer shape of the character shape appears. Inspired to be able to get. Furthermore, the present invention has been invented by earnestly searching for the material of a lens member that does not decrease the luminous intensity more than necessary even if it is formed thicker than a predetermined dimension, repeated trial manufacture, and the invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 7) includes a center accessory (23) having an opening (36) for exposing a symbol display screen (35a).
A lighting accessory device (68) is provided in the vicinity of the opening (36),
The illumination accessory device (68) includes an illumination board (68a), a plurality of light emitting elements (62) mounted on the illumination board (68a), and the light emitting element (62) facing the light emitting element (62). The lens member (60, 61) that diffuses the light emitted from the light emitting element, and the front surface (60a, 61a) and the back surface (60b, 61b) of the lens member are opened and the side surface (60c, 61c) is surrounded. A frame member (58, 59) for carrying out, and a translucent cover member (68b) located on the front side of the lens member (60, 61),
The lens member (60, 61) has a thickness (a, b) of a predetermined dimension in the transmission direction (A, B) of the irradiation light of the light emitting element (62) and a total light transmittance of 92 to 95. It is characterized by comprising a transparent material in the range of [%].

  According to a second aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 6 and 7), in the center accessory (23) according to the first aspect, the thickness (a, b) of the lens member (60, 61) is 10 to 20 [mm].

  Furthermore, the present invention according to claim 3 (see, for example, FIG. 7) is characterized in that, in the center accessory (23) according to claim 1 or 2, the transparent material is a transparent acrylic resin material.

And this invention which concerns on Claim 4 (for example, refer FIG. 1) is a frame-shaped housing | casing (6), the front door (7) supported by this housing | casing (6) so that opening and closing is possible, A gaming machine (1) provided with a gaming board (3) supported by a door (7), and launching a gaming ball (Ba) in a gaming area (3a) of the gaming board (3),
A center combination (23) according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is provided in the game area (3a).

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience to facilitate understanding of the invention and has no influence on the description of the claims. It is not a thing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the lens member is formed of a transparent material having a predetermined thickness with respect to the direction of transmission of the irradiation light of the light emitting element, the light reflected by the inner surface of the lens member is the lens member. At the time of emission to the front side, it attenuates when passing through a thicker lens member than before, and the luminous intensity decreases, so that the outer edge of the lens member does not become double, and only the outline of the character shape can be visually recognized Can be. As a result, it is possible to illuminate the outline of the character etc. in a clear state without making it double, by the illumination accessory device provided in the center accessory, and the character shape is clearly shown to the player viewing from the front side It can be visually recognized and the production effect can be improved. Moreover, since the total light transmittance of the transparent material is in the range of 92 to 95 [%], even when the number of light emitting elements is reduced in order to reduce the cost, the light flux emitted from the few light emitting elements is extremely reduced. Irradiation can be effectively performed in front of the lens member, and the illumination effect by the illumination accessory device can be further improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the thickness of the lens member is in the range of 10 to 20 [mm], a configuration capable of effectively showing the contour of the lens member can be easily realized by injection molding or the like. .

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, by using a transparent acrylic resin material that can be obtained relatively easily as a transparent material having a total light transmittance of 92 to 95 [%] and a very high transmittance, it is possible to manufacture a lens member. Can be realized easily and at a low price.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the gaming machine is provided with the center role having the above structure, the lens member having an extremely high total light transmittance and the translucent cover member on the front side are effectively diffused. An illuminating accessory device that can produce effects can be applied to a plurality of gaming machines.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, a pachinko machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment described below, the gaming machine of the present invention is described as a so-called one-type and one-type pachinko machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other types of pachinko machines. It is.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external structure of a pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the pachinko machine 1 is configured to play a game ball (so-called pachinko ball) toward the game area 3a of the game board 3 by operating a launch device (not shown) by operating the launch handle 2. The number of game balls corresponding to the number of game balls that have entered the attacker 5 in a state where a jackpot such as a so-called probability fluctuation has occurred is configured to be paid out. Per probability fluctuation (also referred to as “probability per change”) means that, when the jackpot of the probability change mode is won as a result of the lottery, it is advantageous to the player at least until the next jackpot is drawn in the game state in the probability change mode. It means a special state that can add value. On the other hand, there is a “normal hit” as a big hit that does not become the special state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 according to this embodiment includes a frame-shaped housing 6 having an opening and a front door 7 that is openably and closably attached to the housing 6. A glass frame 10 having a transparent glass 9 is attached to the front surface of the door 7 so as to be freely opened and closed. On the back side of the transparent glass 9, the game board 3 is disposed. Illumination devices 11 for performance are arranged on the left and right of the game board 3 in the front door 7, and sound emitting devices 12 having speakers (not shown) are provided on the upper and lower left and right of the game board 3 in the front door 7. It is arranged. A locking device 13 for locking or releasing the front door 7 to the housing 6 side is disposed on the right side of the glass frame 10. The gaming machine main body is composed of the housing 6 and the front door 7.

  A dish unit 16 is provided below the game board 3 in the front door 7, and a ball supply port 17 through which game balls including prize balls and rental balls are supplied is provided in the upper right part of the dish unit 16. A ball lending button 19 a and a prepaid card return button 19 b are provided on the upper right wall surface of the dish unit 16. The dish unit 16 includes a first ball release button 20a for discharging game balls on the dish unit 16 downward from a vicinity of a launching device (not shown) through a ball discharge port (not shown) below the dish unit. A second ball release button 20b is provided for discharging the game ball on the tray unit 16 from the vicinity of the ball supply port 17 downward through the ball discharge port.

  In addition, on the right side of the dish unit 16, a launch handle 2 is disposed for operating the launch device to launch a game ball toward the game area 3a. Further, an ashtray 21 and a player participation button (so-called chance button) 22 are disposed on the lower left side of the tray unit 16. In addition, the code | symbol 14 in FIG. 1 has shown the guide rail which guide | induces the game ball Ba launched by operation of the launch handle 2 to the game area | region 3a.

  In the game area 3a, a center ornament (center accessory) 23 having a stage S is disposed in the center portion. As shown in FIG. 1, an opening 36 is formed in the center portion of the center ornament 23. On the game board 3, an image display device 35 is mounted and arranged from the back of the game board with a screen (symbol display screen) 35 a exposed from the opening 36. On the lower left and right sides of the center ornament 23, general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, and 26b for performing general winnings that do not contribute to the jackpot lottery are arranged. Below the center ornament 23, the first and second The starter chuckers 27 and 28 and the attacker 5 are sequentially arranged (see also FIG. 8). FIG. 8 is a rear view showing the rear structure of the center decoration 23.

  The first and second starter chuckers 27 and 28 receive a prize that can trigger a big hit lottery execution. The second starter chucker 28 is opened and closed by a starter chucker opening / closing solenoid 70 (see FIG. 10). It is configured in a so-called tulip shape that can be opened and closed. A pair of obstacle nails as so-called life nails is driven directly above the first starting chucker 27. The second starting chucker 28 is configured not to win a game ball in the closed state shown in FIG. 1 by the bottom of the first starting chucker 27 disposed immediately above.

  The attacker 5 is released when the jackpot is generated and wins a game ball which is launched into the game area 3a and rolls down. For example, when the player completes nine pitches in one release And the opening / closing operation is repeated 15 times. Note that the number of balls entered and the number of opening / closing operations are not limited to nine or fifteen, and can be appropriately set as necessary.

  In the game area 3a, wind turbines 31 are arranged on the left and right of the center decoration 23, and on the left and right of the first and second starter chuckers 27 and 28 below the stage S, the normal symbol operation for normal symbol lottery is performed. A gate 32a and a through gate 32b that does not contribute to the normal symbol lottery are provided. The normal symbol actuating gate 32a is an accessory in which a game ball passing that triggers a lottery for opening and closing the second starter chucker 28 is performed.

  A game ball spilled from the stage S or fired around the normal symbol operation gate 32a, the general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, the first and second starter chuckers 27, 28, etc. in the game area 3a. Numerous obstacle nails for driving the game balls falling without being involved in the stage S afterwards or guiding them to the incoming balls have been driven. In addition, a number of obstacle nails including an obstacle nail 39 for driving game balls to be appropriately scattered or guided to the incoming ball are also driven around and above the warp introduction port 37. An out port 29 is formed at the bottom of the game area 3a.

  In such a pachinko machine 1, the game ball Ba launched into the game area 3a is made to enter the first and second starter chuckers 27, 28 via the stage S or directly without passing through the stage S. The game is advanced so that it can be made. Note that the phrase “warp introduction” in the present embodiment means that a game ball launched into the game area 3a is not passed through a road nail or the like (not shown) located relatively below the game area 3a. It is a concept that means to lead on the starting chucker 27. The “road nail” means a row of a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) driven to the left and right of the first start chucker 27 in the game area 3a. It plays a role of guiding the sphere in the direction of the first and second starter chuckers 27 and 28.

  Next, the structure of the center ornament 23 in the pachinko machine 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 together with FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the center decoration 23 removed from the game board 3 and looking down obliquely from above.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the center ornament 23 has a substantially cylindrical front frame body 23 a having an opening 36 at the center, and the back surface of the front frame body 23 a through the game board 3. And a rear frame 23b to be joined. A bracket portion 4 is formed around the front frame body 23a so as to project outward from the plurality of locations. Each bracket portion 4 is formed with a through hole 4a for screwing the front frame body 23a to the game board 3.

  The center ornament 23 has an illumination effect device 33 on the upper side of the opening 36, and has bubble display effect devices 48a and 48b for displaying a bubble pattern for effect on the left and right upper portions of the opening 36, respectively. Also, below the opening 36, a stage S having an undersea scenic accessory (not shown) inside, and a game ball formed at the left end of the stage S and introduced from the warp introduction port 37. And a ball discharge port 67 that guides to the stage S. In the center of the stage S near the screen 35a, a ball drop port 24 for guiding the game ball released from the ball discharge port 67 to the ball discharge port 56 formed immediately above the first starting chucker 27 is formed. Has been. The game ball that has fallen to the ball drop port 24 is discharged from the ball discharge port 56 toward the first starter chucker 27 below the ball discharge port 56 through the passage 24a. The ball discharge port 56 is positioned and formed so that the game ball to be released and dropped can be awarded to the first starter chucker 27 through the pair of life nails almost certainly (that is, with a high probability of 97 to 99%). ing.

  The stage S includes a background plate 49 having a bubble-like pattern formed on one surface, a first rolling unit 50a that first rolls a game ball released from the ball discharge port 67, and the first rolling unit 50a. And a second rolling part 50b that rolls down the first rolling part 50a and accepts a gaming ball that has not been introduced into the ball drop opening 24, and then drops the gaming ball 3a to the gaming area 3a side. Yes. Each of the first and second rolling portions 50a and 50b is made of a transparent resin plate, and the above-mentioned undersea scenery-like accessory is provided in the inside thereof so as to be visible from the outside.

  This undersea scenic actor has arranged unillustrated submarine parts (figures) imitating fish (fish, shellfish, dolphins, etc.) around the passage 24a in the first and second rolling parts 50a, 50b. The passage 24a is configured to image an underwater tunnel of an aquarium where these figures can be seen from the inside.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, a configuration related to the moving light emitting accessory (lighting accessory device) 68 will be described. 3 is a front view of the center ornament 23, FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view showing the light emitting portion of the moving light emitting accessory 68, and FIG. 5A is a front view showing the light emitting structure inside the light emitting portion. 5 (b) is a front view showing the translucent cover member 68b removed, FIG. 6 (a) is a front view showing the holder member H that holds the lens members 60 and 61, and FIG. 6 (b) is the lens member 60. 61 are removed from the holder member H in a perspective view. FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a conventional illumination accessory device, and FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a moving light emission accessory 68 as the illumination accessory device according to the present invention. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a moving light emitting accessory 68 is disposed in the vicinity of the opening 36, that is, in front of the screen 35 a in the opening 36. The moving light-emitting accessory 68 is supported by the support member 69 and receives the driving force of the motor (see FIG. 2), and from the home position HP on the right side of the center ornament 23 in the left-right width direction, with a predetermined trigger, the screen 35a. Control is performed so as to return to the home position HP after advancing forward and driving for a certain amount of light emission. The home position HP is provided on the back side of the bubble display effect device 48b.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the illumination accessory device 68 includes an illumination board 68a in which the upper part of the figure has a rectangular shape and the lower part of the figure has a circular shape, and a plurality of illumination boards 68a mounted on the entire area of the illumination board 68a. LED (light emitting element) 62, and lens members 60 and 61 for diffusing the irradiation light of the LED 62 in a state of being opposed to the central one of the LEDs 62. Further, the illumination accessory device 68 opens the front surfaces 60a and 61a and the back surfaces 60b and 61b of the lens members 60 and 61 shown in FIG. 6B, and surrounds the side surfaces 60c and 61c to shield the side surfaces 60c and 61c. It has frame members 58 and 59 that are supported in a state, and a translucent cover member 68b (see FIG. 5B) located on the front side of the lens members 60 and 61. Although the surfaces 60a and 61a of the lens members 60 and 61 shown in FIG. 6B both appear flat, they are actually formed as curved surfaces in a convex lens shape as shown in FIG. 7B. Yes.

  The lens members 60 and 61 have thicknesses a and b having predetermined dimensions with respect to the transmission directions A and B (see FIG. 6B) of the irradiation light of the LED 62, and have a total light transmittance of 92 to 95 [%]. Consists of transparent material inside. As this transparent material, a transparent acrylic resin material that is relatively inexpensive and easily available is adopted. The transparent acrylic resin material preferably has a refractive index of 1.48 to 1.50. Further, the thicknesses a and b (see FIG. 6B) of the lens members 60 and 61 are set within a range of 10 to 20 [mm]. The total light transmittance is one of the measures for transparency, and is “a value that represents the total amount of light that has passed through the sample surface of light of any wavelength emitted from a light source having a specific color temperature”. , “How much light passes”. The total light transmittance of the transparent acrylic resin material is 84% of the total light transmittance of the vinyl chloride resin, 87% of the total light transmittance of the polycarbonate resin, and 90% of the total light transmittance of the glass. Extremely expensive. For this reason, even if the lens members 60 and 61 have thicknesses a and b of 10 to 20 [mm] and are formed thicker than the conventional one (for example, about 2 to 3 [mm]), they are compared with the case where they are made of other transparent materials. Thus, the projection light from the LEDs 62 can be emitted very effectively.

  The frame members 58 and 59 are formed by imitating two dolphins having a thickness of, for example, 10 to 20 [mm] in the back-to-front direction of FIG. 6A, and along the inner surfaces 58a and 59a. Lens members 60 and 61 having the same shape are fitted. A frame member 59 is integrally formed at the lower portion of the frame member 58 in the figure, and a pair of bracket portions 72 each having a fixing hole 72a at the upper end portion project from the upper portion of the frame member 58 as a whole. A holder member H is configured.

  The holder member H, in which the lens members 60 and 61 are fitted in the frame members 58 and 59, respectively, is positioned so as to face the central side of the light emitting elements 62... The semi-transparent cover member 68b shown in FIG. Further, a screw-like fixing member (not shown) is inserted from a pair of fixing holes 73a formed in the upper part of the cover member 68b, and the entire moving light emitting accessory 68 is shown in FIG. Is assembled. Reference numerals 60A and 61A in FIG. 4 indicate the lens members 60 and 61 projected on the translucent cover member 68b by the transmitted LED light, respectively.

  Next, the back structure of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the rear structure of the pachinko machine 1.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 9, a prize ball tank 43 is attached to the upper left side of the back of the front door of the pachinko machine 1, and the sub control board 38 and the main control board are located below the prize ball tank 43. 40 and the payout control board 51 are arranged in this order. An external terminal plate 52 is attached to the upper right side of the rear surface of the front door. Below the external terminal plate 52, an alignment standby passage 45, a prize ball device 46, a prize ball discharge passage 47, and a power supply unit 41 are provided. , And a launch control board 53 for a launcher (not shown) are arranged in this order. A locking device 13 is disposed on the left side of the back surface of the front door of the pachinko machine 1.

  Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine.

  That is, the present control system includes a game control device 80, a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 70, an attacker opening / closing solenoid 71, a sound emitting device 12, and production lighting devices 8, 11 electrically connected to the game control device 80. An image display device 35 and a moving light emitting accessory 68 are provided.

  The game control device 80 includes the main control board 40 and the sub control board 38 shown in FIG. The main control board 40 manages the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes a system program for managing the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 and a semiconductor memory in which a game execution program is stored in advance. And a storage unit (not shown) and a microprocessor (MPU) (not shown) that executes these programs. The sub-control board 38 is configured to mainly perform display control of image display, effects such as sound effects, and effect light.

  The game control device 80 includes a winning determination means 81, a winning signal output means 82, a first lottery means 83, a second lottery means 84, a normal symbol lottery means 94, a game control means 86, a holding means 87, an operation control means 88, and an operation. A determination unit 89, an operation determination unit 90, an effect control unit 91, and a display control unit 92 are provided.

  In the winning determination means 81, the game balls launched into the game area 3a by a launching device (not shown) that is operated by operating the launching handle 2 are the first and second start chuckers 27, 28, the general winning openings 25a, 25b, When winning a prize in any of 26a, 26b, attacker 5, etc., it is determined that there has been a prize.

  When the winning signal output means 82 determines that the winning determination means 81 has won, the winning signal output means 82 has won the corresponding first and second starter chuckers 27, 28, general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, the attacker 5, etc. The winning signal is output.

  The first and second lottery means 83 and 84, when receiving a winning signal corresponding to the first and second starter chucks 27 and 28 from the winning signal output means 82, respectively, the total maximum number of reserved balls (for example, four) Winning a prize of less than or equal to winning the next jackpot will win either the probability fluctuation that will give the player a special value that can give added value that is advantageous to the player, or the normal bonus that does not become the above special condition As described above, a winning random number is obtained from a lottery memory (not shown), and a big hit lottery is executed.

  When the first and second lottery means 83 and 84 are each won by the jackpot lottery, the lottery is based on the random number value of the effect stored in the effect memory (not shown). A variation pattern indicating that corresponding symbols such as “111” are finally aligned on the jackpot effective line of the image display device 35 is determined, and a variation pattern signal indicating that is output. The “big hit effective line” means a position (line) where symbols should be arranged in a row in order to obtain a big hit.

  In addition, the first and second lottery means 83 and 84 each have a symbol such as “222” corresponding to the normal win as a result of the change in the lottery based on the production random number value when the normal win is won in the big win lottery. A variation pattern to be finally aligned on the jackpot effective line is determined, and a variation pattern signal to that effect is output. Furthermore, when the first and second lottery means 83 and 84 are out of the big hit lottery, the lottery based on the production random number value causes the symbol such as “252” corresponding to the outage to be on the big hit effective line. To determine a variation pattern to be finally aligned, and output a variation pattern signal to that effect.

  The normal symbol lottery means 94 performs the normal symbol lottery for opening and closing the second start chucker 28, triggered by the passage of the game ball to the normal symbol operation gate 32a.

  The game control means 86 sends to the effect control means 91 a command that triggers the sound emitting device 12, the lighting devices 8 and 11 for the effect, and the moving light emitting material 68 to emit sound, emit light, and the like. Further, the game control means 86 relates to the contents of effects related to the jackpot lottery to be displayed on the image display device 35 in accordance with the preset effect data and the lottery results in the first and second lottery means 83 and 84. A signal is sent to the display control means 92.

  The holding means 87 receives the fluctuation pattern signal output from either the first or second lottery means 83 or 84, and executes the fluctuation pattern each time the first or second starting chuckers 27 and 28 are awarded. It is memorized sequentially as a reserved ball that will be the result of the lottery. The storage status is lit and displayed at an appropriate position in the screen 35a so that the total of both the start chuckers 27 and 28 is a maximum of four holding balls. The holding means 87 always determines whether or not the total number of balls to be held is four. While the number of balls to be held is four, the winnings to the first and second starting chuckers 27 and 28 are won. Despite this, no big lottery will be held. Note that the number of reserved balls that are lit and displayed as the reserved balls is not limited to the “maximum of four”, and may be set as appropriate, for example, three or less or five or more.

  The holding means 87 sequentially outputs a signal related to the fluctuation pattern that is held (stored), and prevents the next fluctuation pattern signal from being output until the effect display based on the fluctuation pattern signal ends. A variation prohibition flag is set (turned on), and a symbol variation timer (not shown) for measuring the time for releasing the turned symbol variation prohibition flag is set, and the number of held balls according to the output of the variation pattern signal Is decremented by 1. Further, the holding means 87, when the number of held balls becomes less than 4 according to the consumption of the reserved balls, the first and second starting chuckers 27, 28 performed in the first and second lottery means 83, 84 The result of the jackpot lottery in response to winning is stored as a holding ball, and the number of holding balls is incremented by one.

  The operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the start chucker opening / closing solenoid 70 based on a signal indicating the start of operation of the operation determination means 90 to operate the solenoid 70, thereby opening or closing the second start chucker 28. . Further, the operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71 to actuate the solenoid 71, and when the jackpot is generated by lottery in the first and second lottery means 83, 84, the attacker 5 is opened and a predetermined number of prizes are won. Control is performed so that the closing operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (predetermined rounds) every time the operation ends (or a predetermined time elapses).

  The operation determination unit 89 determines whether or not a condition for operating the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 70 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71 is satisfied. That is, in the starter chucker opening / closing solenoid 70, when the “satisfaction” of the opening and closing of the second starter chucker 28 is satisfied, it is a case where the normal symbol lottery performed by the normal symbol lottery means 94 is won. In the attacker open / close solenoid 71, when the "conditions" for the opening of the attacker 5 are satisfied, three big symbols from the state of so-called reach (including so-called super reach and normal reach) are aligned on the big hit effective line and the big hit This is a case where it occurs, and the time when “the condition is satisfied” of the blockage of the attacker 5 is the case where winning in all rounds when the jackpot occurs is completed.

  In response to the determination signal from the operation determination unit 89, the operation determination unit 90 determines the start of operation of the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 70 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71, respectively.

  In response to a command from the game control means 86, the effect control means 91 drives the sound emitting device 12 to emit sound, and the effect lighting devices 8 and 11 emit light to produce an effect appealing to the player's hearing and vision. Do. In addition, in response to the command from the game control means 86, the effect control means 91 drives the moving light emitting accessory 68 to perform an effect appealing to the player's vision.

  The display control unit 92 drives the image display device 35 in accordance with the signal from the game control unit 86, and displays the effect such as the contents centering on the big win lottery result so as to appeal to the player's vision. At that time, the display control unit 92 is configured to divide the lottery results obtained by the first and second lottery units 83 and 84, respectively, according to the signal from the game control unit 86, for example, by dividing the screen 35a of the image display device 35 into left and right parts. The effect display is performed in time series in the left and right display areas, or the effect display is performed in time series in the form of using the left and right display areas integrally.

  The start chucker opening / closing solenoid 70 opens and closes the second starter chucker 28 by moving a plunger (not shown) forward and backward in response to the drive signal transmitted from the operation control means 88. The attacker open / close solenoid 71 opens and closes the attacker 5 by moving a plunger (not shown) forward and backward in response to the drive signal transmitted from the operation control means 88.

  The sound emitting device 12 drives a speaker (not shown) according to the control of the effect control means 91, and emits a sound effect corresponding to the effect. The lighting devices for effect 8 and 11 drive the illumination lamp (not shown) built therein according to the control of the effect control means 91 (lighting and blinking), and perform illumination according to the effect. The image display device 35 operates according to the control of the display control means 92 and performs effect display according to the effect data and the lottery results in the first and second lottery means 83 and 84. The moving light-emitting accessory 68 drives (turns on and blinks) a plurality of built-in LEDs 62 according to the control of the effect control means 91, and receives the driving force of the motor (see FIG. 2) to open the opening 36 of the center decoration 23. To the left and right, and perform a certain performance operation.

  Next, the effect | action by this pachinko machine 1 is demonstrated, referring the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, when a player who is seated facing the pachinko machine 1 holds the launch handle 2 and rotates it to an appropriate angle (step S1), the game ball 3 is played at predetermined time intervals by the operation of the launch device. Fired continuously towards Then, a large number of game balls that are launched into the game area 3a and roll and fall are awarded to the first and second starter chuckers 27 and 28 and the general winning ports 25a, 25b, 26a, and 26b in a timely manner or involved in these. Without rolling, it falls and is discharged from the out port 29 at the bottom of the game area 3a to the back side of the game board 3.

  When a part of the game ball launched into the game area 3a enters the warp introduction port 37, the game ball rolls left and right on the stage S and is introduced into the ball drop port 24 with good timing and dropped. Is discharged from the ball discharge port 56 via the passage 24a. This game ball is released from the ball outlet 56 and wins the first starter chucker 27 with a high winning probability (approximately 100%). In most cases, the game ball wins the first starter chucker 27, but may not win depending on the contact state with the obstacle nail (so-called life nail). On the other hand, a game ball that is not introduced into the ball drop opening 24 and falls from the second rolling part 50b to the game area 3a falls in a direction different from that of the first starter chucker 27. The so-called jumping nail (not shown) driven to the left and right or the road nail (not shown) arranged in the left-right direction from the jumping nail is flipped back and falls between them. One starter chucker 27 may be awarded.

  By the way, when a game ball has won any of the first and second starter chuckers 27, 28 and the general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, the winning determination means 81 determines the winning and the winning signal The output means 82 outputs a winning signal (step S2). At this time, the holding unit 87 always determines whether or not the holding ball H is 0 <H <5. When it is determined that 0 <H <5 is satisfied, a signal related to the fluctuation pattern being held is stored. Are sequentially transmitted to the display control unit 92 via the game control unit 86, the symbol variation prohibition flag is turned on, the symbol variation timer is set, and the number of reserved balls is decremented by 1 in response to the transmission of the variation pattern signal. Further, the holding means 87, when the number H of held balls becomes H <4 according to the consumption of the reserved balls, the first and second start chuckers 27, 28 performed by the first and second lottery means 83, 84. The result of the jackpot lottery according to the winning is stored as a holding ball, and the number of holding balls is incremented by one.

  Then, when winning in the jackpot lottery (step S3), when the corresponding side of the first and second lottery means 83, 84 turns on the hit flag, the lottery is performed based on the rendering random number value stored in the rendering memory. , That is, a variation pattern corresponding to a probability variation or a normal variation is determined.

  Thereby, in step S4, the winning symbol to be displayed on the image display device 35 is set, and the first lottery means 83 or the second lottery means 84 outputs the fluctuation pattern signal to that effect and the fluctuation pattern signal. The symbol variation timer for measuring the time to turn off the symbol variation prohibition flag turned on in order to prevent the next variation pattern signal from being transmitted until the effect display based on Set and decrement the number of reserved balls by 1 according to the transmission of the fluctuation pattern signal. On the other hand, when the winning is a lottery lottery, a variation pattern is determined in which lottery based on a random number value stored in the effect memory results in the final matching of symbols corresponding to the loss as a result of the variation. Thereby, the off symbol displayed on the image display device 35 is set, and the first lottery means 83 or the second lottery means 84 outputs a variation pattern signal to that effect and turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag, A variation timer is set, and the number of reserved balls is decremented by 1 in response to transmission of the variation pattern signal.

  As described above, based on the fact that the game control means 86 transmits a signal related to the contents of effects to be displayed on the screen 35 a of the image display device 35 to the display control means 92, the display control means 92 is connected to the image display device 35. Is displayed in a timely manner so as to appeal to the player's vision of the contents related to the jackpot lottery result (step S5).

  If the lottery result displayed on the screen 35a is a big hit decision, the operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71 at a predetermined timing based on the signal indicating the operation start decision of the operation decision means 90. Then, the solenoid 71 is operated to open the attacker 5, and the operation of closing every time a predetermined number of winnings are completed (or a predetermined time elapses) is repeated a predetermined number of times (predetermined rounds). Thereby, a large amount of game balls corresponding to the game balls won in the attacker 5 are paid out from the ball supply port 17 to the dish unit 16 (step S6).

  By the way, until the big hit is generated on the screen 35a, the moving light emitting agent 68 performs the left / right moving operation and the light emission driving in accordance with the determined contents of the effect. That is, the moving light-emitting combination 68 receives the driving force of the motor 75 that operates according to the control of the effect control means 91, moves from the home position HP (see FIG. 3) to, for example, the upper center of the opening 36, and stops. The LEDs 62... Start to emit light and produce an effect appealing to the player's vision.

  At this time, the dolphin-shaped lens members 60 and 61 are set to a thickness within a range of 10 to 20 [mm] in the transmission directions A and B of the irradiation light of the LEDs 62. As shown, when the light L1 reflected from the inner surface of the lens members 60 and 61 is emitted to the front side of the lens member, the lens members 60 and 61 are thicker than the conventional lens member 74 (see FIG. 7A). As it passes through the light, it attenuates and the luminous intensity decreases slightly. Thereby, the outer edges of the lens members 60 and 61 are not clearly doubled, and only the outline of the character shape can be visually recognized.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7A, in the conventional lens member 74, when the light L1 transmitted through the outer edge side is reflected by the inner surface and emitted to the front side of the lens member 74, Due to the thinness, the emission part shines brightly together with the inner side surface, and the outer edge can be clearly seen twice. On the other hand, in the lens members 60 and 61 of the present embodiment, the thicknesses a and b in the light transmission directions A and B are formed to be sufficiently thick as compared with the conventional case, so as shown in FIG. When the light L1 reflected by the inner surfaces of the lens members 60 and 61 is emitted to the front side of the lens members 60 and 61, the light L1 transmitted in the thickness direction is attenuated and the luminous intensity is lowered. As a result, the outer edge cannot be visually recognized as being doubled clearly, and only the outline of the outer edge of the character shape can be satisfactorily displayed. In addition, the code | symbol L2 in FIG. 7 has shown the light projected on the lens members 74, 60, and 61 from LED62 perpendicularly | vertically.

  For this reason, it is possible to illuminate the outline of the character or the like in a clear state without being doubled by the moving light emitting material 68 arranged on the center ornament 23, and the character shape is clearly shown to the player viewing from the front side. The visual effect can be improved. In addition, since the total light transmittance of the transparent material forming the lens members 60 and 61 is in the range of 92 to 95 [%], even when the number of the LEDs 62. The luminous flux emitted from the lens member can be illuminated very effectively in front of the lens member, and the illumination effect by the moving light emitting agent 68 can be further improved. Further, by using a transparent acrylic resin material that is relatively easily available as a transparent material having a total light transmittance of 92 to 95 [%], the lens members 60 and 61 can be easily manufactured at a low price. Can also be cheaper. Moreover, since the thickness of the lens members 60 and 61 is in the range of 10 to 20 [mm], a configuration capable of effectively showing the contours of the lens members 60 and 61 can be easily realized by injection molding or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with the center ornament 23 having the above-described configuration, so that the lens members 60 and 61 made of a transparent acrylic resin material and the translucent cover member 68b on the front side effectively diffuse light. The movable light emitting object 68 that can be produced can be applied to a plurality of pachinko machines 1.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the center accessory and game machine of this invention are not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, Various from the structure of the said embodiment. A center accessory and a gaming machine that have been modified and changed as described above are also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the external structure of the pachinko machine in embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view shown in the state which removed a center decoration from a game board and looked down from diagonally upward. It is a front view of a center decoration. It is a front view which expands and shows the light emission part of a movement light emission accessory. (A) is a front view which shows the light emission structure inside this light emission part, (b) is a front view shown in the state which removed the translucent cover member. (A) is a front view which shows the holder member holding a lens member, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the lens member from this holder member. (A) is the schematic which shows the structure of the conventional lighting accessory apparatus, (b) is the schematic which shows the structure of the movement light emission accessory as the lighting accessory apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a rear view of center decoration. It is a rear view which shows the back structure of the pachinko machine of this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of this pachinko machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action by this pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachislot machines (pachinko machines)
3 Game board 3a Game area 6 Case 7 Front door 23 Center object (center decoration)
35a Symbol display screen (screen)
36 Openings 58, 59 Frame members 60, 61 Lens members 60a, 61a Lens member front surfaces 60b, 61b Lens member rear surfaces 60c, 61c Lens member side surfaces 62 Light emitting element (LED)
68 Illumination accessory device (moving light emitting accessory)
68a Illumination board 68b Translucent cover member A, B Transmission direction of irradiated light a, b Lens member thickness Ba Game ball

Claims (4)

In the center actor with an opening that exposes the symbol display screen,
An illumination accessory device is provided in the vicinity of the opening,
The illumination accessory device includes an illumination board, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the illumination board, a lens member that diffuses light emitted from the light emitting elements in a state of being opposed to the light emitting elements, and the lens member A frame member that supports the front surface and the back surface of the lens member in a state of opening the side surface and surrounding the side surface, and a translucent cover member positioned on the front side of the lens member,
The lens member is made of a transparent material having a thickness of a predetermined dimension in the transmission direction of irradiation light of the light emitting element and having a total light transmittance of 92 to 95 [%].
Center feature characterized by that. The thickness of the lens member is within a range of 10 to 20 [mm].
The center object according to claim 1. The transparent material is a transparent acrylic resin material,
The center object according to claim 1 or 2. A frame-shaped housing, a front door supported by the housing so as to be openable and closable, and a game board supported by the front door, and playing a game ball in a game area of the game board A gaming machine,
The center combination according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is provided in the game area.
A gaming machine characterized by that.

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